Location
What is the 120-mile man-made waterway that is used to transport goods from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
Because mountains block winds coming from the oceans, much of the interior of Southwest Asia is:
Desert
What are three major water problems in Southwest Asia?
Water shortages, unequal distribution, pollution
Who is a common figure in the origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Abraham
Name of the country Malala and her family reside
Pakistan
This 25-mile territory has been a source of dispute between Israel and its neighbors for many years:
Gaza Strip
Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?
It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.
Pollution from oil spills on the Black Sea contaminate this country’s
Turkey
The majority of people in Southwest Asia belong to which ethnic group?
Arab
Malala’s father believed that education was extremely important, especially for this group of people whose education was increasingly restricted by the Taliban.
Girls
Which river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon, and Syria?
Euphrates River
Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?
Iraq
Which country has fought military battles over water rights to the Jordan River?
Israel
Today, most Iranians speak Farsi and belong to this ethnic group:
Persians
What is Malala's mother unable to do which caused both Malala and her mother "unspoken sadness"
Read
The Strait of Hormuz connects which bodies of water?
Persian Gulf & Arabian Sea
Because of its harsh climate, which country has to rely on desalination plants to provide most of its citizens’ drinking water?
Saudi Arabia
The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as
Desalination
What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and Iraq?
Kurds
What natural disaster hit the Swat Valley in 2005?
AN earthquake
Much of the world’s oil supply is shipped through the narrow waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula called the __________________.
Strait of Hormuz
Disputes over what two natural resources are problematic for many Southwest Asian countries?
Oil and Water
What non-renewable natural resource has contributed to the growth of the Middle East?
Oil
Where do most Middle Eastern Jews live?
Israel
This group began gaining control in the Swat Valley and used fear and violence to enforce its strict rules.
Taliban