Ch. 7

Question 1

Shi’ite Muslim distribution

Answer 1

Iran

Question 2

Fertile Crescent

Answer 2

what is present day Iraq & Syria; the cradle of civilization, birth of agriculture.

Question 3

Aswan High Dam

Answer 3

Located in Egypt; 2 purposes: electricity and regulating the flow of the Nile.

Question 4

Darfur- ethnic cleansing

Answer 4

Border of Chad & Sudan; Africa transition zone… muslims moving aggressively to South Saharan.

Question 5

Iraq/ Mesopotamia rivers

Answer 5

Fertile Crescent/ Euphrates and Tigris River

Question 6

Israel creation

Answer 6

1 oil reserve in the world.. Country’s ONLY commodity.

Question 7

Saudi Arabia - oil

Answer 7

Engineering disaster; dried out portion of Southwest Asia.

Question 8

Aral sea

Answer 8

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Question 9

Afghanistan - ethnic groups

Answer 9

Pashtun is the main ethnic group in power.

Question 10

North africa/ Southwest Asia countries

Answer 10

Afghanistan; not Pakistan

Question 11

India population distribution

Answer 11

Everywhere is populated

Question 12

Caste system - religion

Answer 12

Hindu religion

Question 13

Pakistan / Bangladesh

Answer 13

Used to be West and East Pakistan