World Geography Southwest Asia/North Africa Test Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Atlas Mountains | Morocco |
| Zagros Mountains | Iran |
| Taurus Mountains | Turkey |
| Nile River | North Africa |
| Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | Southwest Asia |
| Cairo | Egypt |
| Baghdad | Iraq |
| Istanbul | Turkey |
| Ankara | Turkey |
| Casablanca | Morocco |
| Jerusalem | Israel |
| Tehran | Iran |
| Mecca | Saudi Arabia |
| Bahrain | Small island nation in the Persian Gulf |
| Red Sea | Body of water separating Africa from the Arabian Peninsula |
| Cyprus | Small island in the Mediterranean; part is ethnic Turk, part is ethnic Greek |
| Lebanon | Small country directly north of Israel |
| Indian Ocean | This large body of water is southeast of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Sahara | Large desert in North Africa |
| Rub al Khali | Large sand desert on the Arabian Peninsula |
| Turkey | This country in Southwest Asia has lots of renewable water, but not much petroleum |
| Iran | This country in Southwest Asia has lots of renewable water, and has lots of petroleum |
| Israel | This country in Southwest Asia has Judaism as its main religion |
| Saudi Arabia | This country in Southwest Asia has the world's largest known petroleum reserves |
| Iran | Shia Islam is the main religion in this country |
| Cyprus | This country's main religion is Christianity |
| Turkey | Arabic is NOT the main language in this Southwest Asian country, but Sunni Islam IS the main religion |
| Saudi Arabia | This country has 2 of the 3 holiest sites in the world for Muslims |
| Islam | The followers of this religion are called Muslims |
| Sunni | This is the larger of the two main branches of Islam |
| Shia | The majority of the people of Iraq are followers of this branch of Islam |
| Desert | About 2/3 of North Africa and Southwest Asia have this type of climate |
| Koran | This is the main holy book for Muslims |
| Algebra | This is a contribution Muslims made to the world |
| Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.) | This is a contribution Muslims made to the world |
| Muhammad | This is the holy prophet in Islam |
| Kurds | This ethnic group lives mainly in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, western Iran, and northeastern Syria |
| Jerusalem | Christians, Muslims, and Jews all have holy sites in this city in Southwest Asia |
| Palestinians | This group of people lives in the Occupied Territories and is fighting for a country |
| Israel | This country controls the Occupied Territories |
| Mediterranean | In far north North Africa, you might find this type of climate |
| Sunni, Shia, and Kurds | These are the main ethnic/religious groups in Iraq |
| True | Most of the people of Southwest Asia and North Africa are Muslim |
| False | The world's largest Muslim country by population is Saudi Arabia |
| Yes | Are the world's top 4 largest Muslim countries actually outside the Middle East in South and Southeast Asia? |
| No | Are the majority of the world's Muslims Arabs? |
| Mecca | One of the 5 Pillars of Faith in Islam is to make a pilgrimage to this holy city |
| Desert and dry shrub | North Africa mostly has this type of vegetation |
| 0 | How many of the countries of North Africa have really large petroleum reserves? |
| 2 | The 1947 UN Partition plan for Palestine would have created how many new countries in the region? |
| North | The Kurds in Iraq and Mediterranean climate are both mainly in this region of Iraq |
| South | The Shia in Iraq are mostly in this region of Iraq |
| Iran | What country in Southwest Asia that borders Iraq is mainly Shia? |
| X | This is one of the algebra contributions of Islam to the world |
| Paper | Muslims brought this to Europe from China |
| Abraham | "Founding father" of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
| Sunni | This is the largest branch of Islam |
| Shia | This branch of Islam is dominant in Iran (and Iraq) |
| Theocracy | In this type of government, religious leaders are in charge |
| Democracy | Turkey and Israel have this type of government |
| Occupied Territories | West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi and Dubai are part of this country |
| Dome of the Rock | Holy site for Muslims in Jerusalem |
| Western Wall | Holy site for Jews in Jerusalem |
| Church of the Holy Sepulchre | Holy site for Christians in Jerusalem |
| Tunisia and Egypt | These two countries have recently kicked out dictators. |
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