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Chapter 19 Worksheet
Please write your answers in complete sentences on lined notebook paper.
Name_________________________ Date _________ Pd. _____
India’s Taj Mahal built between 1632-1653
1. Look at the map on page 595. Where are the highest elevations in the region found?
2. Use the map on page 595 as reference. What bodies of water form the coastline of the
Arabian Peninsula?
3. Use the natural resources map on page 606. Which body of water is a vital trade link
for Saudi Arabia’s most important natural resource?
4. Note the location of the Suez Canal on the map below. What are the two major bodies
of water for which the canal serves as a connection? You can also use the map on page
460 in your text for reference.
5. Use the map on page 352. Identify (name) the narrow body of water that connects the
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
6. Imagine that you are the captain of a large ocean-going oil tanker moving crude oil
from the Saudi Arabian oil fields to oil refineries on the American Gulf Coast. List in
order all of the bodies of water that your vessel would use to get from Gulf to Gulf (yes,
that’s a hint). Refer to the maps on pages 602, and 818-819. Please include the names of
canals and straits which may not appear on these maps.
An oil tanker in the
Persian Gulf
7. Why is the land of India often called a subcontinent? Use the information on page 596
as your guide.
8. What mountain range forms a natural barrier between South Asia and the rest of Asia?
Why are these mountains distinctive? Refer to page 597.
9. What two major rivers have their source in the in the Himalayas? Check Page 598.
10. How are the summer and winter monsoons of South Asia different? Use page 599.
11. Explain the term cash crop and give an example of such a crop grown in South Asia.
You may use the information on page 600 to construct an answer.
12. Use each of the Key Terms from page 601 in a sentence. Please do not simply write
or re-write the definitions for these terms. Here is an example: Coal is an important
nonrenewable energy resource.
13. What is the Rub’ al-Khali and where is it located? Check page 601.
14. Where (on the banks of which two historic rivers) is the land of ancient Mesopotamia
located? Use page 603.
15. What is the Shatt-al-Arab? Use page 603.
16. Use page 605. How has the presence of large petroleum deposits influenced the
standard of living of the people of Southwest Asia? Please use page 605 and your own
prior knowledge and logic to answer this one.
17. Use page 606. What is a wadis?
18. What are three ways in which regions can be formed by the nations of Southwest
Asia? Please think about resources, the culture of the people including their language and
religion, and finally consider the climate of these nations.