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Geography, Social Studies, History
7th
grade
Population and Trade Southwest Asia
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the most common landform in Southwest Asia?
Mountains
Plains
Deserts
Rivers
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the climate like in much of Southwest Asia?
Hot and arid
Cool and arid
Hot and humid
Cool and humid
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who are the Bedouins?
People who live in the mountains of Southwest Asia
Nomadic peoples who lived and moved around deserts
Nomadic peoples who lived and moved around rivers
People who live in the country Bedo
- 4. Multiple Choice
How have people living in the deserts of Southwest Asia usually made their living?
Working in factories
Trading livestock and hand-made goods
Drilling for oil
Service industry jobs in urban areas
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why have many nomadic peoples left the deserts and moved to urban areas over the last 50 years?
Civil wars drove them from the desert
Country borders were redrawn
Desert life was too difficult
Looking for jobs, especially after the discovery of oil
- 6. Multiple Choice
What are many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia located on or near?
Mountains
People
Rivers
Deserts
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are some reasons why the areas around rivers are so heavily populated:
Access to water for drinking
Access to water for farming
Access to trade routes
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
The climate of Southwest Asia has led much of the region to experience a scarcity of _____________.
Trading
Rainfall
Oil
Desalination plants
- 9. Multiple Choice
Most people in Southwest Asia generally live near
Mountains
Deserts
Rivers and coastlines
Plains
- 10. Multiple Choice
Because mountains block winds coming coming from the oceans, much of the interior of Southwest Asia is:
Deserts
Grasslands
Mountains
Swamps
- 11. Multiple Choice
Over the last 50 years, people have been leaving the nomadic life to live here
Cities
Deserts
USA
Mountains
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