WorksheetsGrade 7 - Chapter 8 Test Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Eastern Mediterranean lies between the continents of
South America and North America.
Asia and Australia.
Europe and Asia.
Africa and Asia.
The Jordan River empties into the
Black Sea.
Mediterranean Sea.
Red Sea.
Dead Sea.
Much of Syria and Jordan are covered by the
Syrian Desert
Negev.
Pontic Mountains
Taurus Mountains
Success of commercial farming in the region relies heavily on
irrigation
rain
desert conditions
nomadic herding
When the Romans invaded the area that is now called Turkey, they captured the strategic city of Byzantium and renamed it
Damascus
Rome
Constantinople
Tripoli
The Turkish leader responsible for modernizing Turkey was
Kemal Atatürk
King Hussein
Hafiz al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad
What was the name of the series of invasions of Palestine launched by Christians from Europe?
the Diaspora
the Crusades
Zionism
Knesset
Which country shares a border with both the Mediterranean and the Black seas?
Turkey
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Which country does not share a border with the Mediterranean Sea?
Turkey
Syria
Israel
Jordan
Where does the Jordan River begin?
Turkey
Syria
Israel
Jordan
What are phosphates used to make?
mercury
asphalt
fertilizers
tar
When was Palestine declared to be the nation of Israel?
the late 1800s
1916
1948
1980
Who controlled Palestine after World War I?
Arabs
Ottoman Turks
Bedouins
the British
Syria and Lebanon gained independence in
the 1500s.
the 1850s.
the 1940s.
the 1990s.
Most Syrian Muslims are members of which branch of Islam?
Sunni
Druze
Shia
Alawite
The country of Jordan was created after
the fall of the Roman Empire.
the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
World War I.
World War II.
