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Test your knowledge on North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, and Central Asia with these geography questions. Identify key landforms, cultural practices, and historical references. Dive into the diverse regions and expand your understanding of these unique areas.
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Jeopardy Central Asia Eastern Med. Arabian Pen. N. Africa Northeast Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 North Africa A streambed in the desert that is dry except during heavy rain.
$100 Answer Wadi
$200 North Africa The fertile area of northern Africa known as the birthplace of some of the earliest civilizations.
$200 Answer Nile Delta
$300 North Africa The country with a large dam that controls flooding, provides hydroelectricity, & provides irrigation for about 3 million acres.
$300 Answer Egypt
$400 North Africa The landform that runs through Morocco, Algeria, & Tunisia
$400 Answer Atlas Mountains
$500 North Africa a The country with a pumping & pipeline system that supplies freshwater across a large area.
$500 Answer Libya
$100 Eastern Mediterranean The process of removing salt from seawater so that it is drinkable.
$100 Answer desalination
$200 Eastern Mediterranean The depletion of ground vegetation by livestock to the point that erosion may cause desertification.
$200 Answer overgrazing
$300 Eastern Mediterranean A chemical used to kill or repel unwanted insects or animals; also a major water pollutant.
$300 Answer pesticide
$400 Eastern Mediterranean One who is believed to have delivered messages from God, such as Abraham or Muhammad.
$400 Answer prophet
$500 Eastern Mediterranean A stateless nation that is comprised of Muslim Arabs engaged in a long conflict over land with Israel.
$500 Answer Palestinian people
$100 Northeast 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?
$100 Answer Arid or semi-arid
$200 Northeast A place that nurtures the growth of a new culture that grows & spreads to other places.
$200 Answer Cultural hearth
$300 Northeast A system of wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets
$300 Answer Cuneiform
$400 Northeast The homeland of the ancient Sumerians known as “the land between 2 rivers”.
$400 Answer Mesopotamia
$500 Northeast The practice of livestock farming, which may begun in what is now Iraq.
$500 Answer Pastoralism
$100 Arabian Peninsula The reasons people leave & are drawn to a new land are defined as this.
$100 Answer Push & Pull factors
$200 Arabian Peninsula The holiest city of Islam to which many Muslims make a pilgrimage.
$200 Answer Makkah (Mecca)
$300 Arabian Peninsula A religious journey Muslims are expected to complete at least one
$300 Answer Hajj
$400 Arabian Peninsula The law of Islam which governs every aspect of a Muslim’s life.
$400 Answer Shari’ah
$500 Arabian Peninsula This body of water is an important resource because it contains an unusually hard coral reef.
$500 Answer Red Sea
$100 Central Asia Areas where underground water naturally comes to the surface.
$100 Answer Oases
$200 Central Asia Grains that are grown for food such as barley, oats, or wheat.
$200 Answer cereals
$300 Central Asia The world’s largest inland body of water
$300 Answer Caspian Sea
$400 Central Asia A wide, grassy plain often found beside desert regions in Central Asia
$400 Answer Steppe
$500 Central Asia Once a large inland body of water that is now sever small, disconnected bodies of water