Southwest Asia Quiz

The _____ lies between Israel and Jordan.

• Black Sea

• Dead Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Red Sea

The physical geography of Southwest Asia is dominated by _____.

• sandy deserts

• coastal plains

• mountains and plateaus

• long rivers

Since Egypt's Suez Canal was completed in 1869, the _____ has been one of the world's busiest waterways.

• Black Sea

• Dead Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Red Sea

The Persian Gulf is connected to the Arabian Sea by a strategic waterway called the _____.

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Strait of Hormuz

• Strait of Magellan

• Strait of Malacca

Which term refers to an area in a desert where underground water helps plants grow throughout the year?

• aquifer

• alluvial plain

• oasis

• wadi

Thousands of years ago, one of the world's earliest civilizations emerged in the fertile lands of _____, which means "land between the rivers."

• Tigris

• Egypt

• Euphrates

• Mesopotamia

The largest sand sea in the world, the Rub' al-Khali, is known as the _____.

• Empty Quarter

• Wasteland

• Red Desert

• Arabian Desert

Most of the region of Southwest Asia falls within a(n) _____ climate zone.

• tropical

• arid

• Mediterranean

• semiarid

The world's largest-known deposits of _____ are in Southwest Asia.

• petroleum

• gold

• emeralds

• lithium

Southwest Asia's history and settlement patterns have been shaped by the scarce resource of _____.

• natural gas

• forests

• rich soil

• water