Unit 9: SWACANA Complete

The holy books of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in order are the ____

How has the country of Georgia profited from the petroleum industry?

Rainfall can be dangerous in desert regions because of

An Islamic place of worship is a

SWACANA features the geographic choke points of the _______, _________, & __________.

What natural resource has most of the SWACANA region grown economically dependent?

A strategic, narrow waterway between two larger bodies of water is a _________.

What natural water feature is between Egypt on the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula?

An embargo is a(n)

Important bodies of water in this region include

Climate zones in this region include

The _____ is a strict Islamic group that took control of the Afghani government in the 1990s.

Members of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa & Southwest Asia are called ___.

What body of water lies southeast from the white colored country?

Since 1946, Palestinian Arabs have

The three main religions of the SWACANA region are ____.

During the 20th century, the Soviet Union changed Central Asian countries by ____.

The body of water labeled by the red box in the picture is the

The country colored red on the map is

The resource that is the most important to this region's future is

The white country on the following map is

The mountains colored orange on this physical map are the

The dominate physical feature of all of North Africa is the

Mesopotamia was located

What is one thing all the three major religions in the SWACANA have in common?

The belief in the right of each people to be an independent country is

Government policy as it is influenced by physical, human, & economic geography is called ___.

The five Pillars of Islam include a hajj which means

The highest population density in the SWACANA region are generally found ____.

Kurds & the Palestinian Arabs share the common characteristic of __.

Which ocean lies nearest to the Arabian Peninsula?

Countries of Central Asia include

The river system that is found in the country of Iraq is the

Egyptians building dams on the Nile River is an example of ___.

The land feature found in the box on the map is the

What factor led to the creation of the state of Israel?

The most prevalent economic activity of the people of the SWACANA region is ___.

Reasons Egyptians began building dams on the Nile River include:

The country found east of the Mediterranean Sea and west of the country of Jordan is ___.

The center of the conflict between Jews in Israel and the Arab world is that

Which of the following would be an example of Islamic art?

One of the greatest advancements of the Sumerian people was ____.

Islamic art does not believe in depictions of _____.

What historical event took place in 2011 in a response to corruption in Arab countries?