Southwest Asia review
What is the average minimum temperature in dhahran in December?
65
What is the average maximum temperatures in Jiddah in July?
98
About how much rain falls in Riyadh in April?
About 1 inch
Which country is the poorest in the region of southwest Asia?
Afghanistan
What is the capital of turkey?
Ankara
Which body of water is located to the north of turkey?
Black Sea
Of the following? Which is the fundamental way in which the culture of southwest Asia changed following the conquest by Arabic armies in the 7th and 8th centuries?
Change in religion
Which of the following is a religious duty of the followers of Islam?
Charity, fasting, and prayer
Which of these is the purpose of OPEC?
Controlling worldwide oil prices
Which of these marks the spot where muslims believe Muhammad rose up to heaven?
Dome of the rock
Which of these rivers flows through turkey, Syria, and Iraq?
Euphrates
In which month does rain generally fall in Jiddah, Riyadh, and dhahram?
January
Which of these reservoirs is wormed by a dam on the Euphrates in turkey?
Keban
Which of the following names a group of people living in areas of turkey, Iraq, and Iran for the past 1,000 years?
Kurds
In which month does the most rain fall in dhahram?
March
Which of the following is the holy city to which all Muslim hope to make a pilgrimage?
Mecca
Which of the following names the person who is considered the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
Which of the following was formed to regain land currently under Israeli control for Palestinian arabs?
Palestine liberation organization (PLO)
In which waterway do you see part of the oil pipeline?
Persian gulf
Which of the following waterways forms Saudi Arabia's western border?
Red Sea
Which of the following cities is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
Which of these reservoirs is located west of Ankara?
Saniyar
In which direction would you travel if you went from Riyadh to Yemen?
South
In which part of the country is the rub a-khali located?
Southern
Which of the following is NOT true about the taliban?
The taliban are a fundamentalist Buddhist political group
Which of these rivers flows from turkey into Iraq?
Tigris
Which of the following names the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?
Western wall
Which of these names a movement to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
Zionism
