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World Geography: Unit 5 - Russia and the Middle East Review Game
World Geography: Unit 5 - Russia and the Middle East Review Game
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This is a review game for Unit 5 of Coach Add's World Geography class.
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1
Much of the land in Southwest Asia is made up of
semiarid, rocky mountains.
dried-up gullies and deep river valleys.
dry, hot desert.
fertile coastal plains.
2
Group who beat the Arabs in the 10th century and ruled SW Asia for more than 400 years were the
Christians.
Seljuk Turks.
Jews.
Ottoman Turks.
3
Israel was declared an independent country in
1880.
1917.
1967.
1948.
4
Based on the 1932 census of Lebanon, political power was
given only to 2 major religious groups not shared with Druze
given only to Christians.
divided proportionally among different religious groups.
given only to Muslims.
5
Which of these does NOT apply to economic policy that followed the end of communism in Russia?
They encouraged private ownership.
They offered greater prospects for long-term growth.
Were similar to policies used in Western market economies.
They made people more secure in their jobs.
6
In Israel, large quantities of potash are extracted by evaporating the water from
the Sea of Galilee.
the Dead Sea.
desalination plants.
the Jordan River.
7
After 1948, more than half the Jews immigrating to Israel were the generally poorer
Ethiopian Jews.
European Jews.
Sephardic Jews.
Russian Jews.
8
All of the following religions began in Southwest Asia except
Christianity.
Buddhism.
Islam.
Judaism.
9
Most of Siberia has a climate that is
Mediterranean.
humid continental.
semiarid.
subarctic.
10
Which two groups claimed Palestine as their homeland?
the Syrians and the Jordanians
the Egyptians and the Jordanians
the French and the British
the Arabs and the Jews
11
All of the following are among the Pillars of Islam except
performing daily prayers.
making a Hajj.
giving to charity.
memorizing the Koran.
12
The Palestinians were left without a homeland
as a result of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948.
after the Islamic religion was established.
because Palestine was given to the Ottomans.
because in 1947 Jews made up 70 percent of Palestine.
13
Which of the following was a result of the 1967 war between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan?
Tourism increased in the area.
Jordan developed its banking business.
Jordan's economy was devastated.
Jordan increased its agricultural production.
14
Two features of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms were
czars and chernozem.
glasnost and perestroika.
communism and chernozem.
glasnost and collectives.
15
Northern Eurasia has four
countries within the Arctic Circle.
regions of natural vegetation.
basic ethnic groups.
coastlines that touch oceans.
16
The major cause behind the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was
to drive out the PLO militia bases from southern Lebanon.
to defend Judaism.
to gain more territory.
to take control of rich oil deposits.
17
Under the Soviet system, farmland was
organized into state farms and collective farms.
privately owned.
more productive as agricultural activity skyrocketed.
destroyed to build factories.
18
All three of the major religions that developed in Southwest Asia
are monotheistic.
used Arabic as the language of their holy books.
were based on the teachings of Muhammad.
originated in Iran.
19
Which of the following statements describes Russia's transportation system?
Superhighways crisscross Russia for easy movement of goods.
Railroads are the main movers of goods.
Barge traffic is slow but dependable.
Because of lack of roads, planes are used to transport goods
20
Russia's natural resources are difficult to convert to usable goods because they are
inferior in quality.
expensive to find.
found in remote locations.
mostly perishable.
21
Israel has transformed the Negev Desert into a mostly fertile green land primarily with use of
topsoil brought in from seaside locations.
artificial rainfall.
crop rotation.
improved irrigation.
22
The largest minority group in Israel is the
Jews.
Druze.
Christians.
Arabs.
23
The traditional boundary between Europe and Asia is formed by the
Caucasus Mountains.
Yenisei River.
Ural Mountains.
Volga River.
24
In 1947, the British government withdrew from Palestine and turned the problem over to
the United Nations.
Israel.
France.
the United States.
25
The ethnic group that dominates the European republics is the
Slavs.
Siberians.
Caucasians.
Turkics.
26
In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and declared Kuwait a part of Iraq because
Kuwaitis wanted Kuwait to be part of Iraq.
Iraq wanted to defend Islam.
Iraq wanted to access to the Persian Gulf.
Iraq wanted to gain control of a large % of the world's oil.
27
For good crops, Syrian farmers are still largely dependent on
rainfall.
dams and irrigation.
heavy use of fertilizer.
farm machinery.
28
The Balfour Declaration stated Britain's support for
suspending the rights of Arabs living in Palestine.
a larger Jewish immigration to Palestine.
the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine.
an independent Arab country in Europe.
29
A Mediterranean climate region is found
on the west coast of the Mediterranean.
from the Mediterranean coast east to Saudi Arabia.
throughout Southwest Asia.
around the Persian Gulf.
30
The soil of much of the steppe region of Northern Eurasia is
fertilized with chemicals to make it marginally productive.
very fertile and productive.
too cold to produce much food.
lacking in minerals and unproductive.
