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What is desalination?
adding salt to freshwater
adding salt to seawater
removing salt from seawater
removing salt from freshwater
What is the most populated Group of islam
Sunni
Shi'a
Temple
Moses
What is the holy book of the Jewish religion called?
What is the leader of the Jewish place of worship called?
Imam
Rabbi
Preacher
Muslims worship in a _____. It has pillars at each corner where they call their people to prayers five times a day.
church
synagogue
mosque
Connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
It is an important trade route.
Strait of Hormuz
Persian Gulf
Suez Canal
Arabian Sea
Narrow shallow body of water that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.
It is an important trade route connecting the rich oil fields of the gulf to the Arabian Sea and beyond.
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
The body of water is sometimes called the Arabian Gulf.
The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Located on the west bank of the River Jordan
It is the larger and more populous Palestinian territory.
The unresolved issue of a Palestinian Homeland has led to conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews.
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
the narrow strip of land between Israel, Egypt, and the Mediterranean Sea
It is home to millions of Palestinian Refugees who fled there during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
There are frequent conflicts between its Arab inhabitants and Israeli Jews
Gaza Strip
Persian Gulf
West Bank
Suez Canal
watering crops so they will continue
to grow when there is insufficient rainfall
irrigation
population density
pollution
unequal distribution
The introduction of harmful materials into the environment
irrigation
pollution
population density
unequal distribution
The concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic locale.
A measurement of the number of people per square mile or per square kilometer.
population density
population distribution
irrigation
pollution
What is an Oasis?
a group of camels and merchants traveling through the desert
a green place in the desert that has access to water, would eventually become towns, cities
heaven
a place in America where people trade
The Arabian Peninsula is
cold and wet
hot, dry, little rainfall
an ocean
very wet too much rainfall
Who was the prophet of the religion of Islam
Jesus
Abraham
Muhammad
Johannes Gutenberg
Every Year millions of people travel to the CENTER for ISLAMIC RELIGION, where is this?
Arabia
Mecca
Messina
Minnesota
What were the 2 types of Islam that were created after the death of Muhammad?
Sunni and Sunnah
Sunnah and Shari'ah
Sunni and Shia
Shah Abbas and Shia
TRUE/FALSE: The Sunni wanted to elect a leader based on them being related to Muhammad?
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE/FALSE: The Shia wanted to "elect" a leader?
TRUE
FALSE
What is the holy book of the Christian religion?
What are the Five Pillars?
The five basic obligations that Muslims are supposed to meet in their lives.
The first five books of the Quran.
The five basic beliefs shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
The five columns that support the roof of the Ka’aba.
Identify the three main religions that began in the Middle East?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
Buddhism, Shintoism, Hinduism
What city is holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims?
Mecca
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Medina
What is the main belief that separated the Jewish faith from the others in the ancient world?
The offering of sacrifices during religious ceremonies.
The worship of a single God rather than many gods.
The organization of believers into a separate state.
The belief in life after death.
What basic belief made Christianity different from Judaism?
Christians believed Jesus was the Messiah, or savior of man.
Only Judaism accepted and believed in the Ten Commandments.
Christians allowed the worship of many of the Roman gods, while Judaism did not.
Jews never had problems with Roman authorities, while Christians did.
What is the similarity between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
The three religions all believe in different gods.
They all consider Abraham as a prophet.
Unlike Judaism, Christianity and Islam won new converts only by war and force.
All three religions accept Jesus as the savior.
Countries in SW Asia typically have a lack of ______(natural resource), and an abundance of _______(non-renewable resource).
coal; copper
water; phosphates
water; oil
phosphates; natural gas
What is the main cause of the rapid economic development of Saudi Arabia in the last 50-60 years?
Industrial chemical production
Petroleum (oil) exports
Machinery imports
Commercial shipping
What is the process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking known as ?
desalination
absorption
extraction
naturalization
Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Israel
How have dams built along the rivers have created problems for people living further downstream?
Less water comes down the river to those people living downstream.
A river can only be dammed in one place along its path.
Fish can't live in the rivers after they have been dammed.
Dams are expensive.
Why have many nomadic people left the deserts to move to urban areas over the last 50 years?
For trading opportunities.
They are tired of the harsh lifestyle.
To work in desalination plants.
To work in the oil industry.
True or False: People who belong to the same ethnic group have the same or similar beliefs.
True
False
Check all of the characteristics that make up ethnicity.
Common ancestry
Common Culture
Common Customs
Common beliefs
Which ethnic group makes up 90% of Southwest Asia's population?
Persians
Muslims
Arabs
Kurds
Which ethnic group is considered a minority in Southwest Asia and lost their homeland?
Arabs
Persians
Kurds
Palestinians
If Monique prays five times a day toward mecca and plans to go on a hajj in the next year, what religion is she likely to be?
Muslim
Christian
Jewish
Persian
Check all the options that represent Southwest Asian ethnic groups.
Muslims
Persians
Christians
Kurds
Who is the founder of Judaism?
Jesus
Muhammad
Abraham
Moses
Who is the founder of Christianity?
Jesus
Muhammad
Abraham
Moses
At 2.1 billion followers, this religion is the largest in the world. What religion is being described?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Baha'i
Because this ethnic group is a minority in many of the countries that they are found in, they are frequently discriminated against.
Pashtuns
Kurds
Persians
Arabs
Today, the majority of this ethnic group are found in Syria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia
Turks
Persians
Arabs
Kurds
Though this ethnic group uses the Arabic alphabet, they speak a language called Farsi.
Kurds
Persians
Arabs
Muslims
Most of the people of Iran are ethnic
Arabs
Kurds
Persians
Pashtuns
Most of the people of this ethnic group adhere to Shia Islam though a small percentage practices Zoroastrianism.
Persians
Arabs
Kurds
Jews
The people of this ethnic group can be found through most of the Arabian peninsula and the countries of north Africa.
Arabs
Persians
Ashanti
Kurds
