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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 place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Nomads
Alluvial Soil
Exclave
Oasis
2. Underground canals
Domesticate
Qanats
Nationalism
Hajj
3. Suitable for farming
Arable
Nationalism
Phosphate
Mesopotamia
4. Africa's longest mountain range
Enclave
Nationalism
Atlas Mountains
Bedouin
5. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Mosque
Oasis
Cuneiform
Prophets
6. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Alluvial Soil
Mosque
Domesticate
Shari'ah
7. Islamic law
8. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Cereals
Mosque
Suez Canal
Ziggurats
9. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Atlas Mountains
Oasis
Sheikhdoms
Domesticate
10. Belief in one God
Monotheism
Commodities
Embargo
kums
11. Islamic law
12. Afghan freedom fighters
Desalination
Mujahideen
Alluvial Soil
Fertile Crescent
13. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Ibadhism
Fertile Crescent
Persian Empire
Ibadhism
14. An important shipping lane that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea across Egypt
Phosphate
Egypt
Suez Canal
Prophets
15. The raising and grazing of livestock
Desalination
Pastoralism
Phosphate
Arable
16. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Wadis
kums
Embargo
Hieroglyphics
17. A form of Islam practiced in Oman
Ibadhism
Crude Oil
Crude Oil
Ziggurats
18. Often follow straight lines and do no account for natural and cultural features (exist between Libya - Egypt - and Algeria)
Geometric Boundaries
kums
Suez Canal
Alluvial Soil
19. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Sahara
kums
Cuneiform
Ziggurats
20. Centers where cultures developed and spread outward
Monotheism
Culture Hearths
Persian Empire
Atlas Mountains
21. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Desalination
Aquifers
Bedouin
Arable
22. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Crude Oil
Sahara
Desalination
Aquifers
23. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Nomads
Natural Boundary
Mujahideen
Exclave
24. A territory that is culturally or ethnically different from surrounding larger cultures
Exclave
Enclave
Exclave
Commodities
25. The primary gateway for Arabs migrating to North Africa
Infrastructure
Emirs
Egypt
Natural Boundary
26. Centers where cultures developed and spread outward
Aquifers
Exclave
kums
Culture Hearths
27. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Infrastructure
Landlocked
Exclave
Shari'ah
28. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Landlocked
Persian Empire
Enclave
Cereals
29. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Sahara
Prophets
kums
Egypt
30. A chemical used in fertilizers
Phosphate
Alluvial Soil
Arable
Persian Empire
31. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Landlocked
Fertile Crescent
Arable
Commodities
32. Princes
Culture Hearths
Atlas Mountains
Nationalism
Emirs
33. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Persian Empire
Shari'ah
Aquifers
Sahara
34. Suitable for farming
Sahara
Infrastructure
Crude Oil
Arable
35. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Mujahideen
Pastoralism
Nomads
Aquifers
36. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Suez Canal
Domesticate
Mosque
Sheikhdoms
37. A form of picture writing invented by the Egyptians
Hieroglyphics
Enclave
Culture Hearths
Mesopotamia
38. A ban on trade
Infrastructure
Pastoralism
Embargo
Suez Canal
39. Being almost or entirely surrounded by land
Crude Oil
Landlocked
Arable
Mosque
40. A form of Islam practiced in Oman
Desalination
Ibadhism
Shari'ah
kums
41. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Crude Oil
Exclave
Hajj
Cuneiform
42. Messengers
Atlas Mountains
Prophets
Emirs
Nationalism
43. Deserts
kums
Oasis
Qanats
Arable
44. Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from deserts in Southwest Asia
Aquifers
Cereals
Infrastructure
Bedouin
45. The raising and grazing of livestock
Exclave
Pastoralism
Sheikhdoms
Shari'ah
46. A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country
Sheikhdoms
Nationalism
Fertile Crescent
Domesticate
47. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Nomads
Bedouin
Culture Hearths
Infrastructure
48. A chemical used in fertilizers
Bedouin
Phosphate
Fertile Crescent
Mosque
49. Economic goods
Shari'ah
Commodities
Fertile Crescent
Geometric Boundaries
50. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Exclave
Atlas Mountains
Cereals
Shari'ah