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WorksheetsSouthwest Asia and North Africa 1
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
What two rivers formed the fertile crescent?
Nile and Euphrates
Euphrates and Tigris
Tigris and Nile
Nile and Niger
The method of getting water to farmland without having to wait for rain is called
aquifer
qanat
aqueduct
irrigation
What people became the first miltiary power in history?
Babylonians
Assyrians
Mesopatamians
Moors
The earliest known civilization was ...
Mesopotamia
Akkad
Sumer
Babylon
Each city-state had its own ruler, special god and ...
army
navy
capital
ziggurat
The earliest known form of writing was...
Sanscript
Hieroglyphics
Latin
Cunieform
Egyptian civilization began 5,000 years ago on this river.
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
Zambezi
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North
South
East
West
What is a cataract?
River
Mountain
Waterfall
Qanat
Which city has never been a capital of Egypt?
Thebes
Jerusalem
Memphis
Cairo
How many months a year did the Nile flood?
1
2
3
4
Mesopotamia included parts of present-day countries of Iraq, Syria and Turkey
True
False
How many square miles does the Arabian Peninsula cover?
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
What two seas border the Arabian Peninsula?
Mediterranean and Caspian Seas
Red and Mediterranean Sea
Caspian and Red Seas
Red and Arabian Seas
People who move from place to place are called....
Nomads
Migrants
Immigrants
Hobos
Which desert is in the northern and central areas of the Arabian Peninsula
Sahara
Rub al Khali
Syrian
Gobi
Which desert is known as the "empty quarter"?
Rub al Khali
Syrian
Sahara
Gobi
How many of the world's major religions began in Southwest Asia?
1
2
3
6
What are the followers of Islam called?
Hindus
Buddhists
Christians
Muslims
What are the two most widely practiced religions in the world today?
Christianity and Islam
Christianity and Judaisms
Buddhism and Islam
Islam and Judaism
Which of these world record holders is located in the region of Southwest Asia and North Africa?
highest mountain
deepest lake
longest river
smallest desert
What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
What is a peninsula
An body of water surrounded on three sides by land.
An elevated area that is flat on top.
Land surrounded on all sides by water
Land surrounded on three sides by water.
What type of tectonic plate movements cause earthquakes?
Convergent boundaries and transform boundaries
Transform boundaries and subduction zones.
Divergent boundaries and convergent boundaries
Divergent boundaries and subduction zones
What issue caused "sparse" settlement of both plateaus?
Near freezing temperatures of the area.
Heat of the area
Dryness of the area.
Extreme heat and rain.
What are Oases?
Dry areas in fertile places
Fertile places in dry areas.
Areas of intense rain.
Areas of intense heat.
Why did traders cross the Anatolinan and Iranian Plateaus?
The were traveling between Europe and North America.
They were traveling between Africa and Northern Asia.
They were traveling between North America and South America
They were traveling between Europe and East Asia.
People traveling along the Mediterranean coast had to cross which mountains to settle on the Anatolian Plain?
Zagros Mountains
Taurus Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Himalayan Mountains.
What allowed invention allowed people to settle on the Iranian Plateau?
Aqueducts
Qanats
Oases
Fertile land
What world region is home to the Anatolian and Iranian Plateau?
North Africa
Sub-saharan Africa
East Asia
Southwest Asia
The Sumerians traded with people as far away as________
China and India
India and Egypt
Egypt and Ghina
Ethiopia and Chad
Mesopotamia means "good famland".
True
False
The Fertile Crescent included Mesopotamia.
True
False
The Fertile Crescent was located between deserts and mountains.
True
False
The Arabian peninsula is primarily....
desert
savanna
over populated
uninhabited
Which country is not on the Arabian Peninsula?
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Oman
Yemen
Unrefined oil is called....
gasoline
petroleum
diesel fuel
ethanol
Petroleum develops over millions of years. What is created from?
dead plants and animals
melted rock
lava
a mixture of sand and water
True or False: Petroleum is a renewable resource.
True
False
