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World Cultures North Africa Southwest Asia And Central Asia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Arable
Mosque
Aquifers
Commodities
2. A form of picture writing invented by the Egyptians
Pastoralism
Hieroglyphics
Qanats
Emirs
3. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Mujahideen
Natural Boundary
Emirs
Wadis
4. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Hieroglyphics
Sahara
Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
5. A ban on trade
Embargo
Petrochemicals
Sahara
Petrochemicals
6. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Persian Empire
Infrastructure
Enclave
Commodities
7. A chemical used in fertilizers
Mujahideen
Phosphate
Wadis
Domesticate
8. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Wadis
Persian Empire
Alluvial Soil
Enclave
9. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Nationalism
Exclave
Natural Boundary
Mesopotamia
10. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Aquifers
Natural Boundary
Hajj
Sheikhdoms
11. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Sahara
Enclave
Landlocked
Natural Boundary
12. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Pastoralism
Sahara
Persian Empire
Arable
13. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Nomads
Crude Oil
Mosque
Hieroglyphics
14. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Hajj
Mosque
Nomads
Culture Hearths
15. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Exclave
Aquifers
Fertile Crescent
Hieroglyphics
16. The raising and grazing of livestock
Mesopotamia
Pastoralism
Culture Hearths
Suez Canal
17. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Culture Hearths
Ibadhism
Desalination
Hajj
18. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Crude Oil
Shari'ah
Enclave
Desalination
19. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Fertile Crescent
Commodities
Crude Oil
Petrochemicals
20. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Cuneiform
Geometric Boundaries
Exclave
Aquifers
21. Suitable for farming
Arable
Prophets
Atlas Mountains
Qanats
22. Belief in one God
Monotheism
kums
Cuneiform
Qanats
23. Underground canals
Qanats
Prophets
Culture Hearths
Egypt
24. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Petrochemicals
Sahara
Phosphate
Cereals
25. Princes
kums
Fertile Crescent
Emirs
Phosphate
26. Pilgrimage
Hajj
Hieroglyphics
Sheikhdoms
Mesopotamia
27. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Domesticate
Enclave
Desalination
Wadis
28. A ban on trade
Mesopotamia
Petrochemicals
Commodities
Embargo
29. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Aquifers
Ibadhism
Alluvial Soil
Cereals
30. The raising and grazing of livestock
Pastoralism
Alluvial Soil
Prophets
Nationalism
31. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
Aquifers
Alluvial Soil
Wadis
Phosphate
32. Belief in one God
Nationalism
Nomads
Ziggurats
Monotheism
33. The primary gateway for Arabs migrating to North Africa
Egypt
Embargo
Nationalism
Pastoralism
34. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Sahara
Mujahideen
Sheikhdoms
Landlocked
35. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Ziggurats
Cuneiform
Ibadhism
Cereals
36. Islamic law
37. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Geometric Boundaries
Culture Hearths
Infrastructure
Oasis
38. Princes
Arable
Crude Oil
Emirs
Hieroglyphics
39. Underground canals
Egypt
Commodities
Qanats
Commodities
40. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
Alluvial Soil
Cereals
Hieroglyphics
Sahara
41. Afghan freedom fighters
Mujahideen
Fertile Crescent
Infrastructure
Pastoralism
42. An important shipping lane that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea across Egypt
Wadis
Suez Canal
Arable
Enclave
43. Pilgrimage
Hajj
Suez Canal
Arable
Desalination
44. Suitable for farming
Prophets
Arable
Nationalism
Ibadhism
45. Messengers
Landlocked
Commodities
Prophets
Shari'ah
46. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Hajj
Oasis
Arable
47. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Cereals
Culture Hearths
Landlocked
Suez Canal
48. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Emirs
Monotheism
Culture Hearths
Landlocked
49. Deserts
Aquifers
kums
Persian Empire
Landlocked
50. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Oasis
Sheikhdoms
Cereals
Pastoralism