Southwest Asia and North Africa Setting Quiz

The most densely populated area in Egypt is along the ______________________.

• Sahara Desert
• Politics
• Islam
• Nile River

An important natural resource found in Southwest Asia is _______________________.

• Oil
• Indian Ocean
• Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Growth of representative government

The __________________ limits where people living in North Africa can settle.

• Sahara Desert
• Nile River
• Indian Ocean
• Oil

________________________ is an important natural resource found in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

• Oil
• Nile River
• Sahara Desert
• Indian Ocean

Access to the ______________________ aides in the trading abilities of Southwest Asian countries.

• Indian Ocean
• Nile River
• Sahara Desert
• Oil

Many people in Egypt have settled near the ______________________.

• Nile River
• Sahara Desert
• Indian Ocean
• Oil

______________ is a valuable life-sustaining resource that is scarce in this area. Because of its limited availability it has influenced human settlement and led to conflict

• oil
• gold
• salt
• water

Compare the two maps below. The map on the left shows the economic activites of North Africa. The map on the right shows the population denisity and major cities. Which statement is true?

• The major cities and economic activities are concentrated along the red dashed line in the southern part of the region.
• There is no connection between the information on these two maps.
• Most of the major cities are located in the same areas as the economic activities.
• The major cities are concentrated on the coast while the economic activities are mostly found in the center of the region.

Modification is

• when humans change their environment to meet their own needs
• when humans change their behavior to best suite their environment
• when the environment changes naturally over time
• when humans evolve over time due to envrionmental changes

What is significant about the location of the Suez Canal?

• The Suez Canal is the official division between Europe and Asia.
• The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea which shortens the trade route between Europe and Asia.
• The Suez Canal was responsible for the growth of Saudi Arabia's empire.
• The Suez Canal is an important irrigation system for communities in the Sahara Desert.