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WorksheetsME Geo All DOK 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this physical feature?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Dead Sea
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Jordan River
2.
What country?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Iran
c)
Iraq
d)
Israel
3.
What country?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Iran
c)
Iraq
d)
Israel
4.
What is this physical feature?
a)
Jordan River
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Red Sea
d)
Euphrates River
5.
Which of the following is NOT an ethnic group from the Middle East?
a)
Kurd
b)
Arab
c)
Persian
d)
Muslim
6.
A Christian is to Christianity as _________________ is to Islam.
a)
a Muslim
b)
Abraham
c)
a Jew
d)
Muhammed
7.
People who live in the modern country of Iran.
a)
Arabs
b)
Persians
c)
Kurds
8.
Mary lives in a country in the Middle East without a Muslim majority. Where does she live?
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Israel
d)
Saudi Arabia
9.
Which of the following does NOT belong?
a)
Jew
b)
Sh'ia (Shi'ite)
c)
Sunni
d)
Muslim
10.
Which of the following is not a religious group from the Middle East?
a)
Arab
b)
Muslim
c)
Jews
d)
Christian
11.
Members of an ethnic group may have different religions
a)
true
b)
false
12.
This 25-mile territory has been a source of dispute between Israel and its neighbors for many years:
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Suez Canal
13.
Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?
a)
It allows ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.
b)
It connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, making it cheaper to ship oil to other parts of Southwest Asia.
c)
It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.
d)
It is Iraq’s only waterway to the Persian Gulf.
14.
What are three major water problems in Southwest Asia?
a)
Water shortages, unequal distribution, pollution
b)
Flooding, pollution, dams
c)
Too much ground water, aquifers, pollution
d)
Water shortages, flooding, pollution
15.
The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as
a)
Desalination
b)
Naturalization
c)
Absorption
d)
Extraction
16.
Because of its harsh climate, which country has to rely on desalination plants to provide most of its citizens’ drinking water?
a)
Israel
b)
Turkey
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Syria
17.
Which best describes the religion of Arabs?
a)
The majority of Arabs are Shia Muslims.
b)
All Arabs are Sunni Muslims.
c)
Most Arabs speak Farsi.
d)
Most are Muslim, though there are also many Christians and those of other faiths.
18.
The majority of people in Southwest Asia belong to which ethnic group?
a)
Persians
b)
Kurds
c)
Arab
d)
Jews
19.
Which two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal? (Choose 2)
a)
Red Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Persian Gulf
d)
Strait of Hormuz
20.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers begin
a)
along a political boundary
b)
in the Mediterranean Sea
c)
in the mountains
21.
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers form a fertile plain in Iraq. What is population density there?
a)
densely populated (high)
b)
sparsely populated (low)
22.
Underground water that is access through a well.
a)
Drip Irrigation
b)
Underground Aquifers
c)
Agriculture
d)
Fossil Water
23.
Irrigation for plants that is controlled by computers to ensure plants are not over or under watered.
a)
Irrigation
b)
Underground Aquifers
c)
Ground Water
d)
Drip Irrigation
24.
Throughout history, people living in the deserts of the Middle East have traditionally made their living by which of the following?
a)
farming
b)
mining and hired labor
c)
working in the oil industry
d)
trading and herding animals
25.
What does landlocked mean?
a)
There are laws that state that no one in the country can leave.
b)
The country is surrounded by land on all sides with no access to water.
c)
The country is surrounded by water on all sides.
d)
The country is surrounded on 3 sides by water
26.
If a resource is "abundant", that means the resource is
a)
renewable
b)
man-made
c)
available in large amounts
d)
only found in Western Hemisphere
27.
What is the predominant climate in SW Asia?
a)
Mediterranean
b)
Steppe
c)
Desert
d)
Tropical
28.
One result of the unequal distribution of water in SW Asia.
a)
Conflict
b)
Peace
c)
Oil
d)
Increased trade
29.
How have dams built along the rivers caused problems for people living further downstream?
a)
dams are expensive
b)
a river can only be dammed in one place along its path
c)
no fish can live in the rivers after they have been dammed
d)
less water comes down the river to those people once the dam is built
30.
How has the use of chemical fertilizers affected water supplies in Southwest Asia?
a)
Use of fertilizers means crops need to be watered 10 times as much
b)
Enormous amounts of water must be used to produce chemical fertilizers
c)
Chemical fertilizers have no effect on local water supplies in SW Asia
d)
Water supplies have been contaminated by the chemical run off from the fields
31.
Why don't more countries use drip irrigation and desalination?
a)
It is too expensive
b)
It is not effective
c)
Most countries don't have access to seawater
d)
The technologies are too new and require more research
32.
What is a benefit of building dams?
a)
They filter out polluted water
b)
They reduce the amount of water for countries downstream
c)
They can be used to produce hydroelectric power
d)
They increase the amount of water for countries downstream
33.
Which is NOT a major oil producer in the Middle East
a)
Iran
b)
Irak
c)
Turkey
d)
Saudi Arabia
34.
Which of the following is NOT a water issue in the Middle East?
a)
major flooding
b)
water production
c)
unequal distribution of water
d)
water scarity
35.
Most Jews in the Middle East live in which country?
a)
Israel
b)
Iran
c)
Iraq
d)
Saudi Arabia
36.
Most Persians live in which country?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Turkey
37.
Shia Muslims believe that _______.
a)
a blood relative of Muhammad should led the religion.
b)
the best person should led the religion.
c)
Both of these.
d)
Neither of these
38.
Which of the following do the three major religions not have in common?
a)
They have the same holy book.
b)
They all have holy sites in Jerusalem
c)
They are all monotheistic.
39.
What ethnic group mostly lives in the country of Iran and speaks Farsi?
a)
Kurd
b)
Persian
c)
Arab
d)
Muslim
40.
Which of the following factors has NOT contributed to water becoming more scarce?
a)
Desalination
b)
Climate change
c)
Pollution
d)
Population Growth
41.
The Torah is the religious text that is used in this religion.
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
42.
These types of Muslims believe that the caliph/leader of Islam should be a descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
a)
Sunni
b)
Shi'a
c)
Kurd
d)
Arab
43.
If the Suez Canal is blocked off, which continent would not be able to get oil through that trade route?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
North America
44.
Muslims must make a pilgrimage to this city at least once in their lives, which is where Islam began.
a)
Medina
b)
Mecca
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Atlanta
45.
Which of the following do all three of the big religions have in common?
a)
They all believe Jesus was the son of God.
b)
They all must fast during the month of Ramadan.
c)
They are all monotheistic.
d)
They all use the Koran as their holy text.
46.
This ethnic group wants their own country.
a)
Kurds
b)
Arabs
c)
Persians
d)
Muslims
47.
What is the method by which the Middle East imports water to help grow their crops?
a)
Desalination
b)
Irrigation
c)
Nationalism
d)
Isolationism
48.
What is the vocabulary word that means there is mass starvation in a country?
a)
Nationalism
b)
Dehydration
c)
Famine
d)
Isolationism
49.
Thriving cities are found where?
a)
around an oasis
b)
near the desert
c)
along coastal plains
50.
Camels are the _________?
a)
goats of the desert
b)
ships of the desert
c)
ugliest in the desert
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