Chapter 8/9 Lesson 1 Review

The ____________ is 8 times more saltier than any other body of water in the world.

• Dead Sea

• NIle River

• Black Sea

• Tigris River

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

• Great Beginnings

• Land of Agriculture

• Land Between The Rivers

• Good Land

What word means the politics surrounding water access and usage rights?

• monotheism

• Hydropolitics

• Oasis

• Wadi

True or False: The land of Mesopotamia is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• True

• False

Which Southwest Asian country is number one for largest oil reserve?

• Kuwait

• Oman

• Turkey

• Saudi Arabia

In Egypt, this river is classified as the longest river in the world, and was important to ancient Egyptians.

• Nile River

• Indus River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates

True or False: Monotheistic is the belief in multiple gods.

• True

• False

What desert is located in Northern Africa, stretches for thousands of miles, and is classified as the largest hot desert in the world?

• Gobi

• The Outback

• Sahara

• Arabian