Chapter 18 Southwest Asia (A)

Turkey has coasts on the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

• True

• False

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are often considered parts of the same river system.

• True

• False

By about A.D. 800, Islam extended from northern Africa into most of France.

• True

• False

Israel controls the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

• True

• False

The population of Southwest Asia is less than that of the United States.

• True

• False

one area at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict

• A. alluvial plain

• B. wadi

• C. West Bank

• D. Sunni

• E. Ramadan

landform created by sediment deposited during floods

• A. alluvial plain

• B. wadi

• C. West Bank

• D. Sunni

• E. Ramadan

one of two main branches of Islam

• A. alluvial plain

• B. wadi

• C. West Bank

• D. Sunni

• E. Ramadan

holy month of fasting for Muslims

• A. alluvial plain

• B. wadi

• C. West Bank

• D. Sunni

• E. Ramadan

streambed that is dry for much of the year

• A. alluvial plain

• B. wadi

• C. West Bank

• D. Sunni

• E. Ramadan