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.