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Unit 5.5 Middle East (Southwest Asia)

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What body of water is home to much of the Middle East's oil?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Persian Gulf
2.
Which country is not in the Middle East?
a)
Kenya
b)
Saudi Arabia
c)
Kuwait
d)
United Arab Emirates
3.
What country was formed around Judaism?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Jordan
c)
Lebanon
d)
Israel
4.
What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?
a)
Diamonds
b)
Apples
c)
Gold
d)
Oil
5.
Where is the largest amount of oil in the world?
a)
Southwest Asia
b)
Northwest Asia
c)
South America
d)
East Russia
6.
Which geographical location below is considered an arid environment?
a)
desert
b)
rainforest
c)
valley with a river
d)
land between two rivers
7.
Who returned to Palestine and developed it as their homeland after WW II?
a)
Jews
b)
Arabs
c)
Hamas
d)
Taliban
8.
What are Palestinians and Israelis fighting over?
a)
water
b)
food
c)
land
d)
religion
9.
What country is #1
a)
Egypt
b)
Turkey
c)
Israel
d)
Syria
10.
What country is #7
a)
Turkey
b)
Jordan
c)
Lebanon
d)
Cyprus
11.
What country is #5
a)
Israel
b)
Syria
c)
Jordan
d)
Lebanon
12.
What country is #16
a)
Iran
b)
Kuwait
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Iraq
13.
What country is #8
a)
Lebanon
b)
Jordan
c)
Israel
d)
Egypt
14.
What country is #10
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Kuwait
c)
Bahrain
d)
Yemen
15.
What country is #15
a)
Qatar
b)
Kuwait
c)
Iraq
d)
Bahrain
16.
What country is #11
a)
Heman
b)
Oman
c)
Yemen
d)
Women
17.
What country is #17
a)
Turkey
b)
Iraq
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Iran
18.
What country is #9
a)
Syria
b)
Israel
c)
Jordan
d)
Iraq
19.
What country is #14
a)
Qatar
b)
Bahrain
c)
Kuwait
d)
Oman
20.
What country is #6
a)
Syria
b)
Jordan
c)
Lebanon
d)
Turkey
21.
What country is #12
a)
Kuwait
b)
Yemen
c)
Howdy Doody Man
d)
Oman
22.
What country is #13
a)
United Arab Emirates
b)
Yemen
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Qatar
23.
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
24.
Which two rivers flow through the country of Iraq?
a)
Jordan and Nile
b)
Jordan and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Jordan and Tigris
25.
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
26.
What part of Israel is identified with the red one?
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
West Bank
c)
Jordan River
27.

Where is the largest all-sand desert located at?

a)

Iran

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Kuwait

d)

Israel

28.

Area between the two rivers that flow through the middle east?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Rub al Khali

c)

Shatt al arab

d)

Jordan

29.

Largest all sand desert?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Rub al Khali

c)

Shatt al arab

d)

Jordan

30.

Area where the "two rivers" meet

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Rub al Khali

c)

Shatt al arab

d)

Jordan

31.

What three continents make it the "middle" east?

a)

Eruope

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

India

32.

A temporary river in the middle east?

a)

Qaran

b)

wadi

c)

sunni

d)

shi'ia

33.

Two mt. ranges that build a defense for Iran

a)

Zagros

b)

Elburz

c)

Kuwait

d)

Jafar

34.

A mosque is a religious place for Jews.

a)

False

b)

True

35.

A muslim follows the religion of Islam

a)

True

b)

False

36.

This country had the "Tree of life"

a)

Bahrain

b)

Kuwait

c)

Iran

d)

Iraq

37.

This country has the Dragon's Blood Trees.

a)

Yemen

b)

Oman

c)

Bahrain

d)

Kuwait

38.

This country's population has a per capita GDP of 125,000$

a)

Qatar

b)

Kuwait

c)

U.A.E.

d)

Bahrain

39.

U.A.E. has two amazing man-made structures and they are what?

a)

Palm Islands

b)

Burj Khalifa

c)

Mecca

d)

Hajj

40.

U.A.E. stands for?

a)

United Arab Emerites

b)

United Acts of Emerites

c)

Under Arab Emerites

d)

Unified Arab Eloquence

41.

Home to Petra

a)

Jordan

b)

Israel

c)

Syria

d)

Lebanon