Geography Spring 2025 Final

What is the most famous mountain pass in Southwest Asia?

• Khardung La

• Boreas Pass

• Khyber Pass

• Molas Pass

What TWO cities are linked by the Khyber Pass?

• Peshwar, Pakistan

• Tel Aviv, Israel

• Kabul, Afghanistan

• Tehran, Iran

Why is it so easy to float in the Dead Sea?

• Because there is nothing else in it.

• The high amount of salt makes the water more dense.

• Because of low elevation.

• You actually float just the same in the Dead Sea as any other body of water.

For an area to be considered a desert, how much rainfall (or precipitation) does it get per year?

• less than 10 inches a year

• between 10 and 20 inches a year

• between 40 and 50 inches a year

• no rain at all

The world's largest deposits of what natural resource are found in Southwest Asia?

• gold

• iron

• petroleum (oil)

• water

What were the large, pyramid-shaped temple towers built by the Sumerians and Babylonians called?

• pyramids

• ziggurats

• temple mound

• pagodas

What was the Sumerian writing system that was wedge-shaped and done on wet clay tablets left to harden in the sun called?

• demotic script

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• calligraphy

What is the name of the pro-democracy protests and uprisings in North Africa and Southwest Asia took place in 2010 and 2011?

• Arabian Independence Movement

• Operation Arabian Democracy

• Arab Spring

• Arabian Spring Revolutionary War

This is the belief in one god.

• animism

• monotheism

• sikhism

• polytheism

This is the belief in more than one god.

• animism

• monotheism

• sikhism

• polytheism