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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 Red Sea and the Arabian Sea
C
the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
D
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
2) Which bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal?
A
the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea
B
the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
C
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
D
the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
3) Which river do Syria, Israel, and Jordan share?
A
Euphrates
B
Jordan
C
Nile
D
Tigris
4) A landlocked country in the far eastern edge of the Middle East region.
A
Iraq
B
Turkey
C
Afghanistan
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
Afghanistan
B
Kuwait
C
Turkey
D
Iran
6) How has the use of chemical fertilizers affected water supplies in many countries in Southwest Asia?
A
Use of chemical fertilizers means crops must be watered constantly.
B
Chemical fertilizers have had very little effect on local water supplies in Southwest Asia.
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
Turkey
B
Iran
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
Iran
C
Syria
D
Turkey
9) What country is currently facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis?
A
Iran
B
Iraq
C
Syria
D
Turkey
10) How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia?
A
Few countries have the technology needed to be able to build dams.
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
Dams limit the water available to countries further downstream.
11) Why are technologies like desalinization and drip irrigation not more widely used to reduce water shortages in Southwest Asia?
A
Most countries do not know about these technologies.
B
The technologies are too expensive.
C
Few countries in Southwest Asia have access to seawater.
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
Everyone needs to be able to use the water and there is only a limited amount.
C
Farmers have not been able to find ways to use the water for irrigation.
D
Deserts in the region prevent the rivers from being large enough to be useful.
13) Where are most of the major cities in Southwest Asia located?
A
near major rivers
B
in large grasslands
C
in mountain ranges
D
near deserts
14) build up of salts in the soil, eventually to toxic levels for plants.
A
Coastal Degradation
B
Deforestation
C
Overgrazing
D
Salinization
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
It makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without sailing around the continent of Africa.
C
The Suez Canal is the only way for ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.
D
The Suez Canal is Iraq's only waterway leading to the Persian Gulf.
16) the process in which fertile land becomes unusable.
A
Draining of Marshland
B
Overgrazing
C
Desertification
D
Deforestation
17) any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects to the living things.
A
Coastal Degradation
B
Air Pollution
C
Water Pollution
D
Desertification
18) the removal of a forest or stand of trees.
A
Overgrazing
B
Salinization
C
Coastal Degradation
D
Deforestation
19) when plants are exposed to intensive consumption by livestock without sufficient time for plants to recover.
A
Desertification
B
Lack of Fresh Water (Water Scarcity)
C
Overgrazing
D
Water Pollution
20) lack of access to clean water, or only access to polluted water.
A
Salinization
B
Draining of Marshland
C
Lack of Fresh Water (Water Scarcity)
D
Water Pollution
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