Southwest Asia History

Thousands of years ago, the Sumerians and Babylonians lived in ___.

• the Yellow River Valley

• the Indus River Valley

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

Mesopotamia was located in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in what is modern-day ___.

• Afghanistan

• Iran

• Iraq

• Saudi Arabia

The world's oldest monotheistic religion began in Southwest Asia. What is the name of that religion?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

Along with Judaism, two other monotheistic religions were founded in Southwest Asia. What are these two religions? [Check two responses.]

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

___ are believers in, and practitioners of, the religion of Islam.

The religion of Islam eventually spread to parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

• True

• False

During the 1100's and 1200's, ___ and Muslims fought wars in order to control lands along the Mediterranean Sea.

• Buddhists

• Christians

• Hindus

During the mid-1200s, parts of Southwest Asia (Persia and Mesopotamia) were conquered by the ___.

• Mongols

• Greeks

• French

The Ottomans were a group of ___ who began building an empire on the Anatolian Peninsula in the 1200's.

• European Christians

• Turkish Muslims

• Mongol conquerors

The modern country of ___ was founded on the Anatolian Peninsula, where the Ottoman Empire had first formed.

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Turkey