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North Africa and Southwest Asia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The African continent north of the Sahara and west of Egypt is known by this collective name.

a)

Morocco

b)

Maghreb

c)

Atlas

d)

Rif

2.

Ancient Carthage is under modern day...

a)

Baghdad

b)

Tunis

c)

Algiers

d)

Kuwait

3.

What canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea?

a)

Suez

b)

Aquaba

c)

Sinai

d)

Bosporus

4.

Pick the water feature further East from the list below

a)

Suez

b)

Straight of Gibraltar

c)

Tigris

d)

Euphrates

5.

Mecca and Medina are on this penninsula

a)

Arabian

b)

Iberian

c)

Sinai

6.

What Persian mountains help cool Iran?

a)

Atlas

b)

Rif

c)

Zagros

d)

Cappadocia

7.

What country has the highest population density in Africa?

a)

Libya

b)

Algeria

c)

Egypt

d)

Morocco

8.

What transitional period saw the development of cities in Sumer?

a)

Chalcolithic Period

b)

Neolithic Period

c)

Natufian Period

d)

Bronze Age

9.

Who founded the world's first empire that spanned the fertile crescent?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Ur-Nummu

c)

Sargon of Akkad

d)

Nanna-Sin

10.

What epic poem was collected during Ur's Third Dynasty?

a)

Iliad

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Odyssey

d)

Nibelungenlied

11.

What modern day country sits atop Akkad?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Turkey

d)

Kuwait

12.

What international organization includes Saudi Arabia, Angola, Iran, and Venezuela?

a)

The League of Nations

b)

OPEC

c)

The EU

d)

NATO

13.

What event marked the beginning of Rabbinic Judaism?

a)

Founding of Jerusalem

b)

Fall of Tell-Dan

c)

The Babylonian Captivity

d)

Destruction of the Second Temple

14.

Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam?

a)

Tithe

b)

Confession

c)

Hajj

d)

Daily prayers

15.

The first division of the Christian Church is known as the...

a)

Reformation

b)

Counter-Reformation

c)

Great Awakening

d)

Great Schism

16.

Abraham's sons are Isaac and...

a)

Ishmael

b)

David

c)

Benjamin

d)

Nathaniel

17.

Most of the world's Muslims are...

a)

Sunni

b)

Shi'a

c)

Sufi

18.

What Turkic empire took over following the fall of the Mongols and Byzantines?

a)

ISIS

b)

Ottoman

c)

Seljuk

d)

Mameluk

19.

What strict variety of Sunni is followed in Saudi Arabia?

a)

Fatamism

b)

Nihilism

c)

Zionism

d)

Wahhabi

20.

In what country did the Arab Spring begin?

a)

Turkey

b)

Syria

c)

Tunisia

d)

Lebanon