Chapter 18 Southwest Asia Test

Question 1

Islamist organization that attacked U.S. in 2001

Accepted Answer

ISIS

Question 2

Southwest Asia has little arid land.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Iraq is currently in a civil war with Iran.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What natural resources are found in Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

Oil and natural gas

Question 5

Islam is the dominant religion in Southwest Asia

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

A trade route through the Hindu Kush range (mountains)

Accepted Answer

Kyber Pass

Question 7

A thousand years

Accepted Answer

millenium

Question 8

Landlocked body of water between Israel and Jordon

Accepted Answer

Dead Sea

Question 9

ISIS hopes to have their own country called Levant

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Connects the Red Sea to the Mederranean Sea

Accepted Answer

Gulf of Suez

Question 11

What religions were founded in Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity

Question 12

The Rub' al-Khali is the world's largest sand sea.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The population of Southwest Asia is...

Accepted Answer

a high percentage is younger than 15 years old, the population is very young

Question 14

Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 15

Belief in just one God

Accepted Answer

monotheism

Question 16

Largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland

Accepted Answer

Iranians

Question 17

What is the most common language in Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

Arabic

Question 18

Today the Palestinian people are mainly living in Syria.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Democratic uprising (conflict) in the Middle East in 2010

Accepted Answer

Arab Spring

Question 20

Nomadic people who keep herds of camels, horses, and sheep

Accepted Answer

Bedouin

Questions 20