Which river does the Jordan River empty into?
A) Black Sea B) Dead Sea
What is B) Dead Sea?
100
Which country shares a border with BOTH the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea?
A) Turkey B) Iran
What is A) Turkey?
100
Which goal would be most important to nomads?
A) getting food & water for their animals B) getting water to grow crops
What is A) getting food & water for their animals?
100
Which country has the MOST coastline that touches the Mediterranean Sea?
A) Turkey B) Syria
What is A) Turkey?
100
______________is very scarce in SW Asia.
A) Sand B) Water
What is B) Water?
200
Which SW Asia country does NOT have large oil deposits?
A) Isreal B) Saudi Arabia
What is A) Isreal?
200
Silt is ______________________________.
A) the world's first system of writing B) finely ground soil that is good for growing crops
What is B) finely ground soil that is good for growing crops?
200
Where does the Jordan River begin?
A) Isreal B) Syria
What is B) Syria?
200
Which of these is necessary for the success of farming in SW Asia?
A) irrigation B) nomadic herding
What is A) irrigation?
200
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty in the __________________________.
A) Dead Sea B) Persian Gulf
What is B) Persian Gulf?
300
Where is water on the Arabian Peninsula usually found?
A) forested areas B) scattered oases
What is B) scattered oases?
300
Which of the following resources is very *scarce in SW Asia? A) water B) oil
* not a lot of
What is A) water?
300
SW Asia is also called ____________________.
A) Homeland B) The Middle East
What is B) The Middle East?
300
Which country in the region is mostly covered with plateaus and mountains?
A) Yemen B) Iran
What is B) Iran?
300
The ____________ River begins in Syria.
A) Jordan B) Nile
What is A) Jordan?
400
____________ is a wet, fertile area in the desert.
A) wadi B) oasis
What is B) oasis?
400
Which rivers empty into the Persian Gulf?
A) Nile and Tigris B) Tigris and Euprates
What is B) Tigris and Euphrates?
400
Which of the following is found on the Arabian Peninsula?
A) the largest sand desert in the world B) permanent rivers
What is A) the largest sand desert in the world?
400
The Jordan River empties into the _______________ Sea.
A) Mediterranean B) Dead
What is B) Dead?
400
Turkey has the most coastline that touches the _______________ Sea.
A) Red B) Mediterranean
What is B) Mediterranean?
500
Which country is directly east of Iraq?
A) Iran B) Saudi Arabia
What is A) Iran?
500
Which is a TRUE statement about the location of the oil fields in SW Asia?
A) Most are found in countries around the Persian Gulf B) Most are found in the deserts of Saudi Arabia
What is A) Most are found in countries around the Persian Gulf?
500
Which is a TRUE statement about a well that contains fossil water?
A) it will be replaced with rain water B) it will eventually dry out
What is B) it will eventually dry out?
500
An oasis is a ________________________________.
A) wet, fertile area in the desert B) finely ground soil that is good for farming
What is A) wet, fertile area in the desert?
500
Mesopotamia means ___________________.
A) the land between the rivers B) Mother Earth