Geography
Mystery
People
Religions
Environment issues
100
Number 1
What is Saudi Arabia?
100
Arab people speak what language.....
Arabic
100
The three major ethnic groups that live in Southwest Asia.
What are Arabs, Kurds, and Persians?
100
What are the three major religions in Southwest Asia?
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
100
what does contaminate mean?
To make something dirty or poisonous.
200
Number 5
What is Turkey?
200
Why might countries in SW Asia disagree over the use of rivers?
There is competition for limited freshwater, especially rivers that cross borders.
200
People who share the same beliefs are in the same......
Religious groups
200
What does monotheistic mean?
Belief in one God
200
name one cause of water pollution in Southwest Asia
-Chemical fertilizers
-urbanization/population increase
300
Number 10
What is West Bank?
300
What does desalination mean?
Removing salt from water
300
People who share common culture, languages, history, and ancestry
What is an ethnic group?
300
This religion uses the Torah as their holy book?
What is Judaism
300
How do dams in SW Asia effect the water supply of other areas in SW Asia
-Upstream countries control flow
-Downstream countires may have less access to water for drinking/farming
400
Number 6
What is the Red Sea?
400
How do deserts negatively impact trade?
-Deserts are barriers to trade
400
Kurdish people speak what language
Kurdish
400
What is the Jewish place of worship called?
A synagogue
400
Why is addressing water pollution is Southwest Asia difficult?
-cleaning water is costly
-countries will blame each other for pollution
-water crosses national borders, so which country must pay to clean the water?
500
Number 3
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
500
Population density in Southwest Asia is greatest.....
Near rivers, coasts, and areas with oil because of water and jobs.
500
Persian people speak which language
Farsi
500
Who is the patriarch (father) for all three monotheistic religions?
Abraham
500
What is ONE causes for water scarcity in Southwest Asia
-unequal distribution of water
-pollution from agriculture and industry
-overuse of irrigation and growing populations.