Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Period: ______
4th Six weeks Review: (Chapter 15 & Chapter 16 & notes)
1. Southwest Asia (North Africa and the Middle East) is the birth place of three major religions (list them in
order of which came first)
a. _____________________
b. _____________________
c.
_____________________
2. Name and describe the Five Pillars of Islam – the main __________ _________ of ___________
a. ________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________
c.
________________________________________________________________
d. ________________________________________________________________
e. ________________________________________________________________
3. Holy Building and book for the three major religions
a. Christians = worship building: _____________________ holy book: ______________
b. Jews = worship building: _______________________ holy book: ______________
c.
Muslim = worship building: _______________________ holy book: ______________
4. Three major rivers of the Middle East and North Africa
a. ____________________________
b. ____________________________
c. ____________________________
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5. Overgrazing of sheep leads to _______________________________________.
6. Examples of Religious holidays
a. Christianity – ___________________________________________________
b. Islam – _____________________________________________________
c.
Judaism – _____________________________________________________
7. ______________ are the most common landforms in North Africa and the Middle East
8. During the Ottoman Empire the caliph contributed to the growth of the empire in the following two
ways:_______________________________________ and __________
a. _______________________________________________________________________
Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Period: ______
9. Rivers flooding and bringing rich _____________ for farming are one of the reasons civilization started in the
Mesopotamia. List the other three reasons:
a. ______________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________________
10. Define Nomads - ________________________________________________________
a. Where could they be found?_____________________________________________
b. What do their homes look like?___________________________________________
11. The clothing in the region is an adaptation to the environment which is ____________
12. He ____________________ created the first set of written laws in ____________________ (the fertile
crescent where civilization was born)
13. In Palestine Jews and Arabs fight over ______________ of the ___________
14. The event brought the end of the Ottoman Empire______________________________
15. How the Allies divided the Ottoman Empire:_______________ ____ __________________
16. Mustafa Kemal made changes in the Ottoman Empire like _________________________
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17. Exodus means to _______________ one’s country
18. Immigration mean to __________________ to a new country to live
19. ______________ is a nonrenewable natural resource and has been a factor in Middle East conflicts.
20. Give the definition and an example for the following:
a. primary product __________________________________________________
b. secondary product ________________________________________________
21. What is the law of return and why was it needed?
a. ____________________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________________________
22. What are the 2 main sects of Islam and what are some of their differences?
a. ___________________________________________________________
b.
____________________________________________________________________
Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Period: ______
23. The Aswan High Dam has helped Egypt by____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
But has hurt the region by_______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
24. Most people in Egypt live along the ____________ ______________
Why?________________________________________________________
25. The two countries having the greatest oil reserves are _____________and ________________
26. The main product of North Africa and Southwest Asia_____________________________
27. When OPEC reduces oil production making it scarce, the price of oil __________________
28. Define GDP ________________________________________________________________
29. Define unemployment ______________________________________________________
30. He was the Leader of the Soviet Union during and after WW2 ________________________
31. The two other names for the Soviet Union were _______________ and the ______________.
32. Material like slogans, posters and music used by the Soviet Union to create a strong identity, and spread
certain beliefs was called ______________________________
33. The ___________ ______________ was an invisible wall that divided Western and Eastern Europe.
34. A period of noncooperation between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries was called the
____________ ___________
35. NATO stands for the ________________ __________________ _________________
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