WorksheetsThe Middle East
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the best way to describe the location of the cultural and geopolitcal region known as the Middle East?
Southeast Asia
Southwest Asia
Northern Africa
Southwest Asia and Northern Africa
What makes oil valuable?
Scarcity
low demand
high supply
Which of the following is a true statement?
The United States consumes more oil than any other country
The United States produces more oil than OPEC
The Middle East never limits oil procuction
All members of OPEC are in the Middle East
Which leader is correctly matched with his/her country?
Anwar Sadat--Syria
Golda Meier--Israel
Mustafa Kemal--Palestine
Ayatollah Khomeini--Iraq
Who is this?
Osama bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Ayatollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
The areas seen in green on this map are known as...
Lebanon
Zion
Israel
The Occupied Territories
When did Israel acquire the areas seen in green on this map?
After the Yom Kippur War
After the first Arab-Israeli War
After the Suez Canal Crisis
After the 1967 Six Day War
The conflict over the West Bank Territory is chiefly between
Israeli settlers and Palestinian nationalists
Palestinian settlers and Lebanese nationalists
Lebanese settlers and the Syrian government
ISIS and the Syrian government
Who is often referred to as the creator the first secular nation-state in the modern Middle East?
Osama bin Laden
Mustafa Kemal
Saddam Hussein
The Ayatollah Khomeini
Who is responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the United States?
Iraq
Iran
Al-Qaeda
ISIS
Which Islamic Fundamentalist group was charged with human rights abuses against women and assistance in training for the 9/11 attacks?
The Taliban
ISIS
Hamas
Zionists
What is the name of the movement to create and maintain a Jewish homeland in Israel/Palestine?
Hamas
Hezbollah
Zionism
Al-Qaeda
Which group is predominantly Muslim, but not Arab?
Palestinians
Egyptians
Turks
Saudis
Which organization is responsible for the oil embargo of the early 1970s?
Taliban
OPEC
Hamas
ISIS
Which of these is most responsible for the expectation that there would be a Jewish homeland in the British mandate of Palestine?
T.E. Lawrence
The Balfour Declaration
Hamas
OPEC
Which of these was a signer of the Camp David Accords?
Gamel Nasser
Ataturk
Anwar Sadat
Ayatollah Khomeini
Which Arab state made peace with Israel through the Camp David Accords?
Turkey
Iran
Syria
Egypt
Which of the following is the chief goal for Palestinians seeking a homeland?
The Golan Heights
The Sinai Peninsula
The West Bank
Tel Aviv
Which of the following is the most populous Arab state?
Egypt
Iran
Turkey
Jordan
Which of these could be described as a Muslim minority people of the Middle East who are continuing to seek a homeland--autonomous state?
Turks
Kurds
Israelis
Iranians
Which of the following countries has a majority of Shi'ite Muslims?
Turkey
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Iran
In which country would one find the Muslim holy city of Mecca?
Turkey
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Which group controlled most of the Middle East before World War One?
The Ottoman Empire
The British Empire
The French Empire
Most of the current nations were independent states
The group known as ISIS started as opponents to
The government of Saddam Hussein
The Syrian government
Al Qaeda
The first Gulf War in 1991, began when Iraq invaded
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Oman
Which of the following is a true statement?
All Muslims are Arabs
All Arabs are Muslims
Most Muslims are Arabs
Most Arabs are Muslims
