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WorksheetsNASWA 2A L3 Assessment
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which country has the largest area of high population density because of mediterranean climate types, fertile land and two rivers flowing through it and is also known as the Anatolian peninsula?
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Egypt
Turkey
What are the two dominant climate types found within North Africa and Southwest Asia?
Mediterranean and Semi-Arid
Desert and Semi-Arid
Subtropical and Desert
Semi-Arid and Subtropical
Which of the following natural resources determines where the people of NASWA live at?
Oil / Petroleum
Gold
Water
Mountains
The "Middle East" is another name for the region of North Africa and Southwest Asia. What type of Regional name is "The Middle East"?
Perceptual Region
Formal Region
Functional Region
Thematic Region
The Region of North Africa and Southwest Asia is a "Formal" region. Which of the 3 human and physical characteristics joins this as a "Formal" region?
Desert, Economy, Government
Oil, Language, Islam
Government, Economy, Language
Oil, Desert, Islam
These mountains found in Morocco and Algeria block moisture from the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea helping to form the Rainshadow Effect creating the Sahara Desert.
Zagros
Atlas
Ahaggar
Carpathian
The degradation of soil and expansion of the world's deserts by human activities such as deforestation, introducing goats into the desert and over-farming is known as:
Soil annihilation
Terraforming
Desert Erosion
Desertification
This man made waterway ( shown in the red box ) connects the Red sea to the Mediterranean sea and saves travel time and money for the world's countries that use it for transportation of their resources and goods.
The Suez Canal
The Strait of Hormuz
The Panama Canal
The Gulf of Aden
The Strait of Hormuz is a point of congestion or blockage of the world's flow of OIl through its narrow passageway and is at the heart of turmoil and controversy. This waterway is known a:
Resource Passage
Choke Point
Strategic stronghold
Resource Bottleneck
What are the 2 main purposes of " reservoirs " made by humans such as Canyon Lake and Calaveras Lake here in Texas?
To create electricity
To have a place to fish and ski.
To stop areas down river from flooding.
To provide an above ground reserve of fresh water for human consumption.
Why is water placed in "Towers" by humans?
Water stored at a high elevation will create tremendous water pressure and helps keep it safe.
To cool off the water at a higher elevation and to keep it safe.
To ensure that water stays pure and clean and safe.
Water is less likely to freeze when it is elevated in towers and it helps keep it safe.
The Sahara Desert forces the majority of Egypt's population to flock to and live in areas of 500 to over 1,000 people per square mile around this river.
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
Jordan
This type of irrigation system created these circular areas of farming in Saudi Arabia from the 1980s to 2016:
Subterranean Irrigation System
Center-Pivot Irrigation System
Slow Drip Irrigation
Manual Sprinkler irrigation
Where does the "Fossil Water" that Saudi Arabian farmers used to irrigate their crops come from?
Ancient Underground Aquifers
Ancient Mountain glacier run off
Ancient reservoirs dug into fossil beds from the region
Ancient Spring water bubbling up from fossil beds
After analyzing the following bar graphs of water withdraw and consumption, which continents show the most probable issue with water scarcity in the future? Hint: These 2 continents' consumption of water are very close to their withdraw amounts.
North America and South America
Europe and Asia
Asia and Africa
Africa and Australia
Which of the following is NOT a negative characteristic about the process known as "Desalination"?
Only wealthy countries can afford this process of creating fresh water.
Disposal of salt extracted from the sea water creates other problems.
Desalinated water has a terrible taste that is hard to get used to.
The location of a nation must be near an ocean or sea to produce this type of fresh water.
Which of the following is the correct pair for a choke point found in NASWA?
Panama Canal
Caribbean Sea
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Bab Al Mandeb
Black Sea
Red Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Which of the following do Christianity, Islam and Judaism all have in common?
All religions believe Jesus was the "Messiah".
All of these religions are monotheistic.
All of these religions began in Southeast Asia.
All 3 religions were created at the same time in History.
What type of power is the country of Turkey using to produce electricity in very high amounts within their countries?
Fossil Fuels
Nuclear Energy
Hydroelectricity
Geothermal energy
After completing the digital population pyramid lesson over NASWA, which of the following types of population growth did you notice that most of the nations in NASWA have?
Rapid
Slow
Negative
Zero
Which of the following is the correct description of the 4 sectors of economy?
PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY, QUATERNARY
P= Resources
S=Manufacturing
T=Services
Q=Technology
P=Manufacturing
S= Technology
T=Resources
Q=Services
P=Resources
S=Manufacturing
T=Technology
Q=Services
P=Technology
S=Manufacturing
T=Services
Q=Resources
Turkey has slowed the water supply to the countries of Iraq and Syria because of all of the hydroelectric dams they have built on these 2 rivers which originate in their country
Euphrates and Nile
Nile and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
Hormuz and Aden
Which of the following is TRUE about the Suez Canal?
The Suez Canal is a Sea level canal.
The Suez canal is connected to the Strait of Hormuz.
The Suez Canal uses a Lock system.
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
The discovery of these natural resources in some Southwest Asian nations have helped to transform them from poor undeveloped nations to wealthy developed nations from past to present.
Gold and Diamonds
Oil and Diamonds
Natural Gas and Gold
Oil and Natural Gas
Which 2 nations of NASWA are either in transition or the United States does not recognize their government?
Israel and Saudi Arabia
Oman and Qatar
Yemen and Afghanistan
Egypt and Jordan
Which of the following population pyramids shows "Rapid growth"?
Which of the following would be the best example of an Economic sector percentage breakdown for a nation that is "underdeveloped"?
P= 5%
S=30%
T/Q=65%
P=9%
S=40%
T/Q=51%
P=55%
S=19%
T/Q=26%
P=3%
S=25%
T/Q=72%
Every good government should help their citizens attain basic needs in order for them to have a happy and prosperous life. Place the following in the logical order of need from the first, second and third most important: Top to bottom
PER CAPITA INCOME HEALTH CARE EDUCATION
HEALTH CARE
EDUCATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME
EDUCATION
HEALTH CARE
EDUCATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
HEALTH CARE
The area of North Africa just south of the Sahara Desert is known as the "Sahel" region. What non indigenous animal has been introduced into the region that has contributed to the "desertification" of that region by humans?
This landform area separated cultures between Northern and Southern Africa and is a great example of physical isolation and how it attributes to cultural differences:
The Sahel
The Sahara
The Atlas Mountains
The Zagros Mountains
