WorksheetsIntroduction to the Middle East
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is #1
a)
Egypt
b)
Turkey
c)
Israel
d)
Syria
2.
What country is #8
a)
Lebanon
b)
Jordan
c)
Israel
d)
Egypt
3.
What country is #10
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Kuwait
c)
Bahrain
d)
Yemen
4.
What basic belief made Christianity different than Judaism?
a)
Christians believed Jesus was the Messiah, or savior of man.
b)
Only Judaism accepted and believed in the Ten Commandments.
c)
Jews never had problems with Roman authorities, while Christians did.
d)
Christians allowed the worship of many gods, while Judaism did not.
5.
What are the Five Pillars?
a)
Five basic obligations that Muslims are supposed to meet in their lives.
b)
Five basic beliefs shared by Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
c)
The five columns that support the roof of the Ka'aba.
d)
The first five books of the Qu'ran.
6.
What issue lead to the split between the Sunni and Shia in Islam?
a)
They disagreed over who should lead the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad.
b)
The Shia wanted to change the direction of prayer to Jerusalem rather than Mecca.
c)
Arguments began over what should be included in the Five Pillars.
d)
The Shia believed only Arabs could be Muslims.
7.
Which is the holy writing of Judaism?
a)
Torah
b)
Qu'ran
c)
Constitution
d)
New Testament
8.
What is the term used to describe the belief in one god?
a)
Anti-semitism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Polytheism
d)
Zionism
9.
A follower of Islam is called a _________________.
a)
Christian
b)
Muslim
c)
Jew
d)
Taliban
10.
What religious book is used by Muslims?
a)
The Torrah
b)
The Bible
c)
The Epistles
d)
The Quran
11.
What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire?
a)
They were on the losing side of WWI
b)
Factory worker rebelled
c)
A famine led to a farmer revolt
d)
The empire went bankrupt
12.
What was the problem with the new boundaries created by Europeans after the Ottoman Empire collapsed?
a)
survivors of the Holocaust needed a place of their own
b)
the UN voted on how the boundaries would be established
c)
the Germans and Italians, who won WWI, wanted more of a say
d)
the boundaries did not respect cultural, historic or religious beliefs
13.
Who was given a mandate over Palestine after WWI?
a)
the Ottoman Emprire
b)
Holocaust survivors
c)
the British
d)
the United Nations
14.
Why did many people support Zionism after WWII?
a)
no one else was living on the land at that time
b)
the Palestinians agreed that it was important to help the Jews
c)
many people felt sympathy for Holocaust survivors
d)
all former Ottoman subjects were being given their own countries
15.
How did Arabs feel about the creation of Israel?
a)
they supported it because of the horrors of the Holocaust
b)
they thought it was unfair to the Palestinians to punish them for what the Nazis did
c)
they believed splitting up the land was a fair compromise
d)
they were unhappy about it, but tried to work it out anyway
16.
Who are the Taliban?
a)
the former government of Iraq that helped Saddam Hussein
b)
the former government of Afghanistan who helped Osama bin Laden
c)
the former government of Israel who worked with the Palestinians
d)
the former government of Kuwait who fought Saddam Hussein
17.
What is the goal of al-Qaeda?
a)
to end Western influence in the Middle East
b)
to protect the oil supply
c)
to reclaim Israel for the Palestinians
d)
to restore Saddam Hussein to power in Iraq
18.
Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001?
a)
to protect the oil supply
b)
to protect the Jews from Arab attacks
c)
to stop Saddam Hussein from giving WMDs to terrorists
d)
to find those responsible for 9/11
19.
What is an example of a non-renewable resource?
a)
oil
b)
wood
20.
What is OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)?
a)
union of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce.
b)
Oceania People in Every Colonies
c)
Organization of People exiting Countries.
d)
Group of Rich Kings in the Middle East who control the exports of oil
21.
Saudi Arabia uses desalination. What is desalination?
a)
the process of adding salt to fresh water.
b)
the process of removing oil from the ground
c)
the process of removing salt from seawater.
d)
process of making crude oil into gasoline for cars
22.
What's a type of Physical Feature?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Streams
d)
All of these
23.
A formal region is:
a)
derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas.
b)
an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits.
c)
nonexistent in developing nations.
d)
an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity.
24.
Which is NOT an example of a functional region?
a)
the circulation area of a newspaper.
b)
the area of dominance of a local television station.
c)
the market area of a supermarket.
d)
the area dominated by a particular crop.
25.
The signal area of radio station WIVK is an example of which of kind of region?
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
vernacular
d)
perceptual
26.
The south is an example of which type of region?
a)
Perceptual
b)
nodal
c)
functional
d)
formal
27.
The division of the U.S. into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of a:
a)
climatic region.
b)
formal region.
c)
functional region.
d)
vernacular region.
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