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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 belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country
Nationalism
Sahara
Wadis
Desalination
2. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Fertile Crescent
Sahara
Atlas Mountains
Infrastructure
3. Princes
Shari'ah
Emirs
Shari'ah
Sheikhdoms
4. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Emirs
Sahara
Infrastructure
Mosque
5. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Petrochemicals
Fertile Crescent
Aquifers
Domesticate
6. Islamic law
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7. Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from deserts in Southwest Asia
Bedouin
Mosque
Fertile Crescent
Infrastructure
8. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Emirs
Phosphate
Phosphate
Desalination
9. Deserts
Egypt
Atlas Mountains
Hieroglyphics
kums
10. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Bedouin
Cereals
Petrochemicals
Domesticate
11. Belief in one God
Alluvial Soil
Arable
Monotheism
Infrastructure
12. Afghan freedom fighters
Hieroglyphics
Natural Boundary
Mujahideen
Infrastructure
13. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Infrastructure
Cuneiform
Emirs
Desalination
14. Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from deserts in Southwest Asia
Cereals
Landlocked
Bedouin
Nomads
15. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Petrochemicals
Enclave
Exclave
Hieroglyphics
16. Suitable for farming
Sheikhdoms
Shari'ah
Emirs
Arable
17. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
Exclave
Emirs
Alluvial Soil
Infrastructure
18. Deserts
kums
Enclave
Mujahideen
Petrochemicals
19. A chemical used in fertilizers
Prophets
Phosphate
Commodities
Embargo
20. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Exclave
Cuneiform
Geometric Boundaries
Nomads
21. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Domesticate
Mujahideen
Monotheism
Crude Oil
22. An important shipping lane that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea across Egypt
Petrochemicals
Ziggurats
Persian Empire
Suez Canal
23. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Phosphate
Domesticate
Petrochemicals
Oasis
24. Suitable for farming
Crude Oil
Sahara
Oasis
Arable
25. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Pastoralism
Hieroglyphics
Mesopotamia
Suez Canal
26. Africa's longest mountain range
Atlas Mountains
Alluvial Soil
Qanats
Exclave
27. Africa's longest mountain range
Phosphate
Atlas Mountains
Sheikhdoms
Wadis
28. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Nationalism
Aquifers
Domesticate
Prophets
29. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Sheikhdoms
Mosque
Petrochemicals
Bedouin
30. Centers where cultures developed and spread outward
Culture Hearths
Monotheism
Ziggurats
Mosque
31. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Nationalism
Suez Canal
Bedouin
Mesopotamia
32. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Oasis
Suez Canal
Culture Hearths
Natural Boundary
33. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Sheikhdoms
Commodities
Fertile Crescent
Exclave
34. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Mosque
Wadis
Hajj
Atlas Mountains
35. A chemical used in fertilizers
Phosphate
Culture Hearths
Cuneiform
Emirs
36. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Wadis
Geometric Boundaries
Nationalism
Natural Boundary
37. Centers where cultures developed and spread outward
Mujahideen
Culture Hearths
Cereals
Suez Canal
38. Islamic law
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39. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Desalination
Domesticate
Monotheism
Landlocked
40. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Exclave
Mujahideen
Commodities
Pastoralism
41. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Cereals
Natural Boundary
Cuneiform
Enclave
42. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Monotheism
Phosphate
Prophets
Ziggurats
43. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Landlocked
Enclave
Emirs
Petrochemicals
44. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Fertile Crescent
Exclave
Mosque
Sheikhdoms
45. Pilgrimage
Wadis
Hajj
Nomads
Enclave
46. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Infrastructure
Hieroglyphics
Nationalism
Cuneiform
47. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Suez Canal
Shari'ah
Natural Boundary
Exclave
48. Afghan freedom fighters
Phosphate
Monotheism
Pastoralism
Mujahideen
49. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Persian Empire
Embargo
Enclave
Crude Oil
50. Economic goods
Commodities
Crude Oil
Mosque
Mujahideen