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WorksheetsChapter 8: Southwest Asia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What two rivers make up the system for Ancient Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris/Euphrates
b)
Yellow/Euphrates
c)
Tigris/Yellow
d)
Yellow/Indus
2.
What two regions does Israel still control today?
a)
Sinai Peninsula/East Jerusalem
b)
East Jerusalem/Gaza Strip
c)
Gaza Strip/West Wall
d)
East Jerusalem/West Bank
3.
What body of water makes the Red Sea the busiest waterway in the world?
a)
Suez Canal
b)
Tigris River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Yellow River
4.
Which of these groups was NOT one of the Mesopotamian societies?
a)
Assyrians
b)
Sumerians
c)
Babylonians
d)
Aryans
5.
The Ottoman Empire broke up after what war?
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
The First Persian Gulf War
d)
The Second Persian Gulf War
6.
What was the writing system created by Ancient Mesopotamia?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Sanskrit
c)
Hieroglyphs
d)
Arabic
7.
The Caspian Sea is considered to be landlocked. What does landlocked mean?
a)
Surrounded by land with no access to a larger body of water.
b)
The tectonic plates are locked and the area has stopped growing.
c)
The sea has dried up and it is now only land instead of water.
d)
The land around it is heavily flooded and cannot be lived on.
8.
How many pillars are there to the Islamic faith?
a)
Four
b)
Five
c)
Eight
d)
Ten
9.
Which of these statements is NOT one of the pillars of Islam?
a)
Pray five times per day.
b)
Give to the needy.
c)
Keep holy of the Sabbath day.
d)
Journey to Mecca.
10.
The conflict between Israel and Palestine has centered around _________.
a)
Religion
b)
Land
c)
Civil rights
d)
Oil
11.
What is the main modern day country that Ancient Mesopotamia occupied?
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Syria
d)
Turkey
12.
The movement of the Jewish people to Israel starts as this event takes place:
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Holocaust
d)
The First Persian Gulf War
13.
Which of these names is NOT affiliated with Islam?
a)
Allah
b)
Muhammad
c)
Abraham
d)
Canaan
14.
Which of the following natural resources are easily found in Southwest Asia?
a)
Water
b)
Oil
c)
Timber
15.
Why were early nomads able to settle in Mesopotamia and establish larger cities?
a)
Warriors were able to protect Mesopotamia.
b)
The alluvial plain was allowing for crops to be grown to feed more people.
c)
Sumerians built the Gardens of Babylon to feed more people.
d)
The nomads found the land of milk and honey.
16.
Which of these is NOT one of the monotheistic religions?
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Buddhism
17.
OPEC is the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries. What is this kind of petroleum?
a)
Oil and natural gas
b)
Jelly
c)
Oil
d)
Natural gas
18.
Following World War I, how did Britain and France divide the territory of the former Ottoman Empire?
a)
by setting boundaries based on historical divisions
b)
by creating boundaries that ignored ethnic backgrounds
c)
by creating boundaries based on population distribution
d)
by setting boundaries based on religious divisions
19.
What event triggered the fi rst Persian Gulf War in the 1990s?
a)
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
b)
Iraq’s invasion of Iran
c)
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
d)
Israel’s capture of the West Bank
20.
What are the two main branches of Islam in Southwest Asia?
a)
Hazari and Afghani
b)
Islamist and Kurdish
c)
Arabic and Persian
d)
Sunni and Shia
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