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WorksheetsSW Asia
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?
a)
Diamonds
b)
Apples
c)
Gold
d)
Oil
2.
What are Palestinians and Israelis fighting over?
a)
water
b)
food
c)
land
d)
religion
3.
Which religions all began in the Middle East and consider Israel a holy place?
a)
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
b)
Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
c)
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism
d)
Judaism, Islam, and Sikhism
4.
Where is the Red Sea
a)
L
b)
H
c)
G
d)
F
5.
Where is Saudi Arabia?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
Where is Turkey?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
7.
Where is Iran?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
Where is Iraq?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
D
d)
F
9.
Arabs in the Arab-Israeli conflict refers to what ethnic group?
a)
Jews
b)
Christians
c)
Arab-Muslims
d)
Muslims
10.
Israeli refers to which ethnic group in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
a)
Muslims
b)
Judas
c)
Jews
d)
Jordanians
11.
Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?
a)
Kyoto Protocol
b)
Communist Manifesto
c)
Balfour Declaration
d)
Treaty of Nanjing
12.
“…The Nazi holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the re-establishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations….”This statement is referring to the establishment of which nation?
a)
Jordan
b)
Israel
c)
Poland
d)
Lithuania
13.
A major dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians is that each side
a)
wants to control oil resources in the area
b)
has historical ties to the same land
c)
believes in different interpretations of the same religion
d)
has close military alliances with neighboring countries
14.
When was the Ottoman Empire defeated?
a)
WWII
b)
Persian Gulf War
c)
during the takeover of Constantinople
d)
WWI
15.
What is zionism?
a)
Movement for Jewish homeland
b)
Movement for Arab homeland
c)
Movement for oil
d)
dislike of zionists
16.
How did the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I lead to conflict in Southwest Asia?
a)
Many new countries were created that represented a single ethnic group.
b)
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were divided among Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Palestine.
c)
Several small Arab countries joined together to push for the creation of the State of Israel.
d)
European politicians didn’t take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries.
17.
Palestinians are religiously
a)
Muslim
b)
Arab
c)
Jewish
d)
Christian
18.
What is the holy book of Islam?
a)
Gospels
b)
Torah
c)
Koran
d)
Bible
19.
What is the place of worship of Judaism?
a)
Synagogue
b)
Church
c)
Mosque
20.
What is the belief in only one God?
a)
Polytheism
b)
Diffusion
c)
Monotheism
21.
What is the place of worship for Christians?
a)
Church
b)
Synagogue
c)
Mosque
22.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam each
a)
started in Europe
b)
started in Asia
c)
started in the Middle East
23.
This is the holy book of Judaism
a)
Koran
b)
Gospels
c)
Torah
24.
The 10 commandments are followed by these two religions
a)
Christianity and Islam
b)
Islam and Judaism
c)
Judaism and Christianity
25.
Belief in many gods
a)
polytheism
b)
monotheism
26.
Which of the following IS one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
a)
Pray five times a day facing Mecca
b)
Muhammad is a god to be worshipped
c)
Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
27.
The holy book of Islam is
a)
The Bible
b)
The Menorah
c)
Qur'an
d)
Torah
28.
"One mans Terrorist is another mans freedom fighter"
What does that quote mean?
What does that quote mean?
a)
All men are terrorist
b)
Whoever is your "hero" might be someone else's terrorist
c)
Those fighting for you are hero's to everyone
29.
Where are most of the countries of OPEC located?
a)
Africa
b)
South American
c)
North American
d)
Southwest Asia
30.
What country consumes more oil than they produce?
a)
Iran
b)
USA
c)
Kuwait
d)
Saudi Arabia
31.
What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?
a)
Diamonds
b)
Apples
c)
Gold
d)
Oil
32.
An international organization whose members set the price of oil on the world markets by controlling the supply.
a)
NAFTA
b)
EU
c)
OPEC
d)
YMCA
33.
What number represents the country of Israel?
a)
17
b)
9
c)
11
d)
10
34.
What number represents the country of Egypt?
a)
10
b)
17
c)
1
d)
8
35.
What is the following Middle East Physical Feature?
a)
Black Sea
b)
Nile River
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Persian Gulf
36.
What is the following Middle East Physical Feature?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Tigris River
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Euphrates River
37.
What is the name of the body of water west of the Arabian Peninsula?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Mediterranean Sea
38.
What is the continent that is west of the Arabian Peninsula?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Arabia
39.
What is the large continent east of the Arabian Peninsula?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Arabia
40.
What is the body of water east of the Arabian Peninsula?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Black Sea
d)
Persian Gulf
41.
Which religion is the majority religion in the Middle East?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Christianity
42.
This is Iran's form of government (government based on religion)
a)
theocracy
b)
monarchy
c)
dictatorship
d)
democracy
43.
A government that is controlled by an outside force
a)
one-party system
b)
puppet government
c)
collective farm
44.
What makes the Middle East very important to the rest of the world.
a)
ISIS
b)
Natural Resources
c)
Oil
d)
Bombs
45.
This large Muslim empire existed in the Middle East from the 1300's until the end of World War I.
a)
Persian Empire
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Roman Empire
d)
Palestine Empire
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