Middle Eastern History

The Suez Canal, built in 1869, was important because...

• It was the first canal ever made

• It made trade between Europe and Asia much faster

• It caused "The Great Nile Flood of 1869"

• It reignited the slave trade

In 1938, what important natural resource was discovered in Saudi Arabia?

• Oil

• Gold

• Diamonds

• Suez Canals

In which phase did Israel gain the most land?

• 1946

• 1947

• 1967

• 2005

What is the name of the Sunni ethnic group with its own language in culture, located primarily in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran?

• The Kurds

• The Turks

• Wahabbists

• Palestinians

Most people in Iran practice this version of Islam

• Sunni

• Fundamentalist

• Shia

• Wahabbism

What type of religion is Zoroastrianism?

• Monotheistic (belief in one god)

• Polytheistic (belief in many gods)

• Belief in the legendary Zoro

• Belief in Jesus Christ

True or False: The Persian Empire was defeated by the Han Dynasty

• True

• False

The Persians were defeated by who in 331 B.C.

• Julius Caesar

• Egypt

• Greece

• Alexander the Great

Islam requires Muslims to make at least one pilgrimage to

• Mount Hija

• Mecca

• Medina

• Baghdad

What is the holy book of Islam called?

• Torah

• Qur'an

• Bible

• Hashina