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 statement best describes the people living in mountain villages in South Asia?
A) They grow a single crop such as wheat to earn money to buy what they need.
B) They support themselves by guiding hikers through the mountains.
C) They grow a variety of crops to trade at markets in nearby towns.
D) They grow enough food for their families but not enough to sell to anyone else.
What is D) they grow enough food for their families but not enough to sell to anyone else?
Which of the following came from the Aryan civilization?
A) Buddhism
B) city planning
C) Sanskrit language
D) a system of measurement
What is C) Sanskrit language?
Which of the following would be used in sustainable agriculture?
A) chemical pesticides
B) high-yield seeds
C) more irrigation canals
D) natural fertilizers
What is D) natural fertilizers?
How has the population of Bangladesh responded to reduced water flows in rivers?
A) rationing supplies
B) draining aquifers
C) melting glaciers
D) increasing irrigation
What is B) draining aquifers?
Which of the following were features of the Harappan civilization?
A) brick houses with outdoor plumbing
B) religious temples and a strong army
C) indoor plumbing and a sewer system
D) formal education
What is C) indoor plumbing and a sewer system?
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 religion became a large minority in South Asia under the Mughal Empire?
What is Islam?
How does a growing population lead to pollution of the Ganges River?
What is more human waste to dispose of?
Where do many of South Asia's major rivers begin?
What is the Himalaya Mountains?
What is the main characteristic of arable land?
What is suitable for farming?
What advancements were made by the Gupta Empire?
A) medicines, drawing, painting
B) irrigation, democracy, strong military
C) literature, mathematics, astronomy
D) weapons, education, religious structures
What is C) literature, mathematics, and astronomy?
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?
How did Gandhi promote Indian independence?
What is through civil disobedience?
What mostly Muslim country was known as East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971?
What is Bangladesh?
What geologic process caused the Himalaya Mountains to form?
What is collision of plates in the earth's crust?
What is summer monsoons are wet and winter monsoons are dry?
What is a delta?
What is an area where a river empties into a large body of water?
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 is the Ganges Delta?
What is the place where the Ganges empties into the Bay of Bengal?
What religion is associated with the Bhagavad Gita?
What is Hinduism?
From which directions does the dry monsoon blow across South Asia?
What is southwest?
What is the Indus River?
Why does South Asia now emphasize sustainable agriculture?
What is the Green Revolution harmed the environment?
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?
How do people in South Asia manage their water use during the summer monsoon?
What is they store extra water to use during the dry winter monsoon?
What does the name Buddha mean?
What is Enlightened One?
What is Gupta Empire?
Name the 7 countries that make up South Asia.
What is India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka?
What river flows through New Delhi?
What is the Yamuna River?