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Chapter 17- Southwest Asia Vocabulary

Quiz by LeighAnne Goff

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  • Q1
    What is an alluvial plain?
    A branch of Islam, the dominant branch in Iran.
    A plain created by sediment deposited during floods.
    A belief in many gods.
    Politics related to water usage and access.
    30s
  • Q2
    What does the term 'oasis' refer to?
    A belief in many gods.
    A climate zone that is somewhat dry.
    An episode of irregular fighting.
    An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow throughout the year.
    30s
  • Q3
    What is 'monotheism'?
    Politics related to water usage and access.
    Belief in many gods.
    A climate zone that is somewhat dry.
    Belief in one God.
    30s
  • Q4
    What does 'dependency' mean in this context?
    A branch of Islam, the dominant branch in much of Southwest Asia.
    Needing something in order to operate well.
    A time of political upheaval beginning in 2010.
    A streambed in a desert that is dry for much of the year.
    30s
  • Q5
    What is a 'wadi'?
    Belief in one God.
    A streambed in a desert that is dry for much of the year.
    An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow.
    A time of political upheaval beginning in 2010.
    30s
  • Q6
    What does 'hydropolitics' refer to?
    An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow.
    A climate zone that is somewhat dry.
    Belief in many gods.
    Politics related to water usage and access.
    30s
  • Q7
    What does the term 'Shia' signify?
    A streambed in a desert that is dry for much of the year.
    Branch of Islam, the dominant branch in Iran.
    A plain created by sediment deposited during floods.
    Belief in one God.
    30s
  • Q8
    What is meant by 'fossil water'?
    Water that fell as rain thousands of years ago and is now trapped between rock layers deep underground.
    Politics related to water usage and access.
    A belief in many gods.
    An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow.
    30s
  • Q9
    What does 'polytheism' mean?
    Belief in one God.
    Belief in many gods.
    A climate zone that is somewhat dry.
    Politics related to water usage and access.
    30s
  • Q10
    What does the term 'downstream' refer to?
    A time of political upheaval beginning in 2010.
    A branch of Islam, the dominant branch in Iran.
    In the direction of or nearer to the mouth of a stream.
    A streambed in a desert that is dry for much of the year.
    30s
  • Q11
    What does 'semiarid' describe?
    Belief in one God.
    An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow.
    Politics related to water usage and access.
    A climate zone that is somewhat dry.
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the 'Arab Spring'?
    An area in a desert where underground water allows plants to grow.
    A belief in many gods.
    A branch of Islam, the dominant branch in much of Southwest Asia.
    A time of political upheaval beginning in 2010.
    30s
  • Q13
    What does the term 'Arab Spring' refer to?
    A branch of Islam, the dominant branch in much of Southwest Asia.
    A time of political upheaval beginning in 2010.
    A belief in one God.
    A climate zone that is somewhat dry.
    30s
  • Q14

    Climate and temperatures vary greatly between summer and winter in Afghanistan.

    rest

    rise

    fall

    change

    30s
  • Q15

    By the time of Muhammad’s death in A.D. 632, Islam had expanded across theArabian Peninsula.

    defeated

    explained

    recorded

    spread

    30s

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