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Ch. 17 & 18 Test Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ is known as the major physical geography of Southwest Asia.

a)

long rivers

b)

mountains and plateaus

c)

coastal plains

d)

high plains

2.

Define cuneiform:

a)

a Tartar form worship

b)

the Romans built a catapult

c)

a bow and arrow created by the civilization

d)

a Sumerian form of writing system

3.

What is the name major waterway is between Israel and Jordan.

a)

Laney Sea

b)

Blaze Lake

c)

Arabian Sea

d)

Dead Sea

4.

The Persian Gulf is connected to the Arabian Sea by a strategic waterway called the Strait of Hormuz.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Both

5.

What are the three religions of Southwest Asia that are also known as the Abrahamic Religions?

a)

Judaism, Christianity, & Hindu

b)

Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

c)

Christianity, Judaism, & Hindu

d)

Buddhism, Christianity, & Hindu

6.

North Africa's most used European language is French?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the word you use if you only believe in one God? (a word from your vocab)

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8.

What major mineral is known in Southwest Asia?

a)

lithium

b)

petroleum

c)

gold

d)

diamonds

9.

Present day Iraq used to be known as what?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Qatar

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Libya

10.

Name a Muslim holiday that requires them to fast for 30 days?

a)

Mecca

b)

September

c)

Holliman

d)

Ramadan

11.

Rub' al-Khali as also known as what?

a)

Red Desert

b)

Sarah Desert

c)

Empty Quarter

d)

Arabian Desert

12.

What major Sea touches the countries of North Africa?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Nile River

d)

Black Sea

e)

Red Sea

13.

Name the countries of North Africa. (There are 5.)

1. Libya

  1. 2. Morocco

3. Tunisia

  1. 4. Algeria

  2. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­5. (a)  

14.

This major discovery of ___________________ has brought and still brings much wealth to some countries in Southwest Asia. (Name the natural resource.)

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15.

Did Iraq's invasion of _____ trigger the first Persian Gulf War in the 1990s?

a)

Iraq

b)

Kuwait

c)

Iran

d)

Qatar

16.

What do Egyptians call the king? (it’s a vocab word)

a)

King

b)

Caliph

c)

Pharaoh

d)

Czar

17.

Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?) Mississippi and Sabine

a)

Yellow and Yangze

b)

Nile and Amazon

c)

Mississippi and Sabine

d)

Tigris and Euphrates

18.

What is unique about the Tigris and Euphrates River?

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