In which country is Earth's longest river located?
A. Iran
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Egypt
D. Turkey
C. Egypt
100
Overfishing has decreased fish catches in the
A. Red Sea
B. Black Sea
C. Caspian Sea
D. Aral Sea
C. Caspian Sea
100
The taming of animals for use by people
A. nationalism
B. mosque
C. domestication
D. infrastructure
C. domestication
100
A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
A. oasis
B. highlands
C. steppe
D. fountain
A. oasis
100
In 2001 ____ was targeted for sheltering terrorists
A. Iran
B. Kazakhstan
C. Afghanistan
D. Georgia
C. Afghanistan
200
Which mountain range extends across Morocco and Algeria?
A. Taurus Mountains
B. Atlas Mountains
C. Zagros Mountians
D. Caucasus Mountains
B. Atlas Mountains
200
The main transportation routes in this region are
A. roads and waterways
B. camel routes
C. train routes and roads
D. walking trails and truck routes
C. train routes and roads
200
Mesopotamia is the site of the world's oldest agricultural communities and 2 of earth's longest rivers
True/False
True
200
A ______ climate receives an average of 10 inches (25 cm) of rain or less per year.
A. steppe
B. highlands
C. desert
D. Mediterranean
C. desert
200
North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia hold what % of the world's oil reserves?
A. 10%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 67%
D. 67%
300
Deserts cover almost ________ of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia.
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 50%
D. 70%
C. 50%
300
Most people who live in Isreal today do so because
A. the government offers cash incentives to immigrants
B. the land has links to their religious identity
C. profits can be made quickly in an oil-rich region
D. the Palestinians have agreed to a peace settlement
B. the land has links to their religious identity
300
The Ottoman Empire ruled ____ for more than 600 years
A. most of Africa
B. much of the eastern Mediterranean world
C. primarily Southwest Asia
D. much of the western Mediterranean world
B. much of the eastern Mediterranean world
300
The "great man-made river" carries freshwater across
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Libya
C. Iraq
D. Turkey
B. Libya
300
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through
A. Yemen
B. Egypt
C. Syria, Turkey, and Iraq
D. Kazakhstan
C. Syria, Turkey, and Iraq
400
The _____ separate the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.
A. Aegean Sean and Red Sea
B. Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
C. Red Sea and the Black Sea
D. Black Sea and the Gulf of Aden
B. Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
400
The ____ want an independent state of their own in the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas.
A. Israelis
B. Christians
C. Palestinians
D. Kurds
C. Palestinians
400
What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
A. land of many animals
B. fertile land
C. land of 1st civilization
D. land between 2 rivers
D. land between 2 rivers
400
Limited freshwater resources have forced countries to use the process of
A. reservoirs
B. aquaducts
C. desalination
D. aquifers
C. desalination
400
The infrastructures of many cities in the region
A. are deteriorating because of poor economies
B. add to disease and poverty
C. do not adequately support the people who live there
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
500
The _____ is the largest landlocked body of salt water in the world.
A. Persian Gulf
B. Black Sea
C. Red Sea
D. Caspian Sea
D. Caspian Sea
500
Muslim place of worship
A. prophet
B. infrastructure
C. domestication
D. mosque
D. mosque
500
Afghanistan's Taliban leaders were criticezed internationally for
A. bombing refugee camps in Pakistan
B. human rights abuses and sheltering terrorists
C. supporting Iraqi expansion in the Persian Gulf area
D. testing nuclear weapons
B. human rights abuses and sheltering terrorists
500
Climate that attracts visitors to Morocco
A. steppe
B. Mediterranean
C. highlands
D. desert
B. Mediterranean
500
An oil reserve is
A. an estimated future yield of oil
B. an available supply of oil
C. oil stored to be shipped
D. a banking term