WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
EXAM- PRACTICET GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Water, Mediterranean, Nile River - Answer-Egypt's population distribution is closely
linked to the proximity of ____; In the north, the population clusters along the ____
and in the interior, along the banks on the ____ ____
Seed crops - Answer-The most important crop of the ME and NA; This region has 32
species (the most)
Water quality, water shortage, desertification - Answer-3 environmental problems
faced by the ME and NA
Cars - Answer-The ratio of ___ to people is increasing due to the countries (UAE,
Qatar, Bahrain) becoming wealthier
Fertile Crescent - Answer-A region arching across the northern part of the Syrian
Desert and extending from the Nile Valley to the Mesopotamian Basin in the
depression between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; This region is one of the first
places in the world where plants and animals were domesticated by humans
Domesticate plants and animals - Answer-Regional empires developed bc people
were able to ___ ___ and ___
New Stone Age - Answer-During this time period, farmers began dry farming, relying
on rainfall and pastoralists moved and traded across the region's grasslands; Towns
and citied emerged as new tools were invented
Irrigation - Answer-The plough allowed humans to build systems of ____, or wet
farming; Helped exert dominance over groups that did not have this technology
Hydraulic civilizations - Answer-Emerged as a result of expanded wet farming; These
civilizations used the control of water and food that resulted as weapons of control;
First to do it was Babylon
Judaism, Christianity, Islam - Answer-Three monotheistic religions originating in the
Semitic Hearth
Fossil fuels - Answer-Deposits of hydrocarbon that have developed over millions of
years from the remains of plants and animals that have been converted to potential
energy sources under extreme pressure below Earth's surface; Ex: petroleum,
natural gas
Petroleum - Answer-A liquid compound that can be developed into useful everyday
products; Burns effectively when converted into fuel; Can be used in asphalt and
medicine
, Internal Combustion engine, WWI - Answer-The invention of the ___ ___ ___ and
___ helped establish petroleum as a foundational product of the industrial age
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Answer-Purpose is to
coordinate the crude-oil policies of its members
Turkey - Answer-What is the only country in the ME and NA that is NOT
experiencing desertification?
Desertification - Answer-The process by which semiarid lands become degraded and
less productive, leading to more desert like conditions
Afforestation - Answer-Program that converts previously nonforested land to forest
by planting seeds or trees; Oman and UAE have taken part in this
Semitic - Answer-Those who spoke Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew; These people
developed the 3 religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Judaism - Answer-The oldest monotheistic religion; Numerically small bc it does not
seek new converts
City walls, commercial district, suburbs - Answer-The early cities of Kish, Nippur, and
Ur included these 3 main elements that made them urban forms
Egyptians - Answer-Who were the 1st to build large cities centered on monumental
tombs, temples, and palaces and the first to explore mummification?
Islamic - Answer-What group of people were the first to develop a central mosque,
government center, neighborhoods, markets, public baths, and urban design?
Roman - Answer-The Islamic cities of the Maghreb in NA largely followed the ___
form
Turkish, Anatolian - Answer-The Ottomans were ___ Muslims based on the ___
Plateau
Ottoman Empire - Answer-Extended from the Danube River in SE Europe to NA and
to the eastern end of the Mediterranean; Replaced the Christian Greeks as the
political power and ruled this region for more than 700 years
Nationalist movement - Answer-Emerged based around groups of people who
shares common elements of culture (language, religion, history); These movements
were problematic for the Ottoman Empire
Turkey - Answer-By the end of WWI, the Ottoman Empire rules this modern-day
country
EXAM- PRACTICET GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Water, Mediterranean, Nile River - Answer-Egypt's population distribution is closely
linked to the proximity of ____; In the north, the population clusters along the ____
and in the interior, along the banks on the ____ ____
Seed crops - Answer-The most important crop of the ME and NA; This region has 32
species (the most)
Water quality, water shortage, desertification - Answer-3 environmental problems
faced by the ME and NA
Cars - Answer-The ratio of ___ to people is increasing due to the countries (UAE,
Qatar, Bahrain) becoming wealthier
Fertile Crescent - Answer-A region arching across the northern part of the Syrian
Desert and extending from the Nile Valley to the Mesopotamian Basin in the
depression between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; This region is one of the first
places in the world where plants and animals were domesticated by humans
Domesticate plants and animals - Answer-Regional empires developed bc people
were able to ___ ___ and ___
New Stone Age - Answer-During this time period, farmers began dry farming, relying
on rainfall and pastoralists moved and traded across the region's grasslands; Towns
and citied emerged as new tools were invented
Irrigation - Answer-The plough allowed humans to build systems of ____, or wet
farming; Helped exert dominance over groups that did not have this technology
Hydraulic civilizations - Answer-Emerged as a result of expanded wet farming; These
civilizations used the control of water and food that resulted as weapons of control;
First to do it was Babylon
Judaism, Christianity, Islam - Answer-Three monotheistic religions originating in the
Semitic Hearth
Fossil fuels - Answer-Deposits of hydrocarbon that have developed over millions of
years from the remains of plants and animals that have been converted to potential
energy sources under extreme pressure below Earth's surface; Ex: petroleum,
natural gas
Petroleum - Answer-A liquid compound that can be developed into useful everyday
products; Burns effectively when converted into fuel; Can be used in asphalt and
medicine
, Internal Combustion engine, WWI - Answer-The invention of the ___ ___ ___ and
___ helped establish petroleum as a foundational product of the industrial age
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Answer-Purpose is to
coordinate the crude-oil policies of its members
Turkey - Answer-What is the only country in the ME and NA that is NOT
experiencing desertification?
Desertification - Answer-The process by which semiarid lands become degraded and
less productive, leading to more desert like conditions
Afforestation - Answer-Program that converts previously nonforested land to forest
by planting seeds or trees; Oman and UAE have taken part in this
Semitic - Answer-Those who spoke Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew; These people
developed the 3 religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Judaism - Answer-The oldest monotheistic religion; Numerically small bc it does not
seek new converts
City walls, commercial district, suburbs - Answer-The early cities of Kish, Nippur, and
Ur included these 3 main elements that made them urban forms
Egyptians - Answer-Who were the 1st to build large cities centered on monumental
tombs, temples, and palaces and the first to explore mummification?
Islamic - Answer-What group of people were the first to develop a central mosque,
government center, neighborhoods, markets, public baths, and urban design?
Roman - Answer-The Islamic cities of the Maghreb in NA largely followed the ___
form
Turkish, Anatolian - Answer-The Ottomans were ___ Muslims based on the ___
Plateau
Ottoman Empire - Answer-Extended from the Danube River in SE Europe to NA and
to the eastern end of the Mediterranean; Replaced the Christian Greeks as the
political power and ruled this region for more than 700 years
Nationalist movement - Answer-Emerged based around groups of people who
shares common elements of culture (language, religion, history); These movements
were problematic for the Ottoman Empire
Turkey - Answer-By the end of WWI, the Ottoman Empire rules this modern-day
country
