Southwest Asia & North Africa #1
Which of the following words best describes the climate of this region?
Arid -- Equatorial -- Humid -- Temperate
What is arid?
Which of the following came from the Sumerians?
Cuneiform -- Papyrus -- Pyramids -- Qanats
What is cuneiform?
Which of the following is associated with ancient Egypt?
A) belief in one god and an afterlife
B) a code of law and the wheel
C) defeat of the Byzantine Empire
D) hieroglyphics and papyrus
What is D) hieroglyphics and papyrus?
Which religion is associated with the Koran (Qur'an)?
What is Islam?
What is a city-state?
What are independent political units?
What are the two important rivers of Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris & Euphrates?
What characteristic do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all share?
What is a belief in one god?
What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What is the source of the Nile River?
DAILY DOUBLE
Provide the source names.
DAILY DOUBLE
What are Lake Tana and Lake Victoria?
What is silt?
What is fine particles of soil along a riverbank?
What industry contributes most to the economy of the Arabian Peninsula?
What is petroleum production?
In which modern day country did the Ottoman Empire begin and end?
What is Turkey?
What are the two most widely practiced religions in the world today?
What are Christianity & Islam?
Which empire conquered Egypt and ended the period of the New Kingdom?
What is the Roman Empire?
Who was called by God to lead the Jewish people to Canaan?
Who was Abraham?
What religion was spread by European colonization?
What is Christianity?
What is the name for flat land located near a river that floods?
What is an alluvial plain?
What is predictable flooding?
What causes a rain shadow on the Anatolian and Iranian plateaus?
What are high mountains?
What is the source of both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What are the mountains of Turkey?
What resulted from the agricultural revolution in Mesopotamia?
What is advanced civilizations developed?
Which empire helped spread Christianity?
What is Roman?
How did the Ottoman Empire's location help it become wealthy and powerful?
What is the busiest trade routes in the region ran through the empire?
Which Babylonian leader rebuilt the port of Ur on the Persian Gulf?
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
About how much rain does the Sahara Desert receive per year?
What is less than four inches?