Chapter 16.2 Test

The City-States of Mesopotamia were originally controlled by this type of government?

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

Cuneiform was a

• Mesopotamian Calendar

• Mesopotamian Religion

• Mesopotamian form of writing

Three major religions trace their beginnings to the Middle East, they were.......select 3.

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Judaism

Jews believe they are all descendants of?

• Jesus Christ

• Mohammed

• Abraham

The story of Christianity is told here?

• Old Testament

• New Testament

• Quran

This religion was spread by a merchant and is the newest of the 3 major religions of the Middle East.

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

This country was formed in 1948 as home for the Jews.

• Egypt

• Jordan

• Syria

• Israel

This country took over the American Embassy in 1979 and held many Americans hostage for over a year.

• Iraq

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

This country invaded the small oil-rich country of Kuwait in 1990 and was eventually crushed by the United States.

• Iran

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Algeria

Leader of extremist government that attacked the United States in 2001.

• Saddam Hussein

• Vladimir Putin

• Osama Bin-Laden

• Donald Trump