North Africa and Southwest Asia Test Review Part 1

The Middle East is mainly made up of what type of vegetative region?

The Arabian Shield is [blank_start]barren, dry, sandy, and windy land[blank_end]

The Arabian Shield is located in [blank_start]Saudi Arabia, the Arabian plate[blank_end]

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are significant to Iraq because the land in between them is [blank_start]the most fertile land[blank_end]

The steppes of Asia are a [blank_start]big grassy area with little to no rain[blank_end]

What types of economic activity takes place in the steppes? [blank_start]used for cattle ranching and farming[blank_end]

The Persian Gulf is a transportation route for what export?

The Red Sea connects what two places through the Suez Canal?

The region's major export is...

What are 4 mineral resources found in the region?

The [blank_start]alluvial[blank_end] plains provide [blank_start]rich[blank_end] farmland near [blank_start]rivers[blank_end]

Aquifers provide [blank_start]blank[blank_end] to the region

The Mosav and Kibbutz communities are...[blank_start]blank[blank_end]

The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government uprisings affecting Arab countries of North Africa and the Middle East in 2010.

[blank_start]Blank[blank_end] served as an inspiration for other countries to participate in the Arab Spring.

The Arab Spring was both similar and different than the changes in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union because untouchable [blank_start]communist[blank_end] [blank_start]regimes[blank_end] fell under pressure from mass protests.

The aim of the Arab Spring was....

The main impact of the Arab Spring was the start of a long process of social and political transformation.

What was the Arab Spring's biggest achievement?

What has been the Arab Spring's impact on the political activity in the region?