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