Middle East / North Africa

Which of the following is the most practiced religion in the Middle East?

• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Hinduism

The vast majority of Israeli citizens practice what religion?

• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Hinduism

What major world event led the international community to establish a Jewish state in Israel?

• The Holocaust
• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• WWI
• September 11 attacks on the United States

What is OPEC?

• A group of countries/cartel that controls over 80% of the world's oil.
• A terrorist organization.
• The largest building in the Middle East.
• A drug organization that smuggles through the Strait of Hormuz

The expensive process of removing salt from sea water for drinking and irrigation is called:

• Ionization
• Desalinization
• Deionization
• Innovation

Most of the oil production in the Middle East surrounds what body of water?

• Persian Gulf
• Mediterranean Sea
• Indian Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico

What two religious groups are fighting over Israel?

• Jews and Muslims
• Arabs and Christians
• Catholics and Muslims
• Buddhists and Hindus

Which of the following terms means a group of people with no territory to occupy?

• Nation
• State
• Nation-State
• Stateless Nation

What was the event that started the Arab Spring in Tunisia?

• An assassination of the president
• A street vendor set himself on fire
• Protest in the country of Morocco
• Oil prices fell dramatically

What do the people in the Arab world want from their government?

• Dicatatorshiop
• Monarchy
• Democracy
• Theocracy