Southwest Asia Chapter 8 Test

Turkey has coasts on the Mediterranean and Black Seas

• True
• False

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are often considered parts of the same river system

• True
• False

By about a.d. 800, Islam extended from northern Africa into most of France.

• True
• False

Israel controls the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

• True
• False

The population of Southwest Asia is less than that of the United States.

• True
• False

The Red Sea is one of the world’s busiest waterways.

• True
• False

Most of Southwest Asia falls within a temperate climate zone.

• True
• False

The Sumerians were among the ancient Mesopotamian societies

• True
• False

The Ottoman Empire was formally dissolved after World War II.

• True
• False

Arabs comprise the largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia.

• True
• False