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