Chapter 15
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- Q1The climate of the mountains is _____ than that of the deserts.drierwettercolderhotter120s
- Q2The major difference between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is that the Tigris Rivermoves slower.carries more water.has more floods.is longer.120s
- Q3The Arabian Peninsula is important to the world because of itspetroleum reserves.food exports.consumer electronics.industrial chemicals.120s
- Q4The rain shadow on the Anatolian and Iranian plateaus is caused byhigh mountains.fertile oases.seismic activity.seasonal monsoons.120s
- Q5Because of the agricultural revolution in Mesopotamia, people were able tojoin together to conquer Egypt.have farmers control the government.develop advanced civilizations.travel to gather food.120s
- Q6Judaism and Christianity share the teachings ofthe belief in more than one god (polytheism)the Five Pillars of Faith.the Old Testament parallels the Hebrew Bible.the idea that the Messiah is still to come.120s
- Q7Which empire helped to spread Christianity?RomanBabylonianEgyptian120s
- Q8How did the location of the Ottoman Empire help it become wealthy and powerful?It controlled the entire length of the Nile from CairoIt controlled the Arabian Peninsula's energy resourcesThe capital in Rome controlled Western EuropeThe busiest trade routes ran through the empire.120s
- Q9The Nile River benefits agriculture becauseit flows south to the Mediterranean Sea.it makes the climate of all of Egypt more humid.the river valley is home to a small percentage of Egyptians.its predictable floods allow agriculture to flourish.120s
- Q10Ancient Egypt gave ushieroglyphics and papyrus.the belief in one god and an after life.a code of law and the wheel.a defeat of the Byzantine Empire.120s
- Q11The climate of Southwest Asia and North Africa can be described asequatorial.humid.temperate.arid.120s
- Q12The two important rivers of Mesopotamia are theIndus and Tigris.Nile and Euphrates.Euphrates and Tigris.Nile and Tigris.120s
- Q13What industry contributes the most significantly to the economy of the Arabian Peninsula?fishingelectronics manufacturingagriculturepetroleum production120s
- Q14The earliest settlers on the Anatolian Plateau in Turkey weretraders traveling to and from ancient Greece.people moving from Mesopotamia to Lebanon.nomadic herders migrating from the Sahara.farmers looking for fertile land near a river valley.120s
- Q15The Sumerians gave the worldpapyrus.cuneiform.pyramids.qanats.120s