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Iraq and Iran are located in what region of the world?
What is Middle east?
What are the two environmental issues of SW Asia?
What is water pollution and unequal distribution of water?
Which two rivers run through the heart of
modern-day Iraq and have provided water to the
region for thousands of years?
What is Tigris and Euphrates.
What did Shia Muslims believe about the person
who should have succeeded Muhammad as the
leader of Islam and become the caliph?
They believed that the caliph must be related to
Muhammad.
Which of the following individuals is considered to
be the founder of Judaism?
What is Abraham?
What country is located above the red sea?
The Ataturk Dam was built in Turkey. The Ataturk Dam was built to provide irrigation for farmland and hydroelectricity. What is one negative effect that the Ataturk Dam may create?
Water shortages for downstream rivers.
Why is Baghdad, Iraq one of the biggest cities in SW Asia?
It is located near two major rivers.
During World War I, which country's Southwest
Asian territory was divided into zones by
European powers?
the Ottoman Empire
Which religion do MOST Arabs in Southwest Asia
follow?
Sunni Islam
What country is located South of Turkey, where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers reconnect?
What is Iraq?
What are three causes of water pollution in SW Asia?
What is human sewage, agricultural runoff and industrial waste?
How does soil along rivers influence the development of a region?
Rich soil allows for growth and farming.
Zionist pressure on the British government during
World War I resulted in religious and ethnic
tensions in
What is Palestine.
Which of the following is an example of a
religious group, rather than an ethnic group, in
the Middle East?
What is Sunnis?
What country is located to the right of Iran?
What is Afghanistan.
Less than ____% of the world’s fresh water is available to SW Asia.
What is 1 %.
The most common landform in the region is __________.
What is desert.
Which statement about the 1947 United Nations
plan with regard to Palestine is correct?
The plan was to divide Palestine into an Arab
state and a Jewish state.
Most People in SW Asia live around _____ & ____.
What is deserts and rivers.
What are the eight physical features that we have studied?
Why is water pollution a concern in the Middle East?
What is because drinking water in the region is scarce.
This is another name for desert nomads.
What is Bedouins.
What is the main reason for continuing conflicts
between Israel and its Arab neighbors?
Arabs and Israelis want the same land.
Three major ethnic groups in the Middle East are
Arabs, Persians and Kurds.