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6th Gr. Ch. 4
6th Grade Ch. Review
Question | Answer |
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What is the Khyber Pass? | A pass that cuts through the Hindu Kush Mountain Range |
Where is the Khyber Pass located? | On the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan |
What type of government does Lybia have? | Dictatorship |
What type of government does Saudi Arabia have? | Monarchy |
Who leads the Saudi Arabian government? | The Saud Family |
Name two othernames for the city of Istanbul. | Byzantium and Constantinople |
What country was almost destroyed by civil war from 1975-1990? | Lebanon |
In what two continents does Istanbul lie? | Asia and Europe |
Name the countries contained in the region known as Maghreb. | Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria |
What is the primary industry that Iraq's economy is based on? | Oil |
What is Egypt's primary water source? | The Nile River |
What is 90% of Libya covered by? | Desert |
What are the two major rivers in Iraq? | The Tigris and Euphrates |
Name the two bodies of water that the Suez cananl connects | The Red Sea and The Mediterranean Sea |
What country did Iraq invade prior to the Persian Gulf War? | Kuwait |
What percent of Israelis are Arabs called Palestinians? | 20% |
What is a Delta? | An area formed from soil deposited by a river at the mouth of the river |
What is silt? | Small particles of rich soil |
What is an oasis? | Green area in a desert fed by underground water |
What is a dictator? | An all powerful government leader |
What is an aquifer? | Underground rock layer that stores large amounts of water |
What is terrorism? | Systematic use of violence or terror to achieve certain goals. |
Define secular | non-religious |
What is a constitutuional monarchy? | A government where a king or queen is the official head of state, but the goverment is run by elected officials. |
What is a mosque? | A place of worship for followers of Islam |
What is a kibbutz? | A settlement or farm in Israel where the people share property and produce goods |
What is a Moshav? | A cooperative settlement of small individual farms in Israel where people share in farming, but own some private property. |
What are the bedouin? | Nomadic arabs of the deserts of Southwest Asia. |
What is a wadi? | Dry riverbed filled by the rains from rare downpours |
What is desalinization? | The removal of salt to make seawater drinkable |
What is a Hajj? | A religious journey to Mecca |
What is an Alluvial Plain? | An area that is built up by rich, fertile soil left by river floods |
What is an Embargo? | An order that restricts or prohibits trade with another country |
What is a Shah? | The title given to kings who ruled Iran |
What is an Islamic Republic? | A government ruled by Muslim religious leaders. |