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Southwest Asia & North Africa Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does scarcity mean?

a)

a shallow area filled with rain water

b)

not having enough of something

c)

the process of turning salt water into fresh water

d)

having too much of something

2.

What are wadis?

a)

huge waterfalls filled with exotic fish

b)

people that go from place to place and do not have a permanent home

c)

dry riverbeds that fill briefly with water after it rains

d)

a large desert in North Africa

3.

What is desalination?

a)

process of removing salt from seawater to make fresh water

b)

an oasis or spring in the desert

c)

the steep edge of a plateau

d)

the belief in many gods

4.

What is monotheism?

a)

the belief in no god/gods

b)

the belief in many gods

c)

the belief in one god

d)

a hajj or pligrimage to Mecca

5.

This body of water is so salty and no animals or plants can live there

a)

The Black Sea

b)

The Dead Sea

c)

The River Nile

d)

The Red Sea

6.

The most common spoken language in the Middle East is

a)

Arabic

b)

English

c)

Spanish

d)

French

7.

The only Jewish state is

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iran

c)

Syria

d)

Israel

8.

Look at the map. What is the narrow body of water?

a)

The Dead Sea

b)

The Nile River

c)

The Red Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

9.

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are rich in this resource

a)

gemstones

b)

oil

c)

copper

d)

uranium

10.

Most of North Africa is

a)

desert

b)

tropical rainforest

c)

a string of islands

d)

large volcanos