WorksheetsNorth Africa and Southwest Asia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The African continent north of the Sahara and west of Egypt is known by this collective name.
Morocco
Maghreb
Atlas
Rif
Ancient Carthage is under modern day...
Baghdad
Tunis
Algiers
Kuwait
What canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea?
Suez
Aquaba
Sinai
Bosporus
Pick the water feature further East from the list below
Suez
Straight of Gibraltar
Tigris
Euphrates
Mecca and Medina are on this penninsula
Arabian
Iberian
Sinai
What Persian mountains help cool Iran?
Atlas
Rif
Zagros
Cappadocia
What country has the highest population density in Africa?
Libya
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
What transitional period saw the development of cities in Sumer?
Chalcolithic Period
Neolithic Period
Natufian Period
Bronze Age
Who founded the world's first empire that spanned the fertile crescent?
Hammurabi
Ur-Nummu
Sargon of Akkad
Nanna-Sin
What epic poem was collected during Ur's Third Dynasty?
Iliad
Gilgamesh
Odyssey
Nibelungenlied
What modern day country sits atop Akkad?
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Kuwait
What international organization includes Saudi Arabia, Angola, Iran, and Venezuela?
The League of Nations
OPEC
The EU
NATO
What event marked the beginning of Rabbinic Judaism?
Founding of Jerusalem
Fall of Tell-Dan
The Babylonian Captivity
Destruction of the Second Temple
Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam?
Tithe
Confession
Hajj
Daily prayers
The first division of the Christian Church is known as the...
Reformation
Counter-Reformation
Great Awakening
Great Schism
Abraham's sons are Isaac and...
Ishmael
David
Benjamin
Nathaniel
Most of the world's Muslims are...
Sunni
Shi'a
Sufi
What Turkic empire took over following the fall of the Mongols and Byzantines?
ISIS
Ottoman
Seljuk
Mameluk
What strict variety of Sunni is followed in Saudi Arabia?
Fatamism
Nihilism
Zionism
Wahhabi
In what country did the Arab Spring begin?
Turkey
Syria
Tunisia
Lebanon
