Sartartia North Africa and Southwest Asia Review

Many Southwest Asians describe themselves more with their tribe than their nation.

The Aswan High Dam is the only dam on the Nile River that helps control flooding.

In which writing system was the Epic of Gilgamesh written?

Farms in Libya are small and clustered around oases.

Which present-day country occupies much of ancient Mesopotamia?

Which of the following was a result of the Ancient Egyptians' belief in life after death?

In most North African countries, woman have a high literacy rate?

The main reason that Syria and Iraq oppose dam-building projects along the Tigris and Euphrates

Many  countries are unwilling to invest in Algeria because the  gov keeps  control of companies

After WWI how did Britain and France divide the territory of the former Ottoman Empire?

Slow population growth is a major concern in Libya and Egypt.

Turkey has coasts on the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

The Mediterranean Sea and Nile River are North Africa most important bodies of water.

The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are territories at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Which of the following events spurred the movement for a Jewish State?

Arabs comprise the largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia.

Many countries wanted to control Egypt in the 1800's because they wanted access to Suez Canal

What Sea, in the Middle East, is one of the world's busiest waterways?

Morocco's government has close relations with the United States.

The Ottoman Empire was formally dissolved after 

The longest mountains in Africa are the Andes

Ancient Egyptians were skilled mathematicians and engineers.

Population patterns in Asia have largely been shaped by the availability of

What human-made feature has contributed to the Red Sea becoming one of the busiest waterways?

Which two political forces are strong in modern North Africa?

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are often considered parts of the same river system.

Egypt controls the Suez Canal.

People first settled along the Nile River thousands of years ago.

What do the Dead Sea and the Caspian Sea have in common?

What event triggered the first Persian Gulf War?

The scarcity of what resource has shaped the history of southwest Asia?

The followers of Islam ruled all of North Africa by the AD 700's.

Some rural North Africans still live a nomadic lifestyle.