WorksheetsSemester 2 - Modern
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which country is not in the Middle East?
a)
Kenya
b)
Saudi Arabia
c)
Kuwait
d)
United Arab Emirates
2.
What does OPEC do?
a)
Controls fruit costs
b)
Controls the value of the American dollar
c)
Controls cost of oil
d)
Controls the Olympics
3.
What type of government does Syria have?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
4.
What country was formed around Judaism?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Jordan
c)
Lebanon
d)
Israel
5.
What religion does not view Jerusalem as an important holy site?
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Hinduism
6.
What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?
a)
Diamonds
b)
Apples
c)
Gold
d)
Oil
7.
What body of water is home to much of the Middle East's oil?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Persian Gulf
8.
I'm living in a country where my religious leaders take an active role in government. Regardless of what faith you practice you must follow religious laws. What type of government is this?
a)
Democracy
b)
Autocracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Theocracy
9.
In my country we choose our leaders in elections. Those people who are selected to serve leave office at the end of their designated term of office.
a)
Democracy
b)
Autocracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Monarchy
10.
I'm allowed to vote in my country, but it really doesn't matter because there is no constitution granting me rights. The king can decide what he wants to do. I live in a ___?
a)
Democracy
b)
Theogracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Monarchy
11.
Which describes the climate of much of Southwest Asia?
a)
hot and dry
b)
windy and cold
c)
moderate and cool
d)
tropical and rainy
12.
Which of the following is a way that the Japanese have worked around their land shortage?
a)
build underwater
b)
build underground
c)
flatten volcanoes
d)
flatten hills and mountains
13.
Which East Asian country has a totalitarian dictatorship?
a)
China
b)
North Korea
c)
South Korea
d)
Japan
14.
What was Gandhi's plan to refuse to obey unjust British laws called?
a)
civil disobedience
b)
monopoly
c)
disarmament
15.
One of Gandhi's main strategies in dealing with the British was to insist his followers use
a)
non-violence
b)
riots and strikes
c)
their ability to read and write
16.
When India become independent, what factor determined where people would live in the new states that were created?
a)
Wealth
b)
Religion
c)
Political Connections
17.
Who led the Chinese communists during most of the 20th century?
a)
Sun Yatsen
b)
Kim Jungp-il
c)
Mao Zedong
18.
When did Mao and the communists take control of China from the Nationalist Party?
a)
in the 1930s
in the 1930s
in the 1930s
in the 1930s
in the 1930s
b)
during WWII
c)
After WWII
19.
What was the period of time called when Mao Tried to eliminate anyone that criticized the government or opposed him?
a)
Great Leap Forward
b)
The Long March
c)
Cultural Revolution
20.
Which jobs did Mao think would lead China to become most prosperous?
a)
farmers and workers
b)
students and teachers
c)
military and scientific
21.
How was the country of Korea divided at the end of WWII?
a)
The country was entirely under Soviet control
b)
Koreans had control of their own country at the time
c)
North Korea was controlled by the Soviet Union and South Korea was controlled by the United States
22.
The average number of people living in a square mile.
a)
population distributiion
b)
population census
c)
population density
d)
population average
100 %
