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SW Asia Review (GEREG)

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is shaded in black?

a)

Israel

b)

Egypt

c)

Oman

d)

Yemen

2.
What country is represented by number 2?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Afghanistan
3.
What country is represented by number one?
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Israel
4.
What country is represented by number 4?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Israel
c)
Turkey
d)
Iraq
5.
What country is highlighted in red?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Syria
d)
Kuwait
6.
What part of Israel is identified with the red one?
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
West Bank
c)
Jordan River
7.
What part of Israel is identified by the blue 2?
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
West Bank
c)
Jordan River
8.
What country is this?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Turkey
d)
Egypt
9.
The river "shared" by Syria, Jordan, and Israel is:
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates 
c)
Jordan
d)
Nile
10.
What is the following Middle East Man-Made Feature?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Tigris River
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Euphrates River
11.
Through which country below do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow?
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Afghanistan
12.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Mediterranean Sea
13.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Red Sea
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Strait of Hormuz
14.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Arabian Sea
15.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Strait of Hormuz
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Tigris River
16.
What are the three rivers located in SW Asia?
a)
Tigris River, Euphrates River and Jordan River
b)
Jordan river, arabian sea and suez canal
c)
Nile River, Tigris River and Jordan River
d)
Euphrates River, Tigris River, Persian Gulf
17.

Which number marks the Euphrates River?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.
What country is this?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Egypt
d)
Saudi Arabia
19.
a)

Egypt

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Syria

d)

Israel

20.

What physical feature is this?

a)

Tigris River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Red Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

21.

Which natural resource has caused many disputes in the Middle East?

a)

Water

b)

Food

c)

Clothing

d)

Bed

22.

What is the process of removing salt from ocean water

a)

Desalination

b)

Scarcity

c)

Irrigation

d)

Allocation

23.

What water problems are Southwest Asia facing? (MORE THAN 1)

a)

Pollution

b)

unequal distribution

c)

water shortages

d)

not enough food

e)

no jobs

24.

Which river is the key water source of Israel and Jordan?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Jordan River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Euphrates River

25.

What is water pollution?

a)

contamination of bodies of water

b)

a supply of water to land

c)

when soil loses its ability to hold water

d)

when the desert spreads

26.

Which country has built the worlds largest desalination plant?

a)

Saudi Arabi

b)

Turkey

c)

Iraq

d)

Iran

27.

Which country has built over 22 dams with the Anatolia project?

a)

Turkey

b)

Iraq

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Syria

28.

How has the use of chemical fertilizers affected water supplies in many countries in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

a)

The use of chemical fertilizers means crops must be watered constantly

b)

Water supplies have been contaminated by the chemicals through runoff from the fields

c)

Chemical fertilizers help take the salt out of water supplies in Southwest Asia (Middle East)

d)

Enormous amounts of water must be used to produce chemical fertilizers

29.

Why aren’t desalination and drip irrigation used more in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

a)

These technologies are very expensive for countries to use

b)

Few countries in Southwest Asia have access to seawater

c)

Drip irrigation is not very effective in the hot, dry climate

d)

Ancient methods of irrigation are much more effective and helpful

30.

How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia?

a)

Countries in Southwest Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers

b)

Dams are too expensive to build

c)

Few countries have the technology to build dams

d)

Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream

31.

What is causing water pollution in Southwest Asia?

a)

Chemical fertilizers and irrigation

b)

Chemical fertilizers, garbage, and sewage

c)

Chemical fertilizers and desalination

d)

Chemical fertilizers and nuclear waste

32.

Which statement best describes the problem of water in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

a)

Local fresh water supplies cannot support the area’s drinking and farming needs

b)

Runoff from desalination plants is polluting fresh water supplies

c)

Hydroelectric power is using most of the fresh water.

d)

Underground aquifers are overflowing and flooding towns

33.

Why is water pollution of great concern in Southwest Asia?

a)

because clean drinking water is scarce in the region

b)

because the economy is dependent upon exporting water

c)

because it prevents ships from traveling along major waterways

d)

because it reduces the amount of electricity generated by hydropower

34.

Why does Turkey have an advantage over other countries in Southwest Asia with regard to the distribution of water?

a)

because the Black Sea, the largest source of freshwater in the region, is located off of Turkey's northern coast

b)

because the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, two of the primary sources of freshwater in the region, originate in Turkey

c)

because Turkey's population is less dependent on commercial agriculture dependent on commercial agriculture

d)

because Turkey's economy is less dependent on industries that create large amounts of water pollution

35.

Why did the construction of the Atatürk Dam on the Euphrates River in Turkey cause conflict in Southwest Asia?

a)

The dam has caused flooding in other countries.

b)

The dam has caused the river to completely run dry.

c)

The dam has limited the supply of water in other countries.

d)

The dam has caused shipping and trade on the river to stop.

36.

Per capita (person) where is the availability of safe drinking water the worst in the world?

a)

Antarctica

b)

SW Asia

c)

North America

d)

South America

37.

Where do towns without proper water treatment plants dump human waste?

a)

Directly into oceans

b)

Directly into rivers

c)

Into plastic bags that they tie up and throw into the trash

d)

Everyone has an outhouse.

38.

What percentage of the world’s drinking water is available in SW Asia?

a)

Almost 100%

b)

<5%

c)

<1%

d)

Around 20%

39.

What percentage of the world’s population is SW Asia?

a)

<1%

b)

About 20%

c)

Almost 100%

d)

5%

40.

What country almost exclusively relies on the process of desalination for water?

a)

Israel

b)

Jordan

c)

Turkey

d)

Saudi Arabia

41.

This term is used to describe when there’s not enough of a resource.

a)

Irrigation

b)

Desalination

c)

Scarcity

d)

Per capita

42.

Why are SW Asia (the Middle East) countries almost constantly in conflict?

a)

Each country has a different religion.

b)

They're fighting over oil.

c)

They have disputed over how to best use and share the scarce water resources.

d)

They're fighting over land.

43.

Which TWO rivers are causing disputes between Turkey, Syria, and Iraq?

a)

Jordan and Euphrates Rivers

b)

Euphrates and Tigris Rivers

c)

Tigris and Jordan Rivers

44.

In which SW Asian country has wheat and rice production decreased leaving farmers without jobs?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Israel

d)

Afghanistan

45.

Which country’s water treatment plants are damaged after three decades of war?

a)

Iraq

b)

Kuwait

c)

Israel

d)

Iran

46.

Which two countries have disputes over the water of the Jordan River?

a)

Turkey and Syria

b)

Israel and Turkey

c)

Jordan and Iraq

d)

Jordan and Israel

47.

Which country’s citizens can only get water two days a week?

a)

Kuwait

b)

Jordan

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Israel

48.

Which country built pipelines to direct the Jordan River’s waters away from other countries?

a)

Iraq

b)

Kuwait

c)

Iran

d)

Israel

49.

Which of the following are ethnic groups? (3)

a)

Persians

b)

Christians

c)

Muslims

d)

Kurds

e)

Arabs

50.

Which of the following are Religious Groups? (3)

a)

Jews

b)

Christians

c)

Muslims

d)

Kurds

e)

Persians

51.

Which ethnic groups speaks Arabic, is mostly Islamic, and lives on the Arabian peninsula?

a)

Kurds

b)

Jews

c)

Arabs

d)

Persians

52.

a group of people who share a common culture is a/an

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

c)

social group

d)

none of the above

53.

a group of people who share a belief system is a/an:

a)

ethnic group

b)

religious group

c)

social group

d)

none of the above

54.

Not all Arabs are Muslim, and not all Muslims are Arabs.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Who was the father/founder of Judaism?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Mohammad

d)

Ali

56.

What is the sacred text (holy book) of Judaism?

a)

Quran (and parts of the Bible)

b)

Bible (Old and New Testaments)

c)

Torah and the Hebrew Bible

d)

The Vedas

57.

Who was the father/founder of Christianity?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Muhammad

d)

Ali

58.

What is the sacred text (holy book) of Christianity?

a)

Quran (and parts of the Bible)

b)

Bible (Old and New Testaments)

c)

Torah and the Hebrew Bible

d)

The Vedas

59.

Who was the father/founder of Islam?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Muhammad

d)

Ali

60.

What is the sacred text (holy book) of Islam?

a)

Quran (and parts of the Bible)

b)

Bible (Old and New Testaments)

c)

Torah and the Hebrew Bible

d)

The Vedas

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