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Midterm Review - Africa and the Middle East

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country does the heart represent?

a)

South Africa

b)

Kenya

c)

Sudan

d)

Nigeria

2.

What country does the diamond represent on the map?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Egypt

c)

Kenya

d)

South Sudan

3.

What body of water is the arrow pointing to on the map?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Nile River

4.

Overgrazing and overuse of the land in Africa's Sahel region cause what environmental issue?

a)

desertification

b)

deforestation

c)

water scarcity

d)

poverty

5.

When trees are cut down for human use, it is called ____.

a)

desertification

b)

overgrazing

c)

deforestation

d)

water pollution

6.

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?

a)

water pollution

b)

water surplus

c)

water scarcity

d)

water sharing

7.

People in the Middle East and Africa mainly live near ____.

a)

deserts

b)

rivers and coastlines

c)

rainforests

d)

mountains

8.

Which group below is NOT an African ethnic group?

a)

Bantu

b)

Ashanti

c)

Swahili

d)

Muslim

e)

Arab

9.

Which religions below do the majority of people in Africa practice?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Buddhism

10.

A group of people who share a history, customs, and a language can be called a(n) (a)   group.

11.

This African ethnic group lives in central and southern Africa, speaks 650 languages, and practices both Christianity and Islam are called the ______.

a)

Bantu

b)

Kurds

c)

Swahili

d)

Christians

12.

When the European nations partitioned African countries in the 1800s how did it affect the people of Africa?

a)

The African countries became more unified.

b)

The European countries made the African countries wealthy.

c)

It caused conflicts between religious and ethnic groups.

d)

It caused a large-scale war between Africa and Europe.

13.

The legal separation of races in South Africa was called ___.

a)

apartheid

b)

segregation

c)

racism

d)

nationalism

14.

Which movement aimed to get all Africans to think of themselves as one and work together?

a)

Indian Nationalist Movement

b)

Pan-African Movement

c)

Apartheid Movement

d)

Zionism

15.

Which countries below are examples of presidential democracies? (Choose 3)

a)

Turkey

b)

Israel

c)

South Africa

d)

Nigeria

e)

Kenya

16.

If the leader and the legislature are elected in separate elections by the citizens, the country would have which government system?

a)

parliamentary democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

presidential democracy

d)

absolute monarchy

17.

AIDS has caused some African countries to be politically unstable.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

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.

a)

command

b)

market

c)

mixed market

d)

traditional

19.

Which African country has the most amount of government control over its economy?

a)

Kenya

b)

United States

c)

South Africa

d)

Nigeria

20.

A higher GDP usually means a country has a lower literacy rate.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Businesses can produce products more efficiently when they invest in capital goods, this also raises the ____.

a)

literacy rate

b)

GDP

c)

unemployment rate

d)

population density

22.

What river does the pentagon represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Nile

c)

Euphrates

d)

Jordan

23.

What river does the heart represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Nile

c)

Euphrates

d)

Jordan

24.

What body of water is represented by the smiley face?

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Straight of Hormuz

d)

Persian Gulf

25.

What country is represented by the number 2?

a)

Iran

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Iraq

d)

Jordan

26.

What country is represented by the number 3?

a)

Israel

b)

Syria

c)

Turkey

d)

Iraq

27.

When Middle East countries build dams along the rivers, how does that affect the countries downstream?

a)

It allows for more water flow for the countries downstream.

b)

Countries in the Middle East don't build dams.

c)

It restricts the water flow for the countries downstream.

d)

It pollutes the rivers for the countries downstream.

28.

When farmers use chemical fertilizers on their crops how does it affect the nearby water supplies?

a)

The runoff pollutes the rivers.

b)

It puts extra minerals in the rivers.

c)

It doesn't have any effect on the rivers.

d)

The runoff creates more water for the rivers.

29.

Choose all the answers that describe the Kurds.

a)

Lives in the mountains of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran.

b)

mostly Sunni Muslim

c)

mostly Shia Muslim

d)

religious group

e)

ethnic group

30.

Most ethnic groups in the Middle East practice which religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

31.

Choose all the answers below to describe Jews.

a)

worship in a synagogue

b)

reads the Quran

c)

celebrates Jesus's birth

d)

reads from the Torah

e)

located mainly in Israel

32.

Choose the monotheistic religions from the list below.

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

e)

Islam

33.

What does monotheistic mean?

a)

worships more than one god

b)

worships no gods

c)

worships one god

d)

worships only male gods

34.

The ethnic and religious groups were not taken into account and conflicts arose between them over land.


This is the effect of what event?

a)

The end of WWII

b)

The Scramble for Africa

c)

The fall of the Ottoman Empire

d)

The Persian Gulf War

35.

Which was NOT a factor that led to the creation of Israel?

a)

Zionism

b)

The Six-Day War

c)

The Holocaust

d)

Anti-Semitism

e)

religious connection to the land

36.

Which group of people believed in a homeland for the Jews?

a)

Arabs

b)

Kurds

c)

Anti-Semitists

d)

Zionists

37.

What are the Arab-Israelis fighting over?

a)

holy land

b)

language

c)

trade

d)

WMDs

38.

Membership in the United Nations and oil supplies were the two reasons the United States got involved in what Middle East conflict?

a)

9/11

b)

Invasion of Iraq

c)

Invasion of Afghanistan

d)

Persian Gulf War

39.

In 2003 the U.S. invaded Iraq. What was the reason for this invasion?

a)

The U.S. thought Iraq was aiding al-Qaeda and was hiding WMDs.

b)

The U.S. was looking for Osama Bin Laden

c)

The U.S. wanted Iraq's oil.

d)

The U.S. was helping to protect the oil supply.

40.

After 9/11 this country was thought to be hiding Osama Bin Laden and members of al-Qaeda, so the U.S. invaded it.

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Pakistan

d)

Afghanistan

41.

In Israel's government, the leader is appointed by members of the Knesset. What type of government does Israel have?

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Parliamentary Democracy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Absolute Monarchy

42.

In an absolute monarchy, the leader is a king or an emperor and they have complete power.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Limit on imports, tax on imports, ban of imports.


Find the correct listing of words below to match the terms for the words above.

a)

embargo, quota, tariff

b)

tariff, quota, embargo

c)

quota, tariff, embargo

d)

quota, embargo, tariff

44.

What is the main job of OPEC?

a)

to export oil around the world

b)

to look for new sources of oil

c)

to control the price of oil on the world market

d)

to make sure that the MIddle East is sharing their oil

45.

When countries focus on what they are good at making this is called ____.

a)

specialization

b)

industrialization

c)

imperialism

d)

nationalism

46.

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?

a)

market

b)

mixed market

c)

command

d)

traditional

47.

These people start businesses and invent new products which lead to more capital goods for a country.

a)

leaders

b)

entrepreneurs

c)

consumers

d)

buyers

48.

Human capital is ____.

a)

the resources found in and on the Earth

b)

the skills, education, and training people have to do their job

c)

the tools needed to produce a good or service

d)

the people who start businesses

49.

High investment in human capital leads to a high ____. Choose all that apply.

a)

unemployment rate

b)

GDP

c)

literacy rate

d)

population density

50.

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.

a)

F.W. de Klerk

b)

Theodore Herzl

c)

Nelson Mandala

d)

Joseph Kenyatta

51.

Nationalism is ______.

a)

when a country aims to expand its borders to gain power

b)

extreme pride and loyalty in one's own nation

c)

the discrimination of Jews

d)

a movement to unify the African people and countries

52.

Which person below is known for releasing Nelson Mandala from jail and helping to end apartheid laws?

a)

F.W. de Klerk

b)

Nelson Mandala

c)

Saddam Hussein

d)

Osama Bin Laden

53.

What was one way countries around the world showed that they were against South Africa's apartheid policy?

a)

they invaded South Africa

b)

they bombed South Africa

c)

they embargoed South Africa

d)

they put tarrifs on South African exports

54.

What type of government system has the LOWEST amount of citizen participation?

(a)  

55.

Turkey buys oil from Saudi Arabia. They must pay for the oil through an international bank that changes liras into riyals. This is called _____.

a)

banking

b)

currency exchange

c)

bartering

d)

specialization

56.

Which statement is FALSE about this man?

a)

he planned and paid for the 9/ll attacks

b)

he was a terrorist

c)

he was a member of the Taliban

d)

he founded al-Qaeda