Final exam review - 1st semester 2020

What are the two political divisions inside Israel that are not actually part of the country of Israel?

• Iran and Iraq

• Tigris and Euphrates

• West Bank and Gaza Strip

• Red Sea and Suez Canal

Which country is located between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf?

• Iran

• Turkey

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Strait of Hormuz

Where do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin?

• Iran

• Turkey

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Strait of Hormuz

Oil tankers traveling from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea travel through which narrow body of water?

• Tigris River

• Red Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Strait of Hormuz

What are the two rivers that flow through Iraq?

• Iran

• Turkey

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Strait of Hormuz

How do the deserts make a difference in how people trade and where they live?

• Transportation is difficult through a desert

• It makes it rich

• Deserts

• People need fresh water to live

What does oil do for a country?

• Transportation is difficult through a desert

• It makes it rich

• Deserts

• People need fresh water to live

What natural feature covers most of the Middle East?

• Transportation is difficult through a desert

• It makes it rich

• Deserts

• People need fresh water to live

Why do most people in the Middle East live near rivers?

• Transportation is difficult through a desert

• It makes it rich

• Deserts

• People need fresh water to live

What is the location, religion, and language of the Arabs?

• North Africa and Arabian Peninsula; Sunni Muslim; Arabic

• Iran, Shi'a Muslim, Persian Farsi

• Mountains of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria; Sunni Muslim; Kurdish

• You can't change your ethnic group