
The Northeast (CH 17 GEO)
Quiz by Paul Bachman
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a very narrow part of the Turkish Straits that opens on its eastern end to the Sea of Marmara
a meeting in Iran that produced an international treaty to monitor and preserve wetland resources
the practice of livestock farming, which may have begun in what is now Iraq
a place whose name means âland of the Aryansâ
a system of wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets
a place that nurtures the growth of a new culture that grows and spreads to other places
an endangered natural resource that provides freshwater and floodwater containment in a typically grassy, wet area
the homeland of the ancient Sumerians known as âthe land between two riversâ
a central massif that lies at a high elevation between Turkeyâs Pontic
and Taurus mountains
a city in which air pollution has caused thousands of deaths
Due to high mountains that block moisture from major bodies of water, much of the inland areas of the Northeast experiences which type of climate?
Which of the following very active fault lines is about 750 miles (1200 km) in length and extends across much of Turkey?
Today the majority of people living in the Northeast region are
Iran and Iraq joined with several oil-producing neighbors to form OPEC, which agreed to regulate oil production in order to
The Persian Empire arose to the east of Mesopotamia, across the Zagros Mountains in present-day ____________________, before spreading across the region.
About 5,000 years ago, the Sumerians developed a code of writing as well as
Agriculture in Iraq has been negatively impacted due to soils that have become increasingly
Which of the following is the worldâs largest inland body of water and is a key fishery that is
threatened by pollution?
Problems with ____________________ in Iraq raised the concern of U. S. military officials, who worried about the effects on American soldiers stationed there.
A development project in Turkey known as GAP involves the construction of nearly two dozen dams along the
What can you infer about Turkeyâs energy usage?

Which country is NOT part of the Northeast?