World Geography Test Chapter 18
How much of the Arabian peninsula is desert
1/4
Persian gulfs has more than how many species of fish
150
How long is the Nile River?
4,160 miles
How much do deserts cover of North Africa and Southwest and Central Asia?
50%
How much of the region is covered in desert
50%
How much of the worlds natural gas comes from this region
50%
How much of the world oil comes from this region
60%
Israels population is __% Jewish
80
How many people live within the Nile delta or along it
90%
desert
A land receiving less than 10" of rainfall a year
Stretches across Moracco to Algeria
Atlas Mountains
The indigenous _____ were nomads in the past, but are now mostly farmers.
Berbers
Running from Black Sea to Caspian Sea
Causasus mountain
North Africa grows what
Cereal grains
Morocco's Mediterranean climate allows it to grow and export olives, grapes, and _____
Citrus fruits
Georgia exports large quantities of what
Citrus fruits and grapes
Uzbeckistan is one of the world leadin producer of what
Cotton
What is the oldest city in the world?
Damascus in Syria
Lie just south of the region and is home to the highest point
Elborz mountains
Most of Israel's fish are what
Farm raised
The Mesopotamian area was a cultural hearth in the region called the _______
Fertile Crescent
The Caspian provides what
Fish resources
What is a major source of food and income in the region
Fisheries
What is the wettest country in the region
Georgia with 100" of rainfall
What are two of the five duties known as the Five Pillars of Islam?
Group prayer and tithing
What country has made no effort to increase their literacy rate after their Islamic Revolution?
Iran
prohibits representation of people and animals in art
Islam
The quran is
Islamic Holy book
What country distributes the water of the Jordan river?
Israel
What city was the capita and religious center of the ancient kingdom of Israel?
Jerusalem
Weapon testing has led to serious health and environmental problems in the former soviet republic of ______
Kazakhstan
The literacy rate in _____ is the highest in the region, at about 82 percent.
Libya
Where are the major ports in the region?
Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
The valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is the ancient land known as what
Mesopotamia
Phosphate is mined where
Morocco
Highest point in the region
Mountain Damavand
What does the region consist of
Mountain ranges, coastal ranges, vast desert, river valleys
The Muslim faithful are called to pray five times a day by a _____
Muezzin
What is the #1 name from this region
Muhammad
One of the world's most densely populated regions is Egypt's _____ region.
Nile Delta
____ sets prices for oil and regulate how much oil is produced
OPEC
The ____ Turks ruled much of eastern Mediterranean for over 600 years
Ottoman - empire centered in present day Turkey
What separates Saudi Arabia and Iran?
Persian Gulf, a site of 1990s war between Iraq and Kuwait
How is oil transported?
Pipelines
What is the largest desert in the world?
Sahara
Who stretches across Africa and it is the largest desert
Sahara desert
What is the southern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula covered in?
Sand
What does Saudi Arabia imports
Sand and camels
The Atlantic provides what from Morocco
Sardines and Mackerels
Most Arabs in Iraq are ____
Shia
Coal and copper are mined where
South west Asia
The _____ the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, has made Egypt strategically important to Europe since 1869.
Suez Canal
What is a ziggurat?
Sumerian pyramid shaped temple
Hamster from _____
Syria
The Tigris and Euphrates River irrigate what countries
Syria, Iraq, Turkey
What served the basis for the modern alphabet?
The Phoenician Alphabet
Where did some of the earliest civilization started
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
How do Jewish people keep alive their link to the ancestral homeland?
Their religious identiy
Mediterranean climate occurs along the
Tigris- Euphrates valley.
Which countries are most desert
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Not all fish in the region are _____
Wild
Phosphate is
a chemical used in fertilizers
Mosque is
a house of worship for muslims
What do the Palestinians want?
an independent state of their own
A desert where underground water surfaces
an oasis
Underground layers of rock and gravel that contain water are called _____
aquifers
_____ people migrated to North Africa from the Arabian Peninsula in the A.D. 600s.
arab
Desert vegetation includes
cacti and drought-resistant shrubs.
Foreign workers bring their own _____ to the area
culture
Relatively little of the Sahara is sand; much of it is a rocky gravel called____
desert pavement
A territoru that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding cultures is an ______
enclave
Water _____ exceeds rainfall
evaporation
European colonial powers drew _____ between countries.
geometric boundaries
A ____ is a pilgrimage to Makkah made by most Muslims at least once
hajj
Christian scriptures include ____
hebrew bible, old and new testaments
Urban necessities such as streets and utilities are part of a city's _____
infrastructure
Early Egyptians depended on annual Nile floods and a sophisticated _____ system to grow two crops a year.
irrigation
term for desert
kum
Small farms and villages may occur at a desert _____ where there is water.
oasis
Bedouins live by _____, or grazing their flocks on tihe grasslands.
pastoralism
What is the difference between shia and sunni?
shia- descendants, sunni- followers
The climate region called _____ extends from the northern Sahara to Kazakhstan.
steppe
New silk road is for transporting
telecommunication
The Torah is
the hebrew bible
What is Makkah?
the holiest Islamic City
Pastoralism is
the raising and grazing of livestock
Warm mediterranean areas attract ______
tourists
A stream bed that remains dry until a heavy rain ____
wadi
In the deserts, runoff from infrequent rainstorms creates_____
wadis
The climate of the Caucasus Mountains is ____
wet, cold highlands
What is salination?
when salt is removed from seawater
