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WorksheetsSouthwest Asia
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is OPEC's purpose?
Control the supply (flow) and price of oil worldwide.
Disrupt the global economy.
Monitor water desalination stations.
Fight the Taliban.
What is Fundamentalism?
The wish to return to the basic teachings of a religion.
Government type where religious leader leads the country and religion governs the law.
The government of the Palestinian people.
Belief in one god.
What body of water is shrinking because people overused it for irrigation?
Aral Sea
Dead Sea
Indian Ocean
Straight of Hormuz
What very strategic waterway does all oil coming out of the Persian Gulf have to go through?
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Black Sea
What resource is scarce (not much of) in Southwest Asia?
Water
Oil
Salt
Sand
What is Monotheism?
The wish to return to the basic teachings of a religion.
Government type where religious leader leads the country and religion governs the law.
The government of the Palestinian people.
Belief in one god.
Why is Iraq's democracy still unstable?
Islamic fundamentalists trying to take over the government.
Conflict between the two main denominations of Islam (Sunni and Shia).
Fighting over land between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Continued presence of the USSR.
What is the oldest monotheistic religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Which of the following describes the "Faith" Pillar?
There is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet.
All wealth belongs to God.
All able bodied Muslims must make the trip to Mecca once in their lifetime.
All Muslims must pray 5 times per day facing Mecca.
Which of the following describes the "Prayer" Pillar?
There is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet.
All Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown during the month of Ramadan.
All able bodied Muslims must make the trip to Mecca once in their lifetime.
All Muslims must pray 5 times per day facing Mecca.
Which of the following describes the "Charity" Pillar?
There is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet.
All Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown during the month of Ramadan.
All wealth belongs to God.
All Muslims must pray 5 times per day facing Mecca.
Which of the following describes the "Fasting" Pillar?
All able bodied Muslims must make the trip to Mecca once in their lifetime.
All Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown during the month of Ramadan.
All wealth belongs to God.
All Muslims must pray 5 times per day facing Mecca.
Which of the following describes the "Pilgrimage" Pillar?
All able bodied Muslims must make the trip to Mecca once in their lifetime.
All Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown during the month of Ramadan.
There is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet.
All Muslims must pray 5 times per day facing Mecca.
What type of government does Iran have?
Democracy
Republic
Theocracy
Dictatorship.
Which of the following groups of people are stateless nations?
Israelis
Palestinians
Turks
Kurds
Name that country!
Afghanistan
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Name that country!
Afghanistan
Syria
Oman
Iraq
Name that country!
Iran
Iraq
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Name that country!
Tajikistan
United Arab Emirates
Lebanon
Syria
Name that country!
Palestine
Israel
Qatar
Georgia
Name that physical feature! (the body of water above Africa and below Europe)
Mediterranean Sea
Aral Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Indian Ocean
Name that physical feature!
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
Name that physical feature!
Indian Ocean
Black Sea
Arabian Sea
Aral Sea
Name that physical feature!
Red Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Name that physical feature!
Suez Canal
Dead Sea
Panama Canal
Black Sea
