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Geography Of The Middle East Test
Test Description: Questions come from MEG1, MEG2, MEG3, or MEG4
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which bodies of water are connected by the Strait of Hormuz?
A
the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
B
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
C
the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea
D
the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
2) Which bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal?
A
the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
B
the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
C
the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea
D
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
3) Which river do Syria, Israel, and Jordan share?
A
Nile
B
Jordan
C
Tigris
D
Euphrates
4) A landlocked country in the far eastern edge of the Middle East region.
A
Turkey
B
Afghanistan
C
Iraq
D
Israel
5) One of the largest countries in the region, mountainous, and has a coast line on the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
A
Iran
B
Kuwait
C
Turkey
D
Afghanistan
6) How has the use of chemical fertilizers affected water supplies in many countries in Southwest Asia?
A
Chemical fertilizers have had very little effect on local water supplies in Southwest Asia.
B
Use of chemical fertilizers means crops must be watered constantly.
C
Enormous amounts of water must be used to produce chemical fertilizers.
D
Water supplies have been contaminated by the chemicals through runoff from the fields.
7) What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula.
A
Iran
B
Turkey
C
Kuwait
D
Saudi Arabia
8) What country is located in the far northwestern edge of the region, where the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers begin?
A
Israel
B
Syria
C
Turkey
D
Iran
9) What country is currently facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis?
A
Iraq
B
Iran
C
Syria
D
Turkey
10) How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia?
A
Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream.
B
Dams are too expensive to build to be practical.
C
Countries in the Southwest Asia are not allowed to build dams along shared rivers.
D
Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams.
11) Why are technologies like desalinization and drip irrigation not more widely used to reduce water shortages in Southwest Asia?
A
Few countries in Southwest Asia have access to seawater.
B
Most countries do not know about these technologies.
C
The technologies are too expensive.
D
Drip irrigation is not very effective in a hot, dry, climate.
12) Why have the rivers of Southwest Asia become political issues?
A
The rivers can be used only for travel and trade but not for drinking water.
B
Farmers have not been able to find ways to use the water for irrigation.
C
Deserts in the region prevent the rivers from being large enough to be useful.
D
Everyone needs to be able to use the water and there is only a limited amount.
13) Where are most of the major cities in Southwest Asia located?
A
in large grasslands
B
near deserts
C
near major rivers
D
in mountain ranges
14) build up of salts in the soil, eventually to toxic levels for plants.
A
Salinization
B
Deforestation
C
Overgrazing
D
Coastal Degradation
15) Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?
A
It connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, making it less expensive to ship products to other parts of Southwest Asia.
B
The Suez Canal is Iraq's only waterway leading to the Persian Gulf.
C
It makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without sailing around the continent of Africa.
D
The Suez Canal is the only way for ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.
16) the process in which fertile land becomes unusable.
A
Overgrazing
B
Desertification
C
Deforestation
D
Draining of Marshland
17) any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects to the living things.
A
Air Pollution
B
Desertification
C
Coastal Degradation
D
Water Pollution
18) the removal of a forest or stand of trees.
A
Deforestation
B
Salinization
C
Coastal Degradation
D
Overgrazing
19) when plants are exposed to intensive consumption by livestock without sufficient time for plants to recover.
A
Water Pollution
B
Overgrazing
C
Lack of Fresh Water (Water Scarcity)
D
Desertification
20) lack of access to clean water, or only access to polluted water.
A
Draining of Marshland
B
Lack of Fresh Water (Water Scarcity)
C
Salinization
D
Water Pollution
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