SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
World Cultures North Africa Southwest Asia And Central Asia
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Large - agricultural region including Mesopotamia
Sheikhdoms
Fertile Crescent
Qanats
Sahara
2. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Hieroglyphics
Prophets
Domesticate
Cereals
3. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Pastoralism
Aquifers
Monotheism
Hieroglyphics
4. Underground layers of porous rock - grave - or sand that contain water
Cuneiform
Egypt
Shari'ah
Aquifers
5. Centers where cultures developed and spread outward
Enclave
Emirs
Nationalism
Culture Hearths
6. A chemical used in fertilizers
Ziggurats
Aquifers
Ibadhism
Phosphate
7. Islamic law
8. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Phosphate
Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Infrastructure
9. Suitable for farming
Nomads
Arable
Commodities
Domesticate
10. Messengers
Prophets
Fertile Crescent
Landlocked
Mosque
11. Underground canals
Arable
Petrochemicals
Infrastructure
Qanats
12. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Mosque
Hieroglyphics
Embargo
Nomads
13. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Sahara
Persian Empire
Fertile Crescent
Desalination
14. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Qanats
Fertile Crescent
Natural Boundary
Egypt
15. Afghan freedom fighters
Emirs
Alluvial Soil
Nomads
Mujahideen
16. Basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
Atlas Mountains
Egypt
Infrastructure
Prophets
17. During 500 B.C. - this empire extended across the region
Alluvial Soil
Desalination
Persian Empire
Aquifers
18. Belief in one God
Aquifers
Fertile Crescent
Monotheism
Cuneiform
19. Adapting plants and animals from the wild for such uses as food - clothing - and transportation
Ziggurats
Geometric Boundaries
Domesticate
Fertile Crescent
20. Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from deserts in Southwest Asia
Persian Empire
Wadis
Prophets
Bedouin
21. The primary gateway for Arabs migrating to North Africa
Embargo
Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Domesticate
22. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
Monotheism
Atlas Mountains
Landlocked
23. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Crude Oil
Qanats
Sahara
Egypt
24. A distinct group of people who are isolated from the main or larger part of the country
Qanats
kums
Exclave
Arable
25. Products derived from petroleum or natural gas
Petrochemicals
Mosque
Hieroglyphics
Culture Hearths
26. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
Bedouin
Mujahideen
Atlas Mountains
Natural Boundary
27. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Desalination
Nomads
Oasis
Hieroglyphics
28. Petroleum that has not yet been refined
Egypt
Cuneiform
kums
Crude Oil
29. Territories ruled by an Islamic religious leader
Emirs
Sheikhdoms
Mosque
Ibadhism
30. Afghan freedom fighters
Mujahideen
Landlocked
Atlas Mountains
Nationalism
31. A place in the desert where underground water surfaces
Prophets
Oasis
Suez Canal
Sheikhdoms
32. Streambeds that remain dry until a heavy rain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Wadis
Atlas Mountains
33. Africa's longest mountain range
Atlas Mountains
Natural Boundary
Ziggurats
Sheikhdoms
34. Groups of people who move from place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
Persian Empire
Mosque
Nomads
Atlas Mountains
35. Pilgrimage
Culture Hearths
Arable
Aquifers
Hajj
36. A house of worship where Muslims pray
Mosque
Nomads
Culture Hearths
Arable
37. Africa's longest mountain range
Egypt
Atlas Mountains
Wadis
Egypt
38. Pilgrimage
Cuneiform
Hajj
Sheikhdoms
Phosphate
39. A form of Islam practiced in Oman
Wadis
Exclave
Ibadhism
Embargo
40. A ban on trade
Embargo
Commodities
Arable
Qanats
41. The largest desert in the world which covers most of North Africa
Aquifers
Sahara
Persian Empire
Landlocked
42. A form of picture writing invented by the Egyptians
Hieroglyphics
Cereals
Alluvial Soil
Fertile Crescent
43. Wedge-shaped symbols written on clay tablets
Fertile Crescent
Phosphate
Cuneiform
Mujahideen
44. Large - mud-brick temples shaped like pyramids
Atlas Mountains
Geometric Boundaries
Wadis
Ziggurats
45. The raising and grazing of livestock
Petrochemicals
Enclave
Pastoralism
Shari'ah
46. Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by moving water
Cuneiform
Emirs
Hieroglyphics
Alluvial Soil
47. A process by which salt is removed from seawater
Ziggurats
kums
Cuneiform
Desalination
48. A chemical used in fertilizers
Infrastructure
Exclave
Phosphate
Monotheism
49. Food grains such as barley - oats - and wheat
Culture Hearths
Nomads
Cereals
Persian Empire
50. Princes
Emirs
Domesticate
Oasis
Ziggurats