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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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1. Often follow straight lines and do no account for natural and cultural features (exist between Libya - Egypt - and Algeria)
Egypt
kums
Geometric Boundaries
Commodities
2. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Infrastructure
Domesticate
Phosphate
Natural Boundary
3. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Domesticate
Oasis
Exclave
Suez Canal
4. Economic goods
Suez Canal
Ibadhism
Infrastructure
Commodities
5. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Ibadhism
Suez Canal
Cuneiform
Natural Boundary
6. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Ziggurats
Pastoralism
Geometric Boundaries
Crude Oil
7. The raising and grazing of livestock
Infrastructure
kums
Pastoralism
Atlas Mountains
8. Islamic law
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9. A ban on trade
Hieroglyphics
Embargo
Egypt
Alluvial Soil
10. Suitable for farming
Arable
Nationalism
Mujahideen
Pastoralism
11. The primary gateway for Arabs migrating to North Africa
Egypt
Domesticate
Cuneiform
Emirs
12. A ban on trade
Embargo
Emirs
Suez Canal
Cereals
13. Often follow straight lines and do no account for natural and cultural features (exist between Libya - Egypt - and Algeria)
Desalination
Geometric Boundaries
Prophets
Bedouin
14. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Wadis
Ziggurats
Cereals
Mesopotamia
15. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Petrochemicals
Shari'ah
Nomads
Phosphate
16. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Egypt
Ziggurats
Infrastructure
Bedouin
17. Princes
Emirs
Geometric Boundaries
Fertile Crescent
Mujahideen
18. Messengers
Exclave
Prophets
Mosque
Arable
19. Afghan freedom fighters
Ziggurats
Ibadhism
Mujahideen
Petrochemicals
20. A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country
Qanats
Exclave
Nationalism
Prophets
21. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Culture Hearths
Crude Oil
Arable
Cuneiform
22. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Mosque
Persian Empire
Ziggurats
Fertile Crescent
23. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Embargo
Mujahideen
Sheikhdoms
Infrastructure
24. Afghan freedom fighters
Mujahideen
Pastoralism
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
25. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Aquifers
Domesticate
Wadis
Pastoralism
26. Princes
Domesticate
Embargo
Crude Oil
Emirs
27. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Exclave
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Oasis
28. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Embargo
Oasis
Arable
Mujahideen
29. Pilgrimage
Hajj
Enclave
Aquifers
Monotheism
30. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Mujahideen
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Natural Boundary
31. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Landlocked
Desalination
Commodities
Crude Oil
32. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Wadis
Enclave
Prophets
Alluvial Soil
33. Underground canals
Nationalism
Mujahideen
Qanats
Ziggurats
34. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
kums
Hajj
Nomads
Mesopotamia
35. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Suez Canal
Aquifers
Pastoralism
Prophets
36. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Culture Hearths
Mesopotamia
Mosque
Landlocked
37. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Nomads
Cuneiform
Mujahideen
Enclave
38. Underground canals
Hajj
Phosphate
Hajj
Qanats
39. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Aquifers
Cereals
Embargo
Ibadhism
40. A chemical used in fertilizers
Monotheism
Aquifers
Persian Empire
Phosphate
41. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Natural Boundary
Atlas Mountains
Crude Oil
Cereals
42. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Hieroglyphics
Sahara
Qanats
Infrastructure
43. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Commodities
Infrastructure
Wadis
Enclave
44. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Geometric Boundaries
Sheikhdoms
Atlas Mountains
Nomads
45. Deserts
Arable
kums
Cuneiform
Enclave
46. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Infrastructure
Cereals
Ibadhism
Desalination
47. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Monotheism
Sahara
Mujahideen
Embargo
48. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Pastoralism
Oasis
Natural Boundary
Landlocked
49. A form of Islam practiced in Oman
Ibadhism
Mesopotamia
Persian Empire
Sheikhdoms
50. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Fertile Crescent
Landlocked
Geometric Boundaries