Southwest Asia review

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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


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