Physical Feature
What is the name of the strait that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea?
Strait of Hormuz
What are the 3 major environmental issue din Southwest Asia?
Water shortages, distribution, and pollution
Name the major ethnic group living in Iran? What language to they mainly speak?
Persians; Farsi (a dialect of the Persian language)
What are the 3 major ethnic groups in Southwest Asia?
Arabs, Kurds, and Persains
What is the name of the sea that borders Israel to the west?
What physical feature makes up 66% of the southwest Asian area?
Deserts
True or False: Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water is available to the area’s inhabitants
True
Which ethnic group has no country of its own but has been able to peacefully live in northern Iraq since 1990? What language do they speak?
the Kurds; they speak Kurdish (a language related to Persian)
What are things religious groups have in common?
Gods, prophets, prayers, history, sacred text, religious laws, holy days, etc.
What country is between Afghanistan and Iraq?
Iran
What is the man-made structure that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the red sea?
the Suez canal
Pollution from oil spills in the Black Sea contaminate which countries water supply?
Turkeys
What is the largest ethnic group living in the Middle East? What language do they speak?
Arabs; they speak the Arabic language
What religion do most people of southwest asia follow?
Islam
Name the two Palestinian territories in Israel?
Gaza Strip and West Bank
Which rivers in Southwest Asia flow through Turkey and Iraq?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are many countries building in order to maintain a stable water supply?
Dams
What is the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group?
An ethnic group = common culture & race, but may have different religions
A religious group = worship the same god
What is the holy book of Judaism?
Torah
What is the large body of water that the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf empties into? It is also south of Saudi Arabia.
Arabian Sea
How wide is the Jordan river?
20 feet wide
Many Southwest Asian countries are experiencing an increase in?
Water pollution
True/False A person can change their ethnic group, but not their religion.
FALSE - You are born into your ethnic group. An ethnic group shares the same language and culture, but NOT always the same religion. You can be in the same ethnic group and practice different religions.
What time of year is it for Muslims when they fast (do not eat) from sun up to sun set?
Ramadan
What seas are located on either side of Saudi Arabia?
the Red Sea (western side) and the Persian Gulf (eastern side)