Southwest Asia
Test Review
1. The process of removing salt
from seawater:
1. desalinization
2. The holiest Jewish site in
Jerusalem:
2. Western Wall, or
Wailing Wall
3. Present-day Iraq was once
the site of_______________.
3. Mesopotamia
4. Southwest Asia’s most
valuable economic resource:
4. petroleum/oil
5. Results when moisture from
the soil evaporates and
chemical salts remain:
5. salt flat
6. The group responsible for
controlling worldwide oil
prices:
6. OPEC/Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
7. Petroleum that has not been
processed is known
as_______________.
7. crude oil
8. A dry riverbed that only
contains water after a rainy
period:
8. wadi
9. About 83 percent of all
Muslims belong to this branch:
9. Sunni
10. Ethnic group has lived in
parts of Turkey, Iran and Iraq
for about 1,000 years:
10. Kurds
11. Small pipes slowly drip
water just above the ground to
conserve water for crops is
called:
11. Drip irrigation
12. Bridges, water treatment
plants, schools, hospitals, etc.:
12. infrastructure
13. Group formed in the 1960s
to regain land in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip for Palestinian
Arabs:
13. PLO/Palestine Liberation
Organization
14. Movement begun in the 19th
century to create a Jewish
homeland in Palestine:
14. Zionism
15. Country that liberated
Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War
of 1990-1991:
15. United States
16. Facility used to convert
crude oil into useful products:
16. refinery
17. Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain, Qatar, and United
Arab Emirates all border this
strategic body of water:
17. Persian Gulf
18. Riyadh is the capital city of
this oil-rich nation:
18. Saudi Arabia
19. This happened when Israel
officially declared itself a
country in 1948:
19. It was immediately attacked
by neighboring countries
20. It literally means, “place
where no one come out”, or
Empty Quarter.
20. Rub al-Khali
21. Religious sites considered
holy by Jews, Christians, and
Muslims are in this city:
21. Jerusalem
22. Group that was displaced
from their lands when Israel
was created in 1948:
22. Palestinians
23. Two rivers, found in Iraq,
that form the Fertile Crescent
of Mesopotamia – an important
culture hearth:
23. Tigris & Euphrates
24. Islam is based on the
teachings of this prophet:
24. Muhammad
25. Enormous wealth created
by oil in Southwest Asia caused
thousands of people to migrate
here:
25. the cities
26. Language that was spread
across Southwest Asia along
with Islam:
26. Arabic
27. European countries that came
to control much of Southwest Asia
after World War I:
27. Britain & France
28. A government that is
controlled by religious leaders:
28. theocracy
29. All Muslims are expected to
make a pilgrimage to this city:
29. Mecca/Makkah
30. The Negev Desert in Israel
is able to produce crops
through this process:
30. irrigation
31. Great empire that was once
centered in present-day Iran:
31. Persian Empire
32. The name of the strict
Muslim regime that once
controlled Afghanistan:
32. Taliban
33. An area in the desert where
water is found:
33. oasis
34. Ancient prophet who is
considered the father of
monotheism:
34. Abraham
35. The wars waged by
Christians to regain lands under
Muslim control in the early
Middle:
35. Crusades
36. Water pumped from
underground aquifers is called:
36. fossil water
37. Most of this country lies on
the Anatolian Peninsula:
37. Turkey
38. Unique body of water that
is the lowest point on the
exposed crust of the earth:
38. Dead Sea
39. Technologies that make
large-scale farming possible in
the arid climate of Southwest
Asia:
39. damming & irrigation
40. The hilly plateau
overlooking the Jordan River
and the Sea of Galilee:
40. Golan Heights
41. A devout Muslim does this
five times a day:
41. pray
42. Two groups that have been
in conflict ever since the
founding of Israel – the land
they both share:
42. Israelis & Palestinians
43. This event led to the
Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991:
43. Iraq’s attack of Kuwait to
control its oil fields
44. Region in Southwest Asia
where the climate allows for the
growing of citrus fruits, olives
and vegetables:
44. Eastern Mediterranean
45. The Hindu Kush, Zagros,
Elburz and Taurus are all
examples of this landform in
Southwest Asia:
45. mountains
46. River that serves as the
natural boundary between
Israel & Jordan:
46. Jordan River
47. Southwest Asia has about
two-thirds of the world’s
reserves of this resource:
47. Petroleum/oil
48. Most critical resource for
life in many parts of Southwest
Asia:
48. water
49. Purpose of the National
Water Carrier project in Israel:
49. To transport water from the
north to the central and
southern parts of Israel, where
it is most needed
50. Petroleum that has not
been processed is called:
50. Crude oil
51. Site of the first Southwest
Asia oil discovery in 1908:
51. Iran
52. Facility that converts crude
oil into useful products:
52. refinery
53. Moving oil form one place
to another runs the risk of this:
53. Oil spills
54. Much of Southwest Asia
fell under the control of these
two countries after World War I:
54. Britain & France
55. Muslim-held empire which
once controlled much of
Southwest Asia:
55. Ottoman Empire
56. Descendents of Abdul alAziz still rule this country
today:
56. Saudi Arabia
57. This happened to Israel
when it was established in 1948:
57. attacked by its neighbors
58. Two main branches of
Islam found in Southwest Asia:
58. Sunni & Shi’ite
59. Reason why Afghanistan
has not modernized or
developed like other countries
in the region:
59. constant warfare &
government corruption
60. They fill jobs that
Southwest Asia’s native people
find culturally or economically
unacceptable:
60. “guest workers”