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SW ASIA (HISTORY, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY, & GOVERNMENT)

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year was the United States attacked on September 11th?

a)

2000

b)

2001

c)

2002

d)

2003

2.

What was the name of the terror group responsible for the attack?

a)

Taliban

b)

ISIS

c)

Al-Qaeda

d)

Al Shabab

3.

Who was the leader of Al-Qaeda?

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Omar Al-Baghdadi

d)

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad

4.

In which country did Osama Bin laden and Al-Qaeda run training camps to prepare the terrorists that carried out the 9/11 attacks?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Pakistan

d)

Afganistan

5.

How many planes were hijacked on 9/11?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

6.

Two of the hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center Towers in _________________.

a)

New York City

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Washington, DC

d)

Boston

7.

One of the hijacked planes was crashed into the side of the Pentagon. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the US military and is located in ______________.

a)

New York City

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Washington, DC

d)

Boston

8.

A fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, ________________ after the passengers fought back against the terrorists.

a)

Virginia

b)

Maryland

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

9.

The President of the US on 9/11 was _______________.

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Barack Obama

10.

The group that controlled Afghanistan and permitted Al-Qaeda to train terrorists there was called ____________.

a)

ISIS

b)

Al Shabab

c)

the Taliban

11.

After the Taliban refused to turn over Bin Laden to the US, President Bush sent US forces to __________________.

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Syria

c)

Iran

d)

Iraq

12.
Which war was fought by the U.S. & 34 other U.N. members against Iraq after they invaded Kuwait?
a)
War in Afghanistan
b)
Iraq War
c)
Persian Gulf War
d)
World War II
13.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
c)
The Stock Market crashed
d)
The Japanese bombed North Korea
14.
Who was the Iraqi leader?
a)
Hunter Walker
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Adolph Hitler
15.
In what year did the Persian Gulf War start?
a)
2002
b)
1985
c)
1990
d)
2015
16.

The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which of the following countries of SW Asia is highlighted red on the map?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Israel

d)

Afghanistan

18.
How did the US carry out Operation desert Storm?
a)
With the help of a United Nations coalition the US defeated the enemy.
b)
The US used nuclear weapons to clear out Saudi Arabian forces.
c)
With the best equipment money can buy the US defeated the enemy.
d)
Saudi Arabia convinced Iraq and Iran to leave Kuwait.
19.
This war is also known as Desert Storm and involved leader Saddam Hussein. He invaded Kuwait in order to capture it's valuable oil fields.
a)
Iraq War
b)
World War I
c)
Persian Gulf War
d)
World War II
20.
Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East
a)
Oil and terrorism
b)
oil and diamonds
c)
diamonds and textiles
d)
land and religion
21.
What is this?
a)
Star of David
b)
Israel's flag.
c)
good luck charm 
22.
What was the "Final Solution"? 
a)
Hitler's plan to murder all Jews in Europe
b)
The end product of any math problem
c)
A separate homeland for Jews in Palestine
d)
Hitler's plan to get elected
23.
What is a concentration camp?
a)
A camp for thinking
b)
Prison for people who were part of minorities
c)
A high school 
d)
Jail for Nazis
24.
What time period did the Holocaust happen? 
a)
1977-2015
b)
World War 2
c)
World War 1
d)
Civil War 
25.
What did Hitler blame the Jews for?
a)
Being rich and having big noses
b)
Germany's loss of WWI and a failing economy
c)
Germany's loss of land and weakness
d)
Worshiping a God that he did not believe in
26.
What was the name of Hitlers followers?
a)
Nazis
b)
Jews
c)
Americans
d)
Hitlers 
27.
What is a ghetto?
a)
Hitler's official residence
b)
Communities where Jews lived in crowded, unsanitary conditions 
c)
Concentration camp 
d)
Jewish place of worship 
28.
What was the mass killing of Jews called?
a)
holocaust
b)
propaganda
c)
slaughtered
d)
systematically
29.

_____________________ is using the media to spread misleading information about a person or group of people

a)

ANtisemitism

b)

Propaganda

c)

Liable

30.

Hitler's plan to exterminate all Jews in Germany was known as his _______________.

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

12 Points Plan

c)

Final Solution

31.

Hatred or discrimination towards Jewish people is called...

a)

Anti-Judiaism

b)

Anti-Semitic

c)

Racism

d)

Hasidic Jew-Jitsu

32.

Auschwitz is the most notorious __________________________. Over 1million people were executed there.

a)

a German military base.

b)

concentration camp.

c)

A synagogue

d)

Jewish Church

33.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Euphrates River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Jordan River
d)
Strait of Hormuz
34.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Red Sea
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Strait of Hormuz
35.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Arabian Sea
36.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Strait of Hormuz
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Tigris River
37.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Jordan River
b)
Euphrates River
c)
Tigris River
d)
Arabian Sea
38.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Tigris River
d)
Euphrates River
39.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Mediterranean Sea
40.
What country is indicated with color on the Middle East map?
a)
Iraq
b)
Syria
c)
Iran
d)
Afghanistan
41.
What country is indicated with color on the Middle East map?
a)
Syria
b)
Iran
c)
Turkey
d)
Saudi Arabia
42.
What country is indicated with color on the Middle East map?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
UAE
c)
QATAR
d)
Yemen
43.
What country is indicated with color on the Middle East map?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Syria
d)
Kuwait
44.
What country is indicated with color on the Middle East map?
a)
Pakistan
b)
Iran
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Iraq
45.
Which waterway is highlighted and has the arrow pointing to it? 
a)
Strait of Hormuz
b)
Jordan River
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Red Sea
46.

What country is represented in number 7?

a)

Jordan

b)

Turkey

c)

Oman

d)

Israel

47.

Which nation is marked with the number 2 on the map?

a)

West Bank

b)

Gaza Strip

c)

Turkey

d)

Iran

48.

Which nation is marked with the number 3 on the map?

a)

West Bank

b)

Gaza Strip

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Iraq

49.
Another name for Southwest Asia is 
a)
Middle East
b)
Central Asia
c)
East Asia
d)
Far East
50.
Dams built along rivers have caused problems for people living further downstream because 
a)
dams are expensive to build
b)
a river can only be dammed in one place along its path
c)
no fish can live in the rivers after they have been dammed
d)
less water comes down river to those people once the dam is built
51.
Which of the following are the three main religious groups of SW Asia?
a)
Hinduism, Islam, Judaism
b)
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
c)
Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
d)
Christianity, Islam, Shamamism
52.
Why is desalination difficult to achieve?
a)
It's expensive
b)
It's impossible
c)
It doesn't work
d)
It isn't fun
53.
Why is having a freshwater source important in the Middle East?
a)
Drinking water and Bath water
b)
Drinking water and Irrigation
c)
Irrigation and Cooking water
d)
Bath water and Cooking water
54.
What natural resource is there a lot of in the Middle East?
a)
Water
b)
Arable land
c)
Oil
d)
Iron
55.
What natural resource is there not enough of in the Middle East?
a)
Oil
b)
Iron
c)
Sand
d)
Water
56.
Which resource do the people of Southwest Asia need the most?
a)
oil
b)
coal
c)
gas
d)
water
57.
Israel uses which river as a major source of water for irrigation? 
a)
Nile
b)
Tigris
c)
Euphrates
d)
Jordan
58.
_______ is the process of taking salt out of seawater and using it for drinking water. 
a)
Chlorination
b)
Cleaning
c)
Desalination
d)
Desaltination
59.
Where are most crops grown in the Middle East?
a)
Near freshwater sources
b)
On the coasts
c)
In the desert
d)
In wastelands
60.
Where do most people in Southwest Asia live? 
a)
in the large deserts
b)
in large countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia
c)
along the coasts, oases, and river valleys
d)
where the land is flat
61.
Many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia are located on or near
a)
deserts
b)
major rivers
c)
large grasslands
d)
mountain ranges
62.
Many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia are located on or near
a)
deserts
b)
major rivers
c)
large grasslands
d)
mountain ranges
63.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Middle Eastern water crisis?

a)

Drought conditions

b)

tropical climate

c)

Dry land

d)

Population growth

64.
Why was OPEC created?
a)
To regulate the supply and price of oil
b)
to help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel
c)
to design new machinery to get oil out of the ground
d)
to keep countries that are not members from producing any oil
65.
How do Iran and Saudi Arabia benefit from belonging to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
a)
OPEC keeps the price of oil high on the world market
b)
Countries in OPEC are able to share water resources with each other
c)
The organization sets up tariffs to protect Southwest Asian manufacturing
d)
OPEC makes it possible for Southwest Asian countries to buy oil at low prices
66.
What country consumes more oil than they produce?
a)
Iran
b)
USA
c)
Kuwait
d)
Saudi Arabia
67.
What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?
a)
Diamonds
b)
Apples
c)
Gold
d)
Oil
68.
Which industry does the government of Saudi Arabia heavily control?
a)
oil
b)
technology
c)
agriultural
d)
textile manufacturing
69.
Where are most of the countries of OPEC located?
a)
Africa
b)
South American
c)
North American
d)

Southwest Asia (Middle East)

70.

What happens to the price of oil when OPEC countries decide to limit production of oil?

a)
prices rise
b)
Prices Drop
c)
prices stay the same
d)
oil stops being sold
71.

A(n) __________________________ is the type of government system that is controlled by one ruler.

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

monopoly

72.

A(n) ___________________ is a type of government in which the power is in the hands of the citizens.

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

onomotapeia

73.

In COUNTRY A, the President serves a six year term, and takes office upon winning a majority of the popular vote of the citizens.


Based on this sentence, you can classify that COUNTRY A's government system as being a

a)

presidential democracy

b)

parliamentary democracy

c)

autocratic dictatorship

d)

anarchy

74.

The person who holds the most political power in a parliamentary democracy is the ____________________.

a)

president

b)

prime minister

c)

monarch

d)

grand champion

75.

Select all of the following countries that could be best describes as being an autocracy?


THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE ANSWER TO SELECT

a)

Germany during World War II

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Cuba after the Cuban Revolution

76.

In Canada, the head of government is the Prime Minister. He or she takes office as the leader of the majority party in Parliament, or as the head of the majority coalition.


Based on this sentence, you can classify the Canada's government system as being a

a)

presidential democracy

b)

parliamentary democracy

c)

autpcratic dictatorship

d)

absolute monarchy

77.

Which BEST describes how a parliamentary democracy differs from a presidential democracy?

a)

The legislative branch in the presidential system is always unicameral.

b)

In a parliamentary democracy, the head of the government is a member of the legislative house with the most members

c)

In a presidential democracy, political power is shared between state and federal governments.

d)

In a parliamentary democracy there are usually two main political parties; in the presidential system there is only one.

78.

Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation?

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

anarchy

79.

Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation?

a)

autocracy

b)

democracy

c)

anarchy

d)

oligarchy

80.
From  1.6 billion muslims, 85% belong to the ...
a)
Kurds
b)
Sunnis
c)
Turks
d)
Shiites
81.

What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

a)

Agreement between Sunnis and Shiites for the division of territory and power.

b)

Agreement between the French and the British that splited the middle east into territories.

c)

Agreement between Sunnis and the Kurds for political recognition of the Kurds.

d)

Agreement that formally ended WWII

82.

What is the title of the religious leader in Islam?

a)

caliph

b)

g.o.a.t.

c)

emperor

d)

monarch

83.

The religion of Islam is based on the teachings of Allah's (God) prophet, ______________.

a)

Jesus

b)

Muhammad

c)

Abraham

84.

____________ is the holy book or sacred text of Islam.

a)

Bible

b)

Quran/Koran

c)

Torah

d)

Hieroglyphics

85.

Which religious group is located mostly in Egypt, Saudi Arabia , Jordan, Oman, Yemen? They are the majority in SW Asia.

a)

Tutsis

b)

Shiites

c)

Kurds

d)

Sunni

86.

Iran, Pakistan, India and Iraq, Syria and Lebanon are the countries where most of this religious groups live in. Which group is it? They are the minority in SW Asia except for in Iran, where they are the majority.

a)

Shia/Shiite

b)

Kurds

c)

Sunnis

d)

Tutsis

87.
Allah is the god for which religion?
a)
Shintoism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Confucianism
88.
What is the holy book of Islam?
a)
Bible
b)
Quran
c)
Torah
d)
Tanakh
89.
Which of these religions are monotheistic?
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam & Christianity
d)
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
90.
Place of worship is a synagogue
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Buddhist
91.
Special days are Easter and Christmas.
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity & Islam
d)
Christianity
92.
Who is the founder of Christianity?
a)
Jesus Christ
b)
Muhammed
c)
Abraham
d)
Moses
93.
Muhammed is the founder of which religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
94.
What is the holy book of Judaism?
a)
The Torah
b)
The Tanakh
c)
The Qu'ran
d)
The Bible
95.

What is the most populated Group of islam

a)

Sunni

b)

Shi'a

c)

Temple

d)

Moses

96.

What is the oldest monotheistic religion

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

shi'a

97.
The language of Arabs
a)
English
b)
Farsi
c)
Kurdish
d)
Arabic
98.
The language of Kurds
a)
Farsi
b)
Kurdish
c)
Arabic
d)
French
99.
The language of Persians
a)
English
b)
Farsi
c)
Kurdish
d)
French
100.
A group with a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature.
a)
religious group
b)
ethnic group
101.
A group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations.
a)
religious group
b)
ethnic group
102.

A distinct ethnic group that lives in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together. (Mostly in Turkey)

a)

Arabs

b)

Persians

c)

Kurds

103.

This ethnic group lives in the modern country of Iran.

a)

Arabs

b)

Persians

c)

Kurds

104.

Which ethnic group is located near the #3 on the map?

a)

Arab

b)

Persian

c)

Kurds

105.

Which ethnic group is located near the #2 on the map?

a)

Kurds

b)

Arab

c)

Persians

106.

Which ethnic group is located near the #4 on the map?

a)

Persians

b)

Arab

c)

Kurds

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