Middle East 2023

What ancient civilization lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

• Bedouins
• Muslims
• Palestinians
• Mesopotamians

Over half of the land in the Middle East is

• home to the Jews
• oil fields
• covered by desert
• home to the Palestinians

Who are the desert nomads in the Middle East that trade handmade goods with travelers?

• Palestinians
• Jews
• Bedouins
• Mesopotamians

Where do the majority of people live in the Middle East?

• desert
• country
• cities
• Saudi Arabia

Many countries in the Middle East lack

• a clean fresh water supply
• a working government
• oil
• the ability to wage war

The Sumerians created this type of writing

• Heiroglyphics
• cuneiform
• Cyrillic
• stylus

Which country has an advantage over the rest of the Middle East because the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin there?

• Israel
• Syria
• Turkiye
• Iraq

What is "Black Gold?"

• another name for oil
• an expensive jewel
• another name for tar
• black onyx

Who were the first people to live in Mesopotamia?

• Babylonians
• Akkadians
• Sumerians
• Hittites

What river is important to Egyptian life?

• Euphrates
• Tigris
• Nile
• Jordan