WorksheetsMiddle East Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 45mins
Islamic Head Covering
Scarf
Hijab
Quoran
Sunni
Which is false:
Straight of Hormuz is dangerous
Straight of Hormuz is the entrance to Mediterranean Sea
Straight of Hormuz is the entrance to the Persian Gulf
Is an important point in oil transportation
OPEC stands for:
Oil Producing Economic Countries
Oil Producing European Countries
Oil Producing Exporting Countries
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Middle East is at the crossroads of all but what continent?
Asia
Africa
South America
Europe
Most Middle Eastern People are:
Arab
Turk
Saudi
Persian
Most Middle Eastern People are:
Jewish
Christian
Muslim
Catholic
What is the Empty Quarter?
Financial Problem
Borderless Desert Region
Site of Many wars
Site of lots of oil
What does OPEC control
Cost of oil
Middle Eastern leaders
Transportation in the region
Water the most important resource
What country gets almost all its oil from the Middle East?
Russia
USA
France
China
In the late 1970's this country took American Hostages
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Israel
This city is considered holy for many religions.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Bombay, India
Jerusalem, Israel
Tokyo, Japan
The Arab Spring was a series of uprisings where people wanted:
oil money
democracy and freedoms
the freedom to bear arms
ISIS to leave their country
What important natural resource can be found throughout the Persian Gulf area?
water
oil/petroleum
diamonds
arable cropland
These Palestinian territories are inside the borders of Israel.
Gaza Strip
Bethlehem
West Bank
Golan Heights
Who are the main groups fighting in Israel?
Palestinian Arabs
Egyptian Muslims
Christians
Israeli Jews
The source of a major conflict in the Middle East is the 1947 U.N. decision to give an area known as Palestine to Jews leaving Europe after the...
Treaty of Versailles
Holocaust
pogroms targeting them
What word means to believe in many gods?
Polytheism
Monotheism
Atheism
Buddhism
What is the belief in one god called?
Polytheism
Monotheism
Atheism
Buddhism
Which of the following is the most sacred text of Judaism?
The Quran
The Torah
The King James Bible
The New Testament
Desalination plants are becoming more common in places which have experienced —
an influx of refugees
damaging earthquakes
mass deforestation
shortages of fresh water
Due to the location of many refineries, what body of water sees the most oil tanker traffic?
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Which is true of how oil has changed the Middle East?
All Residents are poorer
it has not impacted their economy
it has modernized this area
it has helped terrorists
What is this area called that allows 20% of the world's oil to be shipped out of the Persian Gulf?
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Indian Ocean
Strait of Hormuz
What country was first to get wealthy for Oil in the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Dubai
What place has used its oil revenue to attract tourists and wealthy people?
Saudi Arabia
Jeruselum
Dubai
Kuwait
Which is NOT true of Osama Bin Ladin?
His father built much of the US military bases in Saudi Arabia
He was Religious leader and leader of Saudi Arabia
He took money and weapons from the US to fight the Soviet Union
He was very wealthy and Built roads in Afghanistan
