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WorksheetsMidterm Review - Africa and the Middle East
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 31mins
What country does the heart represent?
South Africa
Kenya
Sudan
Nigeria
What country does the diamond represent on the map?
Nigeria
Egypt
Kenya
South Sudan
What body of water is the arrow pointing to on the map?
Ganges River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River
Overgrazing and overuse of the land in Africa's Sahel region cause what environmental issue?
desertification
deforestation
water scarcity
poverty
When trees are cut down for human use, it is called ____.
desertification
overgrazing
deforestation
water pollution
When a country does not have enough water to meet people's needs for drinking, cleaning, irrigation, transportation, or industry which problem would it be facing?
water pollution
water surplus
water scarcity
water sharing
People in the Middle East and Africa mainly live near ____.
deserts
rivers and coastlines
rainforests
mountains
Which group below is NOT an African ethnic group?
Bantu
Ashanti
Swahili
Muslim
Arab
Which religions below do the majority of people in Africa practice?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
A group of people who share a history, customs, and a language can be called a(n) (a) group.
This African ethnic group lives in central and southern Africa, speaks 650 languages, and practices both Christianity and Islam are called the ______.
Bantu
Kurds
Swahili
Christians
When the European nations partitioned African countries in the 1800s how did it affect the people of Africa?
The African countries became more unified.
The European countries made the African countries wealthy.
It caused conflicts between religious and ethnic groups.
It caused a large-scale war between Africa and Europe.
The legal separation of races in South Africa was called ___.
apartheid
segregation
racism
nationalism
Which movement aimed to get all Africans to think of themselves as one and work together?
Indian Nationalist Movement
Pan-African Movement
Apartheid Movement
Zionism
Which countries below are examples of presidential democracies? (Choose 3)
Turkey
Israel
South Africa
Nigeria
Kenya
If the leader and the legislature are elected in separate elections by the citizens, the country would have which government system?
parliamentary democracy
autocracy
presidential democracy
absolute monarchy
AIDS has caused some African countries to be politically unstable.
True
False
When people follow customs and produce was has always been produced and use bartering to get the things they need, it would be a ___________ economy.
command
market
mixed market
traditional
Which African country has the most amount of government control over its economy?
Kenya
United States
South Africa
Nigeria
A higher GDP usually means a country has a lower literacy rate.
True
False
Businesses can produce products more efficiently when they invest in capital goods, this also raises the ____.
literacy rate
GDP
unemployment rate
population density
What river does the pentagon represent?
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
Jordan
What river does the heart represent?
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
Jordan
What body of water is represented by the smiley face?
Arabian Sea
Red Sea
Straight of Hormuz
Persian Gulf
What country is represented by the number 2?
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Jordan
What country is represented by the number 3?
Israel
Syria
Turkey
Iraq
When Middle East countries build dams along the rivers, how does that affect the countries downstream?
It allows for more water flow for the countries downstream.
Countries in the Middle East don't build dams.
It restricts the water flow for the countries downstream.
It pollutes the rivers for the countries downstream.
When farmers use chemical fertilizers on their crops how does it affect the nearby water supplies?
The runoff pollutes the rivers.
It puts extra minerals in the rivers.
It doesn't have any effect on the rivers.
The runoff creates more water for the rivers.
Choose all the answers that describe the Kurds.
Lives in the mountains of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran.
mostly Sunni Muslim
mostly Shia Muslim
religious group
ethnic group
Most ethnic groups in the Middle East practice which religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Choose all the answers below to describe Jews.
worship in a synagogue
reads the Quran
celebrates Jesus's birth
reads from the Torah
located mainly in Israel
Choose the monotheistic religions from the list below.
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
What does monotheistic mean?
worships more than one god
worships no gods
worships one god
worships only male gods
The ethnic and religious groups were not taken into account and conflicts arose between them over land.
This is the effect of what event?
The end of WWII
The Scramble for Africa
The fall of the Ottoman Empire
The Persian Gulf War
Which was NOT a factor that led to the creation of Israel?
Zionism
The Six-Day War
The Holocaust
Anti-Semitism
religious connection to the land
Which group of people believed in a homeland for the Jews?
Arabs
Kurds
Anti-Semitists
Zionists
What are the Arab-Israelis fighting over?
holy land
language
trade
WMDs
Membership in the United Nations and oil supplies were the two reasons the United States got involved in what Middle East conflict?
9/11
Invasion of Iraq
Invasion of Afghanistan
Persian Gulf War
In 2003 the U.S. invaded Iraq. What was the reason for this invasion?
The U.S. thought Iraq was aiding al-Qaeda and was hiding WMDs.
The U.S. was looking for Osama Bin Laden
The U.S. wanted Iraq's oil.
The U.S. was helping to protect the oil supply.
After 9/11 this country was thought to be hiding Osama Bin Laden and members of al-Qaeda, so the U.S. invaded it.
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
Afghanistan
In Israel's government, the leader is appointed by members of the Knesset. What type of government does Israel have?
Presidential Democracy
Parliamentary Democracy
Dictatorship
Absolute Monarchy
In an absolute monarchy, the leader is a king or an emperor and they have complete power.
True
False
Limit on imports, tax on imports, ban of imports.
Find the correct listing of words below to match the terms for the words above.
embargo, quota, tariff
tariff, quota, embargo
quota, tariff, embargo
quota, embargo, tariff
What is the main job of OPEC?
to export oil around the world
to look for new sources of oil
to control the price of oil on the world market
to make sure that the MIddle East is sharing their oil
When countries focus on what they are good at making this is called ____.
specialization
industrialization
imperialism
nationalism
The business owners make decisions about what to produce and how to produce it, and there is some level of government control to protect buyers and sellers. This BEST describes which economic system?
market
mixed market
command
traditional
These people start businesses and invent new products which lead to more capital goods for a country.
leaders
entrepreneurs
consumers
buyers
Human capital is ____.
the resources found in and on the Earth
the skills, education, and training people have to do their job
the tools needed to produce a good or service
the people who start businesses
High investment in human capital leads to a high ____. Choose all that apply.
unemployment rate
GDP
literacy rate
population density
Which person below was the leader of the African National Congress, elected the first black president of South Africa, and spent 26 years in jail because he was fighting unfair race laws.
F.W. de Klerk
Theodore Herzl
Nelson Mandala
Joseph Kenyatta
Nationalism is ______.
when a country aims to expand its borders to gain power
extreme pride and loyalty in one's own nation
the discrimination of Jews
a movement to unify the African people and countries
Which person below is known for releasing Nelson Mandala from jail and helping to end apartheid laws?
F.W. de Klerk
Nelson Mandala
Saddam Hussein
Osama Bin Laden
What was one way countries around the world showed that they were against South Africa's apartheid policy?
they invaded South Africa
they bombed South Africa
they embargoed South Africa
they put tarrifs on South African exports
What type of government system has the LOWEST amount of citizen participation?
(a)
Turkey buys oil from Saudi Arabia. They must pay for the oil through an international bank that changes liras into riyals. This is called _____.
banking
currency exchange
bartering
specialization
Which statement is FALSE about this man?
he planned and paid for the 9/ll attacks
he was a terrorist
he was a member of the Taliban
he founded al-Qaeda
