Unit 9: SWACANA Complete

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

Since 1946, Palestinian Arabs have

The mountains colored orange on this physical map are the

The five Pillars of Islam include a hajj which means

An Islamic place of worship is a

Which ocean lies nearest to the Arabian Peninsula?

Important bodies of water in this region include

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

The three main religions of the SWACANA region are ____.

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

The country colored red on the map is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Rainfall can be dangerous in desert regions because of

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

The dominate physical feature of all of North Africa is the

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

Reasons Egyptians began building dams on the Nile River include:

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

Climate zones in this region include

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

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

An embargo is a(n)

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

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

Countries of Central Asia include

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

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

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

The white country on the following map is

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

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

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

Mesopotamia was located

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

Islamic art does not believe in depictions of _____.

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