Jeopardy N. Africa Eastern Med. Northeast Arabian Pen. Central Asia Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 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

$500 Answer Aral Sea

Final Jeopardy a c d b The political regime that was removed from power in Afghanistan following Sept. 11, 2001

Final Jeopardy Answer Taliban