Geography - Unit 4 Study Guide

	1.	According to Christians, the messiah is ___________________________________. (309) 10-2

	2.	The first known people to live in North Africa were the ______________________________. (318) 11-1

	3.	The Law of Return brought an increase in Israel’s _________________________________.  (346) 12-2 

	4.	In Algiers, the casbahs are known for their __________________________________.  (326) 11-2 

	5.	The word Sahara means ____________________________________.  (318)  11-1

	6.	Istanbul is the only city in the world located on two _______________________________.  (338) 12-1 

	7.	What term do historians use to describe cultures that have organized governments and religion and use technology and metals? (300) 10-1

	8.	Judaism was first practiced by a small group of people called _________________________________. (307) 10-2

	9.	Istanbul was once called __________________________________________.  (338) 12-1 

	10.	The Mesopotamian civilization developed in a region known as ________________________________. (301) 10-1

	11.	The Hindu Kush cover most of ____________________________________________.  (354) 12-4 

	12.	The largest desert in Saudi Arabia is the ____________________________________________.  (347) 12-3 

	13.	The most industrialized country in Southwest Asia is ______________________________________.  (344) 12-2 

	14.	What nation of Southwest Asia has land in both Asia and Europe?  (336) 12-1 

	15.	Muslims call God __________________.   (310) 10-2 

	16.	Who preserved the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans?  (349) 12-3 

	17.	What body of water in Southwest Asia is the saltiest and lowest in the world?  (342) 12-2 

	18.	The flow of water in the Nile River has been controlled by the ________________________________.  (318)  11-1

	19.	Damascus was founded more than 4,000 years ago as a _____________________________________.  (339) 12-1 

	20.	Iraq’s economy is based on _____________________.  (351) 12-4

	21.	Muslims must fulfill the obligations called the _____________________________________________.  (310) 10-2 

	22.	The most important Christian holy day is _______________________. (310) 10-2

	23.	The Libyan government is a __________________________________________.  (325) 11-2 

	24.	The Nile River begins in east Africa and flows north to the ____________________________________. (318) 11-1

	25.	The Sumerians used clay tablets to record a form of writing called ______________________________. (301) 10-1

	26.	The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the ___________________________________.  (319) 11-1

	27.	The second-largest group of people in Iraq are _____________________________.  (352) 12-4