WorksheetsSWANA Review
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does SWANA stand for?
a)
Southwest Asia Next is Africa
b)
Seriously worried about North Atlantic
c)
Southwest Asia North Africa
d)
Southwest Asia Natural Association
2.
What does North Africa have in common with Southwest Asia?
a)
Religion is Islam
b)
Arab Decent
c)
People speak Arabic
d)
All of the above
3.
What is the importance of the Persian Gulf?
a)
Much of the world's oil ships are from here. Many pipelines end here and then oil is loaded on tankers.
b)
This gulf has the most beautiful homes in the area along with most of the world's billionaires.
c)
This gulf is the only way Islam spread out of Southwest Asia.
d)
The Persian Gulf is where most of the Syrians have tried to escape the harsh treatment in their country.
4.
What is desalination?
a)
A resource from the Middle East which we use for our eyes as we get older.
b)
A giant sprinkler system that allows people to grow food in the desert
c)
A barrier that impounds water that prevents flooding
d)
Taking salt out of sea water to make it more useable.
5.
What is irrigation?
a)
A resource from the Middle East which we use for our eyes as we get older.
b)
A giant sprinkler system that allows people to grow food in the desert.
c)
A barrier that impounds water that prevents flooding
d)
Taking salt out of sea water to make it more useable.
6.
Where is the population distribution in SWANA mainly?
a)
Most people live near sources of fresh water such as rivers.
b)
Most people live near oil.
c)
Most people live near Muhammad's birthplace
d)
Most people live near the desert
7.
What is a nomad?
a)
Someone that has gone mad
b)
People who wander from place to place with their livestock.
c)
People who search for oil
d)
A terrorist organization
8.
What is the main natural resource in this area?
a)
Water
b)
Oil
c)
Coal
d)
Diamonds
9.
What is the main religion in SWANA?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
10.
What is the holy city, that Muslims should try to goto, if they can afford it once in their life?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Mecca
c)
New Delhi
d)
Dubai
11.
What are the people that follow Islam called?
a)
Christians
b)
Jews
c)
Hindus
d)
Muslims
12.
What is the holy city that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all share?
a)
Mecca
b)
Jerusalem
c)
New Delhi
d)
Dubai
13.
Who did Israel supposedly "steal" the land from?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Syria
c)
Palestine
d)
Egypt
14.
What is monotheism?
a)
A kissing disease
b)
Belief in many gods
c)
Belief in one god
d)
The study of life
15.
What is the main purpose when OPEC was founded?
a)
To help the poor people in the area
b)
To build a nation based on free trade
c)
To build infrastructure
d)
To control world oil market and maximize prices
16.
What is Theocracy?
a)
Government led by a religious leader.
b)
A class you will take your senior year over religion
c)
The study of women in the Middle East
d)
Government is which the leader is a dictator based on military control
17.
Which country is a theocracy?
a)
India
b)
Saudi Arabia
c)
Iran
d)
Syria
18.
Oil is an example of what type of resource?
a)
Dangerous
b)
Non-Renewable
c)
Renewable
d)
Inexpensive
19.
The Middle East controls the greatest supply of what valuable resource?
a)
Diamonds
b)
Gold
c)
Oil
d)
Salt
20.
Where is the largest amount of oil in the world?
a)
Southwest Asia
b)
Northwest Asia
c)
South America
d)
East Russia
21.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Mediterranean Sea
22.
Name this peninsula which borders the Persian Gulf and contains the countries Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and the UAE.
a)
Asia Minor
b)
Anatolian Peninsula
c)
Balkan Peninsula
d)
Arabian Peninsula
23.
Monotheistic religion originating in the Middle East
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
All of the above
24.
Which ethnic group is most numerous in Southwest Asia?
a)
Jews
b)
Kurds
c)
Arabs
d)
Persians
25.
What are the five pillars?
a)
the first five books of the Quran
b)
the five columns that support the roof of the Ka'aba
c)
five beliefs shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
d)
five basic obligations that Muslims are supposed to meet in their lives
26.
The only majority non-Muslim country in the Middle East is
a)
Lebanon
b)
Syria
c)
Israel
d)
Turkey
27.
Which of these natural resources does the Middle East have in very short supply?
a)
water
b)
oil
c)
lumber
d)
coal
28.
Southwest Asia adapts to water shortage by
a)
Drip irrigation
b)
Desalinization
c)
Building dams
d)
all of the above
29.
What religion includes: fasting during Ramadan, Praying 5 times a day, Haij to Mecca
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Hinduism
30.
Israel has occupied which land area in the last 50 years
a)
Golan Heights
b)
Gaza Strip
c)
West Bank
d)
All of the above
31.
Population density in Southwest Asia is uneven due to its climate (dry and arid) which is why most people in the region live along rivers
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Country E?
a)
Isreal
b)
Egypt
c)
Libya
d)
Saudi Arabia
33.
Country F?
a)
Yemen
b)
United Arab Emirates
c)
Qatar
d)
Saudi Arabia
34.
Country G?
a)
Yemen
b)
United Arab Emirates
c)
Qatar
d)
Saudi Arabia
35.
Country J?
a)
Syria
b)
Turkey
c)
Iraq
d)
Iran
36.
Country K?
a)
Syria
b)
Turkey
c)
Iraq
d)
Iran
37.
Country L?
a)
Syria
b)
Turkey
c)
Iraq
d)
Iran
38.
City A?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Cairo
c)
Tehran
d)
Istanbul
39.
City B?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Cairo
c)
Tehran
d)
Istanbul
40.
City D?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Cairo
c)
Tehran
d)
Istanbul
41.
Country A?
a)
Isreal
b)
Egypt
c)
Libya
d)
Saudi Arabia
42.
Feature A?
a)
Atlas Mountains
b)
Zagros Mountains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Andes Mountains
43.
Feature F?
a)
Atlas Mountains
b)
Zagros Mountains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Andes Mountains
44.
Feature B?
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Arabian Desert
c)
Gobi Desert
d)
Mojave Desert
45.
Feature C?
a)
Sinai Peninsula
b)
Arabian Peninsula
c)
Iberian Peninsula
d)
Korean Peninsula
46.
Feature E?
a)
Sinai Peninsula
b)
Arabian Peninsula
c)
Iberian Peninsula
d)
Korean Peninsula
47.
Feature A?
a)
Nile River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Amazon River
48.
Feature E?
a)
Nile River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Amazon River
49.
Feature F?
a)
Nile River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Amazon River
50.
Feature B?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Persian Gulf
d)
Caspian Sea
51.
Feature C?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Persian Gulf
d)
Caspian Sea
52.
Feature D?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Persian Gulf
d)
Caspian Sea
53.
Feature A?
a)
Aswan Dam
b)
Ataturk Dam
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Panama Canal
54.
Feature B?
a)
Aswan Dam
b)
Ataturk Dam
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Panama Canal
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