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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. Africa's longest mountain range
Sheikhdoms
Sahara
Atlas Mountains
Pastoralism
2. An important shipping lane that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea across Egypt
Culture Hearths
Hajj
Suez Canal
Alluvial Soil
3. A chemical used in fertilizers
Nomads
Phosphate
Desalination
Landlocked
4. Pilgrimage
Oasis
Hajj
Aquifers
Cereals
5. Afghan freedom fighters
Emirs
Alluvial Soil
Mujahideen
Culture Hearths
6. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Cereals
Cuneiform
Hajj
Arable
7. Messengers
Prophets
Arable
Aquifers
Atlas Mountains
8. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Landlocked
Wadis
Qanats
Petrochemicals
9. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Commodities
Exclave
Crude Oil
Exclave
10. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Oasis
Domesticate
Mesopotamia
Petrochemicals
11. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Shari'ah
Sahara
Atlas Mountains
Domesticate
12. Messengers
Prophets
Mujahideen
Geometric Boundaries
Landlocked
13. The primary gateway for Arabs migrating to North Africa
Shari'ah
Infrastructure
Egypt
Ibadhism
14. Afghan freedom fighters
Hieroglyphics
Mujahideen
Commodities
Aquifers
15. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Shari'ah
Petrochemicals
Shari'ah
Mesopotamia
16. Belief in one God
Hieroglyphics
Monotheism
Commodities
Arable
17. Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from deserts in Southwest Asia
Mosque
kums
Bedouin
Hieroglyphics
18. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Mesopotamia
Desalination
Crude Oil
Wadis
19. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Sheikhdoms
Nomads
Embargo
Desalination
20. A form of Islam practiced in Oman
Embargo
Wadis
Alluvial Soil
Ibadhism
21. Suitable for farming
Infrastructure
Desalination
Arable
Petrochemicals
22. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Egypt
Monotheism
Nationalism
Landlocked
23. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Atlas Mountains
Enclave
Egypt
Ibadhism
24. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Sahara
Exclave
Petrochemicals
Atlas Mountains
25. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Atlas Mountains
kums
Monotheism
Mosque
26. Princes
Emirs
Monotheism
Natural Boundary
Mujahideen
27. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Egypt
Petrochemicals
Persian Empire
Fertile Crescent
28. A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country
Cereals
Ibadhism
Geometric Boundaries
Nationalism
29. Belief in one God
Sahara
Commodities
Monotheism
Hajj
30. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Fertile Crescent
Nomads
Natural Boundary
Ibadhism
31. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Sheikhdoms
Geometric Boundaries
Atlas Mountains
Natural Boundary
32. Islamic law
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33. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Cereals
Alluvial Soil
Suez Canal
Nomads
34. Economic goods
Embargo
Commodities
Mujahideen
Culture Hearths
35. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Infrastructure
Mujahideen
Hieroglyphics
Suez Canal
36. The raising and grazing of livestock
Pastoralism
Egypt
Egypt
Crude Oil
37. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Sheikhdoms
Geometric Boundaries
Sheikhdoms
Desalination
38. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Oasis
Landlocked
Egypt
Nationalism
39. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Exclave
Hieroglyphics
Petrochemicals
Aquifers
40. Centers where cultures developed and spread outward
Culture Hearths
Prophets
Prophets
Domesticate
41. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Infrastructure
Natural Boundary
Mujahideen
Aquifers
42. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Emirs
Desalination
Suez Canal
Cereals
43. Suitable for farming
Culture Hearths
Fertile Crescent
Enclave
Arable
44. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Enclave
Egypt
Sahara
Mujahideen
45. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Atlas Mountains
Persian Empire
Pastoralism
Aquifers
46. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Petrochemicals
Persian Empire
Mesopotamia
kums
47. Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from deserts in Southwest Asia
Bedouin
Prophets
Crude Oil
Aquifers
48. Islamic law
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49. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
Desalination
Alluvial Soil
Qanats
Geometric Boundaries
50. Deserts
Nomads
Hieroglyphics
Aquifers
kums