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WorksheetsCh 15 NASWA Homework
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 30mins
What desert is pictured?
Kalihari
Rub al Khali
Negev
Sahara
What is this picture describing?
An escarpment
The water cycle
A rain shadow
The doldrums
What mountains split Iran into two distinct areas?
Atlas
Zagros
Taurus
Caucus
What is the dominant climate of NASWA?
Temperate
Mediterranean
Semi Arid
Arid
Where is the Arabian Peninsula?
B
A
M
D
Where is the Nile River?
E
K
P
D
Where is the Persian Gulf?
A
H
O
R
Which best describes the climate of much of Southwest Asia?
hot and dry
windy and cold
tropical and rainy
moderate and cool
The climate of Southwest Asia has led much of the region to experience a scarcity of ____.
trading
water
oil production
desalination plants
What non-renewable natural resource has contributed to the growth of the Middle East?
oil
water
tiber
cotton
What continent is the Middle East on?
Asia
Africa
Europe
Antartica
Bodies of water beginning in Turkey that travel Syria and Iraq, ending in the Persian Gulf:
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Which location is most likely to have the largest variety of plants and animals.
Sahara
Sahel
Oasis
Rub Al Khali
Both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into which body of water?
the Caspian Sea
the Mediterranean Sea
the Pacific Ocean
the Persian Gulf
In what country does the Euphrates River join the Tigris River?
Iraq
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Why does Turkey have an advantage over other countries in Southwest Asia with regard to the distribution of water?
because the Black Sea, the largest source of freshwater in the region, is located off of Turkey's northern coast
because the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, two of the primary sources of freshwater in the region, originate in Turkey
because Turkey's population is less dependent on commercial agriculture dependent on commercial agriculture
because Turkey's economy is less dependent on industries that create large amounts of water pollution
Underground canals used by the Persians for irrigation
Qanats
Phosphate
Wadi
Oasis
Located between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
Persia
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Phoenicia
Small area in the desert where water and vegetation are found
Oasis
Wadi
Qanat
Suq
soil with small particle size that holds some water; some nutrients
Clay
Silt
Sand
Bed Rock
a person who lives by moving from place to place to follow and hunt herds of migrating animals or to lead herds of grazing animals to fresh pasture
Pharaoh
Wadi
Nomad
Hieroglyphics
an underground layer of rock through which water flows
Aquifer
Channel
Delta
Silt
Define irrigation.
digging canals to let water flow from a water source to fields for farming
side by side, but never crossing
made up of; composed of
The land between two rivers (Greek)
An area built up by rich fertile soil left by a river.
Alluvial Plain
Delta
Outsourcing
Boycott
What is a plain created by sediment deposited during floods?
Alluvial Plain
Scroll Plain
Structural Plains
Erosional Plains
What is country 1?
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Country 4
Turkey
Afghanistan
Libya
Israel
Country 7
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Country 11
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Yemen
Libya
Country 13
Kuwait
Egypt
Yemen
United Arab Emirates
Country 16
Egypt
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
Country 20
Morocco
Tunisia
Lebanon
Iraq
Arid
Very dry, without rain
Desertification
The gradual transition from fertile to less productive land
Alluvial Plain
An area of land located next to a stream or river that floods
Silt
fine particles of soil in river water that eventually settle
Irrigation
The redirecting of water to crops using channels and ditches
Petroleum
A raw material that forms in deposits beneath the earth's surface
Nonrenewable
Cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep pace with its use
Fault
a fracture in Earth's crust
Oasis
Fertile place in a dry region where water is found
Qanat
An underground tunnel used to carry mountain waters to dry plains
(a) is known as the "land between the rivers".
The two rivers that make up Mesopotamia are...
the Tigris and Euphrates
the Nile and the Euphrates
the Schuylkill and the Delaware
the Tigris and the Nile
The Rub Al Khali is
the world's largest desert.
the world's largest continuous sand desert.
a sand desert.
the world's largest continous desert.
