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