SW Asia Physical Geography
What is Southwest Asia's most valuable resource?
What is oil?
What city stands where ancient Babylon used to be?
What is Baghdad?
What does monotheistic mean?
What is the belief that there is only one God?
The deserts and mountains around Mesopotamia create natural __________?
What is barriers/protection?
What is the world's largest hot desert?
What is the Sahara?
Powerful government that maintained control of Russia until 1991-
What is the USSR?
What body of water separates SW Asia from Africa?
What is the Red Sea?
Who was the founder of Islam?
What is Muhammad?
What river flows through Israel?
What is the Jordan River?
What do you see more of in Mesopotamia vs the Arabian Peninsula?
What is vegetation? (Green grass/more water)
Which country was never colonized by Europe?
What is Ethiopia?
All citizens need to own property together and everyone needs to share in the wealth or there will always be social conflict. This is the economic goal of __________?
What are the two main rivers in SW Asia that supported ancient civilizations and empty into the Persian Gulf?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The majority of the Arabian Peninsula makes up the modern day country of __________?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What city do Jews, Christians, and Muslims claim as their holy city?
What is Jerusalem?
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "between the rivers"?
What is the mountain range in Northwest Africa?
What is the Atlas Mountains?
What is the worlds largest inland body of water?
What is the Caspian Sea?
What body of water separates the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea?
What is the Suez Canal?
Where do most people live in the Arabian Peninsula?
What is the perimeter?
Battle between Christians and Muslims.
What is the crusades?
How hot does it get during the summer in Mesopotamia?
What is 100-120 degrees?
What river crosses the Prime Meridian?
What is the Congo River?
Smallest and shallowest ocean located north of Russia-
What is the Arctic Ocean?
What are riverbeds that remain dry except during the rainy seasons?
What are wadis?
What is the name of the city where the founder of Islam was born?
What is Mecca?
Why did Jews flee to Palestine?
What is the holocaust?
Mesopotamia makes up modern day-
What is Iraq?
Mount Kilimanjaro is also an _____?
What is an active volcanoe?
Russia is a __________ country- spanning both Europe and Asia.
What is transcontinental?