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The Middle East Part 2 - Test Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Middle East is covered mostly by _______________.

a)

Desert

b)

Mountains

c)

Grasslands

d)

Tundra

2.

Most Middle Eastern countries suffer from a lack of _______________.

a)

Music

b)

Water

c)

Oil

d)

Sand

3.

How are some Middle Eastern countries dealing with a water shortage?

a)

Drinking only tea and coffee

b)

Desalination plants (take salt out of ocean water)

c)

OPEC turns oil into drinking water

d)

They built a canal to import freshwater from Africa

4.

What two important rivers run through Iraq?

a)

Jordan and Indus

b)

Mississippi and Missouri

c)

Nile and Suez

d)

Tigris and Euphrates

5.

What is the main natural resource found in the Middle East?

a)

Oil

b)

Fresh Water

c)

Rice

d)

Iron Ore

6.

What are the two branches of Islam?

a)

Jewish and Palestinian

b)

Sunni and Shia

c)

Mecca and Medina

d)

Old and New

7.

A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation

a)

Oasis

b)

Muhammad

c)

Quran (Koran)

d)

Islam

8.

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah); followers are called Muslims.

a)

petroleum

b)

Islam

c)

Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter)

d)

oasis

9.

Rain water from thousands of years ago that is pumped from underground - this water is not being replaced by current rainfall

a)

Judaism

b)

Muslim

c)

fossil water

d)

monotheism

10.
How is the government of Iran different from many other governments in the Middle East and North Africa? 
a)

Iran has a Democracy

b)

Iran has a Monarchy

c)

Iran has a Theocracy

d)

Iran has a Oligarchy 

11.
a)

Bahrain

b)

Qatar

c)

Oman

d)

Cyprus

12.
a)

Bahrain

b)

Qatar

c)

Oman

d)

Cyprus

13.
a)

Bahrain

b)

Qatar

c)

Oman

d)

Cyprus

14.
a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

Turkey

15.
a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

Turkey

16.
a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iraq

c)

Iran

d)

Turkey

17.
a)

Kuwait

b)

United Arab Emirates

c)

Syria

d)

Yemen

18.
a)

Kuwait

b)

United Arab Emirates

c)

Syria

d)

Yemen

19.
a)

Kuwait

b)

United Arab Emirates

c)

Syria

d)

Yemen

20.

a government ruled by religious leaders

a)

shah

b)

Taliban

c)

theocracy

d)

revolution

21.

a Persian title that means "king"

a)

theocracy

b)

shah

c)

casear

d)

revolution

22.

What is the main language spoken in Iran?

a)

Arabic

b)

Hebrew

c)

Farsi (Persian)

d)

Kurdish

23.

a drastic change in a country's government and way of life is called a

a)

theocracy

b)

shah

c)

embargo

d)

revolution

24.

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

a)

Al Qaeda attacked the US.

b)

Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait.

c)

A coalition force entered Iran.

d)

The UN imposed trade embargos against Iraq.

25.

This war was fought in 1991 by an alliance of countries to force Iraqi invaders to leave the country of Kuwait.

a)

Persian Gulf War

b)

Iran-Iraq War

c)

Operation Freedom

d)

Arabian War

26.

Which country did Iraq invade in 1980 leading to a war that lasted until 1988?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Iran

c)

Kuwait

d)

Saudi Arabia

27.

What organization placed an embargo on Iraq from 1990 to 2004 (during the Persian Gulf Wars)?

a)

United States

b)

United Nations

c)

Iran

d)

Israel

28.

This dictator took control of Iraq in 1979 and was leader of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War:

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

John Gawecki

c)

Ayatollah Khomeini

d)

Osama bin Laden

29.

What type government does Saudi Arabia have

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

30.

Which of the following are the two main branches of Islam? (HINT: Check TWO)

a)

Sunni

b)

Sufism

c)

Shia

d)

Salafi

31.

What is the name of the desert that covers almost 250,000 square miles in Saudi Arabia?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Rub' al-Khali

32.

the poorest country in the region

a)

Oman

b)

Yemen

c)

Kuwait

d)

United Arab Emirates

33.

The country that is rich in both oil AND mineral deposits is

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Yemen

d)

Oman

34.

The two main ethnic groups in Iraq are Kurds and

a)

Arabs

b)

Persians

c)

Turks

d)

Armenians

35.

a dry streambed

a)

oasis

b)

wadi

c)

fossil water

d)

Red Sea

36.

Iraq currently has a _________ government and had its first elections in January 2005.

a)

theocratic

b)

absolute monarchy

c)

democratic

d)

autocratic

37.

The branch of Islam in which Muslims believe that true Islamic teachings can only come from certain religious leaders is the _________ branch.

a)

Sunni

b)

Shia

38.

The most holy place on earth for people of the Islamic faith is located in the Great Mosque located in _____.

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Mecca

c)

Baghdad

d)

Riyadh

39.

The capital of Saudi Arabia is

a)

Riyadh

b)

Medina

c)

Mecca

d)

Jeddah

40.

The capital of Iran is

a)

Kabul

b)

Baghdad

c)

Tehran

d)

Riyadh

41.

The capital of Iraq is

a)

Kabul

b)

Baghdad

c)

Tehran

d)

Riyadh

42.

The capital of Yemen is

a)

Muscat

b)

Sana'a

c)

Manama

d)

Tehran

43.

The capital of Oman is

a)

Muscat

b)

Sana'a

c)

Manama

d)

Tehran

44.

The capital of Qatar is

a)

Doha

b)

Abu Dhabi

c)

Dubai

d)

Kuwait City

45.

The capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is

a)

Doha

b)

Abu Dhabi

c)

Dubai

d)

Kuwait City

46.

The capital of the Kuwait is

a)

Doha

b)

Abu Dhabi

c)

Dubai

d)

Kuwait City

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