Middle East Unit Review

This ethnic group is found mostly in Iran.  Most are Shia Muslims.

• Kurds
• Persians
• Jews
• Arabs

Which Middle Eastern country is led by a religious leader?  It is a THEOCRACY.

• Iran
• Jordan
• Iraq
• Turkey

In an ABSOLUTE monarchy the leader gains power through...

• military takeover

• national election

• inheritance

• popular opinion

This leader of Iraq invaded Kuwait.

• Hamid Karzai

• Osama Bin Laden

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Saddam Hussein

This country recently had a change in the type of government from parliamentary to presidential democracy.

• Israel

• Turkey

• Saudi Arabia

• Kuwait

This "choke point" is a strait that is at the base of the Persian Gulf is crucial for oil exporting.

• Strait of Malacca
• Strait of Suez
• Suez Canal
• Strait of Hormuz

Turkey's economy has been hurt because...

• Turkey has a very specialized economy.

• Turkey made a huge investment in human capital.

• Turkey lacks good land for growing crops

• Turkey has not been admitted into the European Union.

Match each country with its legislature.

• Knesset

• Turkey

• Grand National Assembly

• Israel

• Consultative Council

• Saudi Arabia

The best way for Saudi Arabia to deal with future problems with their economy is to...

• continue to invest in capital goods.

• expand their oil industries.

• begin growing crops in the large amount of farmland available.

• diversify into other industries outside of oil.

This country's government has LESS control over decisions made about its economy. This moves the country closer a market economy with more citizen freedoms.

• Israel

• Turkey

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran