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WorksheetsSWANA Test Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Primary reason that early civilizations developed near rivers?
Rivers were necessary for religious rituals in the early civilization.
Rivers kept the population low due to seasonal flooding.
Rivers provided natural resources and trade routes.
Rivers gave invading armies easy access to early civilizations.
What natural resource is there not enough of in the Middle East?
Iron
Water
Cotton
Oil
What was one way people have ADAPTED to the lack of water in the region that we have focused on?
Desalination Plants/Factories
Building of dams
Collection of rain water
Fresh water bought from the US
After the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers merge, they empty into the _______.
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Which major geographic factor dominates nations in the region of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
A huge fresh water sea
A set of high mountains
A system of large canyons
A collections of vast deserts
Many nations in the world established trade relationships with countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa because of the —
growth in the population of the world
increasing demand for oil in the world
lack of water resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa
decrease in agricultural outputs in Southwest Asia and North Africa
