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Jeopardy
Eastern
Med.
Northeast
Arabian
Pen.
Central
Asia
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N. Africa
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
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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
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The political regime that was b
removed from power in Afghanistan
following Sept. 11, 2001
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d
Final Jeopardy Answer
Taliban