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WorksheetsUnit 8 Review: Southwest and Central Asia and North Africa
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What technology is used to create freshwater in this region?
refining
desalination
drip irrigation
automobiles
How is crude oil turned into useful products?
refining the oil by heating it and cooling it
removing the salt from sea water
getting the water to the root of the plant
using simply machines like a shaduf to move water from the river to the fields
What is a group of nations that have come together to regulate (control) the price and supply of oil?
OSHA
OPEC
WHO
NATO
What is an example of a technology used in Southwest and Central Asia to help conserve water?
Shaduf
Noria
drip irrigation
refinery
Government policies, laws or diplomatic activity concerning control over / use of a water source.
restrictions
Zionism
self-determination
hydro politics
Which choke point impacted global trade by shortening the distance between Asia and Europe, and decreasing the price of goods?
Suez Canal
Strait of Malacca
Panama Canal
The Turkish Straits
Government that is run by religious leaders, no legal separation between church and state.
Monarchy - Great Britain
Republic - United States
Theocracy - Iran
Totalitarian System - Iraq (Saddam Hussein)
oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground
petroleum
crude oil
natural gas
oil reserves
What is the primary difference between the two branches within Islam?
Who should be the leader after Muhammad died
The need to do to Mecca once before a follower of Islam dies
What religious laws should be followed
Who controls Jeresalem
Which religion has the majority in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia?
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
What happened to cause the creation of the state of Israel?
Holocaust
Zionism
Persecution across Europe
World War 2
What can you make from petroleum
jet fuel
asphalt
gasoline
plastics
What is the result of the United Nations creating of Israel?
Palestinians have lost their homes
Israelis have lost their homes
Everyone is happy and living in peace
The Arab Nations welcomed Israel
What event spread primarily through social media and led to either a change in government or civil war?
The Gulf War
Syrian Civil War
The Holocaust
Arab Spring
A group of people who has its own government, territory, and control over everything inside its own borders and with other nations is called a
stateless nation
nation-state
nation
state
What resource in Southwest and Central Asia is in high demand but little is available (scarce)?
gold
freshwater
silver
petroleum (oil)
The choke point that most of the oil in the region travels through is
Suez Canal
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Hormuz
Bab Al Mandeb
Which group is the largest stateless nation in the world and is found in this region?
The Kurds
The Catalan
The Yoruba
The Uyghur
Which part of the environment needs to be protected from oil spills, leaks, accidents or environmental terrorism?
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Which country did Saddam Hussein invade for their oil?
Syria
Saudi Arabia
United States
Kuwait
What is the purpose of a qanat?
to prevent evaporation as the water moves underground
to remove salt from sea water to create freshwater
to keep the water away from others
to hold back a river to create a reservoir
What should countries that depend on oil for their economies do to continue to have strong economic futures if the oil runs out?
Distribute
Diversify
Persist
Specialize
water is conserved because it is placed at the root zone so evaporation does not occur.
desalination
hydro politics
drip irrigation
choke point
