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WorksheetsNorth Africa, Southwest, and Central Asia Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 31mins
The process of removing salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming
salination
aquifer
desalination
pastoralism
Which of the religions below culturally unites or unifies, and is the primary religion throughout the North Africa, Southwest & Central Asia region?
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Which two rivers below are important sources of freshwater in the Mesopotamian sub-region of Southwest Asia?
The Euphrates River
The Nile River
The Tigris River
The Rhine River
This is the most densely populated region in North Africa.
The Qattara Depression in Libya
The Nile River valley in Egypt
The Atlas Mountains of Morocco
The Coastal Plains of Western Sahara
What are the two main branches of the Islamic religion?
Shari'ah
Sunni
Orthodox
Shi'a
The belief in the right of a country/nation to be sovereign and independent.
Patriotism
Communism
Monotheism
Nationalism
This is a major body of water that is an important trade route, and which also divides Europe from Africa.
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
The search for WMDs caused which of the events below?
Operation Desert Storm
the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003
the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001
the Syrian Civil War
Which country did the U.S. invade in 2001 in response to the 9/11 terror attacks?
Kuwait
Iraq
Afghanistan
Syria
The shared belief in Abraham and the writings of the Old Testament are common to which of the religions below?
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
a rebel or revolutionary; a person who takes part in an uprising or rebellion
nomad
insurgent
terrorist
Bedouin
Due to strict religious laws and male attitudes what is the experience of women in most Southwest Asian countries?
They have few if any rights and freedoms, compared to men in most countries
They have the same rights and freedoms as the men
It has only gotten progressively worse due to the Arab Spring
They have more rights and freedoms than men and it is continuing to increase
Which of the events below was inspired by the Arab Spring, and has caused many Syrian's to flee to Europe and other palaces as refugees?
the successful removal of the Tunisian President
the invasion of Afghanistan by the U.S. in 2001
the Syrian Civil War
the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990-91
What was the purpose of the secret Sykes-Picot agreement created at the end of WWI?
It allowed Spain and France to divide up the territories of the former Ottoman Empire
It allowed France and England to divide up the territories of the former Ottoman Empire.
It was the agreement that ended WWI.
It allowed England and Russia to divide up the continent of Africa
What country was created by a UN agreement in 1947 that divided up the former Ottoman and British territory of Palestine?
Israel
Jordan
Oman
Iraq
Which European countries divided up the former territories of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI?
France and Italy
Spain and Germany
France and England
England and Germany
This group was created to keep oil prices high and control the amount of oil available on the global market.
OPEC
OSHA
EU
NAFTA
What is the source of conflict between the Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam?
Who should control of the holy city of Jerusalem
Whether or not to adopt less stringent religious laws
The requirement of pilgrims to make a hajj to Mecca
Who should be the prophet Muhammad's successors
What is the predominate climate type throughout most of the North Africa, Southwest, and Central Asia region?
Humid Subtropical
Arid and Semiarid
Tropical Rain-forest
Tundra
Given the arid climate found in the N. Africa, SW, and Central Asia region where would most people live?
in mountainous areas
evenly distributed across the region
near sources of freshwater
far away from the coast and other sources of water
More democratic governments and free and fair elections were the goals of which event below?
The Arab Spring
Operation Desert Storm
The War on Terror
The Cold War
Which ethnic group below is a stateless nation located in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria?
the Sunni
the Kurds
the Berbers
the Turks
The ______ Sea is shrinking dramatically due to poor irrigation practices and the over diversion of rivers that feed into it.
Black Sea
Dead Sea
Aral Sea
Red Sea
Important shipping routes surround which of the geographic regions below?
The Dead Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The horn of Africa
The Arabian Peninsula
The _________ were the political party in power in Afghanistan during the U.S. invasion in 2001.
Mujaheddin
Al-Qaeda
ISIS
Taliban
_________ was the radical Islamist terrorist group that carried out the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
ISIS
al-Qaeda
Taliban
Mujaheddin
Which of the following has impacted global trade by increasing the efficiency and amount of trade between Asia and Europe, and decreasing the price of goods?
The Suez Canal
The Aswan High Dam
The Dead Sea
The Aral Sea
____________ has been the target of frequent invasions and struggles for control, due to its location at the crossroads of numerous trade routes between parts of Asia and Europe.
Turkey
Iraq
Afghanistan
Syria
_________ was invaded by Iraq in 1990 due to a dispute over oil resources.
Turkey
Iran
Kuwait
Syria
What indigenous group of pastoral nomads inhabited North Africa prior to the current Arab inhabitants becoming the majority ethnic group in the region?
Turks
Berbers
Syrians
Kurds
Soil degradation or loss of fertility in the Nile River valley has been an unintended negative impact of which of the following?
The Suez Canal
The Panama Canal
The Aswan High Dam
The Three Gorges Dam
