Unit 3 - The Geography of Southwest Asia (Middle East) Test Review

Afghanistan

What country is located in yellow?

Iran

What country is in blue?

Iraq

What country is in blue?

Israel

What country is in blue?

Saudi Arabia

What country is in yellow?

Turkey

What country is in red?

Euphrates River

What physical feature is the arrow pointing to?

Jordan River

What physical feature is the arrow point to?

Tigris River

Which physical feature is the arrow pointing to?

Suez Canal

What man made feature is shown on the picture?

Persian Gulf

What physical feature is the star located on?

Straight of Hormuz

What physical feature is the arrow pointing to?

Arabian Sea

What body of water is circled in the picture?

Red Sea

What physical feature is circled?

Gaza Strip

What piece of land is highlighted in yellow?

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

What are the three main religions in SW Asia?

Israel

Where did Judaism and Christianity originate?

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Where did Islam originate?

Torah

What is the holy book of Judaism?

Bible

What is the holy book of Christianity?

Qur'an or Koran

What is the holy book of Islam?

Abraham

Who is the founder of Judaism?

Jesus

Who is the founder of Christianity?

Muhammad

Who is the founder of Islam?

synogogue

A Jewish place of worship

church

A Christian place of worship

mosque

A Muslim place of worship

Five

How many pillars of Islam are there?

They disagreed over who should lead Muslims after Muhammad's death, someone elected or his bloodline.

What issue led to the split between the Sunni and Shia Muslims?

The leader should be chosen/elected

What do Sunni Muslims believe about their leader?

Their leader should come from the bloodline of Muhammad

What do Shia Muslims believe about their leader?

Iran

What country in the Middle East is mostly Shia Muslims?

Most of the countries on the Arabian peninsula

What countries in the Middle East are mostly Sunni Muslims?

Judaism

What is the oldest monotheistic religion in SW Asia is?

Islam

What is the youngest monotheistic religion in SW Asia?

Monotheism

What is the belief in one God?

Polytheism

What is the belief in many Gods?

Arabic

What language is spoken by the Arabs?

Kurdish

What language is spoken by the Kurds?

Farsi

What language is spoken by the Persians?

Arabian Peninsula

Where did Arab ethnic group start (originate)?

The mountains of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran

Where are the Kurds located in SW Asia?

A country for themselves (Kurdistan)

What is one thing the Kurds would like to create?

Iran

What country do the Persians live?

Judaism

This religion celebrates Hanukkah

True

T/F Christianity has the most followers in the world

second

Islam is the ________ largest religion in the world.

Kosher

What is the dietary laws followed by Jews?

Mecca

Where do Muslims pray towards five times a day?

Easter

What is the most important holiday to the Christian religion?

Rabbi

What is the religious leader of Judaism called?

water

What resource is scarce in the Middle East?

being in short supply or not having enough

What does scarce mean?

process of removing salt from seawater

What is desalination?

provide people with fresh water

What is the purpose of desalination plants in the Middle East?

Turkey, Syria, Iraq

These three countries are fighting over the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers

oil

a natural resource exported in the Middle East