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Quarter 3 Exam Review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What separate Africa from Europe?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Strait of Gibraltar

c)

Strait of Hormuz

d)

Black Sea

2.

The Suez Canal made travelling easier by connected the ______ and the _____.

a)

Red Sea, Persian Gulf

b)

Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea

c)

Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea

d)

Red Sea, Nile River

3.

Which resource have people in the ME and NA had a difficult time using effectively?

a)

Water

b)

Oil

c)

Silt

d)

Coal

4.

Which physical feature covers much of North Africa?

a)

Carpathians

b)

Sahara

c)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

d)

Nile River Valley

5.

What is left behind when rivers flood? It makes the soil very fertile.

a)

Silk

b)

Wadis

c)

Aquifers

d)

Silt

6.
The word Monotheistic means which of the following?
a)
Belief in many gods
b)
Trading of one type of resource
c)
Belief in one god
d)
Trading of many types of resources
7.

Sunnis and Shias are a sect of which religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

8.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all?

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Agnostic

c)

Atheistic

d)

Monotheistic

9.

____________ is considered the founder of Judaism by making a covenant with God. He is considered the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

a)

Moses

b)

Abraham

c)

Jesus

d)

Muhammad

10.

Who led the Hebrew people out of captivity in Egypt?

a)

Moses

b)

David

c)

Mohammed

d)

Abraham

11.

Which is the important text of Muslims (Islam)?

a)

Torah

b)

Bible

c)

Qur’an

12.

Which is the important text of Christians (Christianity)?

a)

Torah

b)

Bible

c)

Qur’an

13.

Which is the important text of Jews (Judaism)?

a)

Torah

b)

Bible

c)

Qur’an

14.

Which religion believed in Muhammad as the last and greatest prophet ?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

15.

The most commonly spoken langauge in the region of the Middle East is?

a)

English

b)

Arabic

c)

Hebrew

d)

Spanish

16.
What is the name of the Islamic shrine built where Muhammad ascended to Heaven?
a)
Western Wall
b)
Dome of the Rock
c)
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
d)
Kremlin
17.
Religion: Islam
Location: Jerusalem
a)
Dome of the Rock
b)
Masjid al-Haram
c)
Kailas
d)
al Ka'ba
18.

How were the Israelites different than the other civilizations around them?

a)

They believed in more than one god

b)

They owned many slaves

c)

They had many shepherds

d)

They believed in only one god

19.

This city is home to the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock?

a)

Cairo

b)

Mecca

c)

Tehran

d)

Jerusalem

20.

Profits from the exportation of which natural resource have allowed many countries in the Persian Gulf to prosper.

a)

Coal

b)

Diamonds

c)

Oil

d)

Protein Powder

21.

In response to the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the United States invaded and overthrew __________.

a)

Israels' David Ben-Gurion

b)

Palestine's Arabs

c)

Iraq's Saddam Hussein

d)

Afghanistan's Taliban government

22.

This is the world's longest river. 95% of people in Egypt live with a few miles of this river.

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

d)

Congo

23.

Which two groups have been fighting for control of holy lands in Israel?

a)

Muslims and Christians

b)

Jews and Palestinians

c)

Palestinians and Muslims

d)

Egyptians and Kurds

24.
This belief stressed that people were bad by nature, and needed to be controlled and punished.
a)
Confucianism
b)
Daoism
c)
Legalism
25.
Trade route that stretched from western China to southern Asia
a)
filial piety
b)
Silk Road
c)
Great Wall
d)
Anyang
26.
The Silk Road refers to...
a)
A giant factory where silk is made
b)
A road made of a stringy material
c)
A religious path
d)
A series of trade routes between Asia and Europe
27.

The Qin and Han dynasties arose in what river valley?

a)

Indus

b)

Huang

c)

Nile

d)

Tigris and Euphrates

28.

These are the two main branches of Islam. The majority of people in the Middle East and North Africa fall into one of these groups.

a)

Sunni and Shi'a

b)

Palestinian and Arab

c)

Arab and Bedouin

d)

Berber and Israeli

29.

Iran is threatening to use nuclear weapons, what would be the most likely peaceful solution that United States could impose against them?

a)

Raise oil prices

b)

Invade Iran

c)

Impose trade sanctions like an embargo or impose a tariff on Iranian goods

30.

In ancient Mesopotamia, the priests lived where? They were also used to store excess grain.

a)

Mosque

b)

Temple

c)

Pyramid

d)

Ziggurat

31.

In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, scribes were in charge of keeping records and recording history. In Mesopotamia, the scribes wrote using _____________________ and in Egypt scribes wrote using ________________.

a)

English/Spanish

b)

Arabic/Hieroglyphics

c)

Cuneiform/Hieroglyphics

d)

Hieroglyphics/Cuneiform

32.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
33.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Hammarabui
c)
Nineveh
d)
Sargon
34.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi 
d)
Sumer
35.

Which of the following was the first Mesopotamian civilization?

a)

Harappa

b)

Sumeria

c)

Babylonian

d)

Assyrians

36.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
37.
A ______ is a Jewish house of worship.
a)
synagogue
b)
diaspora
c)
Torah
38.

This is the language of Islam.

a)

Arabic

b)

Hebrew

c)

Farsi

d)

French

39.

The language of Judaism is?

a)

Arabic

b)

French

c)

Hebrew

d)

English

40.

This is a former Iraqi dictator who ruled up until 2003.

a)

Osama bin-Laden

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Mummar al Qaddafi

d)

Nelson Mandela

41.

Who is the founder of Al-Qaeda?

a)

David Haines

b)

Clarence Singleton

c)

Osama Bin Laden

d)

Ayman al-Zawahiri

42.

Who was responsible for the attacks of September 11th, 2001?

a)

Isis

b)

Hezbollah

c)

Al-Qaeda

d)

Hamas

43.

This group won elections in the Palestinian territories in the early 2000's. They have used acts of terrorism against Israel and do not recognize their right to exist.

a)

Hamas

b)

PLO

c)

Hezbollah

d)

Taliban

44.

Which of these statements is true about Qin's government reforms?

a)

He believed strict rules were necessary to end the chaos in Chinese Society

b)

Qin's harsh laws helped him unite the empire, but it also caused the fall of his empire

c)

Qin believed in a system called LEGALISM

d)

all of these are true

45.

What dynasty was responsible for creating the Terracotta warriors and starting the Great Wall?

a)

Han

b)

Qin

c)

Song

d)

Ming

46.
Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered by Lord Carnarvon and 
a)
John Senet
b)
Howard Carter
c)
John Carter
d)
Howard Shabtis
47.
There were many things found in the tomb.  Why did the Egyptians bury the king with so many items?
a)
Tutankhamen would need all the items for the afterlife.
b)
Tutankhamen collected a lot of important things.
c)
Tutankhamen stole from another king before he died.
d)
Tutankhamen wanted to seem important.
48.

Initially, researchers believed that King Tutankhamun might have been murdered. Later research, however, suggested that...

a)

he had suffered from malaria and perhaps had an infected broken leg.

b)

he had suffered from influenza and perhaps had an infected broken arm.

c)

He was killed in a battle against the Hittites.

49.

What was the language of the Mesopotamian's?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Arabic

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Sanskrit

50.

What was the language of the Egyptians?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Arabic

c)

Hieroglyphics

d)

Sanskrit

51.

What country is shaded?

a)

Cyprus

b)

Syria

c)

Oman

d)

Turkey

52.

What country is shaded?

a)

United Arab Emirates

b)

Qatar

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Yemen

53.

What country is shaded?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Turkey

d)

Jordan

54.

What country is shaded?

a)

Iran

b)

Yemen

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Iraq

55.

What country is shaded?

a)

Israel

b)

Jordan

c)

Lebanon

d)

Oman

56.

What country is shaded?

a)

Jordan

b)

Turkey

c)

Iraq

d)

Syria

57.

What country is shaded?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Yemen

c)

Israel

d)

Egypt

58.
What number represents the country of Afghanistan?
a)
8
b)
14
c)
13
d)
9
59.
What number represents the country of Iran?
a)
13
b)
8
c)
14
d)
15
60.
What number represents the country of Iraq?
a)
8
b)
12
c)
9
d)
13
61.

Who was responsible for the act of domestic terrorism when the Oklahoma City building was bombed back in 1995?

a)

Timothy McVeigh

b)

Osama bin-Laden

c)

Saddam Hussein

d)

Hamas

62.

What is the primary language of Israel?

a)

Arabic

b)

Hebrew

c)

English

d)

Spanish

63.

These are homes for Jews that have been set up in the Palestinian territories and continue to be a source of conflict between the two groups.

a)

Homelands

b)

Synagogues

c)

Settlements

64.
What are the basic tenents of the Islam faith called?
a)
Four Noble Truths
b)
Five Pillars
c)
Eightfold path
d)
Three Wise Sayings
65.

The ____________ is the holy text of Islam.

a)

Torah

b)

Koran

c)

Bible

d)

Vedas