Middle East Geography Quiz

What type of climate does Saudi Arabia have?

• mountain

• plateau

• desert

• tropical

What body of water borders on the major oil producing countries of the Middle East?

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Arabian Sea

• Gulf of Aden

Which is NOT a change brought about by the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia?

• big cities

• nomadic herding

• commercial farming

• many schools

What natural resource is very scarce (not a lot of) in the Middle East?

• sand

• salt

• cars

• water

The two rivers in Iraq that made ancient civilization possible are the Tigris and...

• Jordan

• Nile

• Caspian

• Euphrates

Which two groups each want Palestine as their homeland?

• Kurds and Turks

• Hindus and Christians

• Arabs and Jews

• Sunnis and Shiites

Which city is holy to Christians, Jews, and Muslims?

• Mecca

• Baghdad

• Beirut

• Jerusalem

What is the Jews' holy book?

• Ramayana

• Koran

• Torah

• New Testament

Muslims should try to make a pilgrimage to what city at least once?

• Mecca

• Baghdad

• Beirut

• Jerusalem

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?

• Belief in a single god

• Cannot eat pork

• Religious services on Sunday

• Belief in heaven