Southwest Asia Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: An ______ is an area in the desert where underground water allows plants to grow throughout the year.

• oasis

• desert

• dune

• mirage

Fill in the blank: ______ is the practice of worshiping many gods, common in ancient times.

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Animism

Fill in the blank: ______ is the belief in one God.

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Atheism

• Pantheism

Fill in the blank: The ______ was a wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings in North Africa and Southwest Asia.

• Arab Spring

• Silk Road

• Industrial Revolution

• Cold War

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the location of many of the nations in the region.

• ______

• continent

• ocean

• desert

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf are major ______ in Southwest Asia.

• water bodies

• mountain ranges

• deserts

• forests

Fill in the blank: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Israel are major ______ in the region.

• players

• cities

• rivers

• mountains

Fill in the blank: The ______ is a desert region in Southwest Asia.

• The Arabian Desert

• The Sahara Desert

• The Gobi Desert

• The Kalahari Desert

What is the large desert in the Southwest Asia region?

• Rub' al Khali

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Kalahari

What is a scarce resource in the Southwest Asia region?

• Water

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Coal