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WorksheetsMiddle East Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why is the Fertile Crescent considered the beginning of civilization?
because it is located around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
because Jericho was the first permanent walled city.
because it is where permanent cities, agriculture and writing began.
because it is located in modern-day Iraq.
_________________ is a conflict in which two countries do not fight one another directly but use other nations to wage war on their behalf.
Guerrilla war
Cyber War
Proxy War
Cold War
___________________ refers to the central point of worship in Mecca, a place where Abraham/Ibrahim is said by Muslims to have made an altar to God.
Al-Aqsa
Medina
Kaaba
Al-Quds
______________________ refers to a wave of pro-democratic demonstrations and armed rebellions across North Africa and the Middle East from 2010-2012.
Arab Spring
Arab Uprising
Desert Storm
Desert Spring
This region mostly speaks Farsi, or Persian, and belongs to the Shi'a sect of Islam. To the east, there are tall, forbidding mountains that have been unconquerable since Alexander the Great.
Afghanistan and Iran
Mesopotamia
The Levant
Arabian Peninsula
This country has only developed in the last 20 years, thanks to large fossil fuel deposits. It has become a playground for the world's rich, including indoor ski ranges, palm tree-shaped islands and the tallest building in the world: the Burj Khalifa
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Bahrain
This country has a very ancient history but has become a regional power thanks to its oil wealth and an Islamic revolution that occurred in 1979. It is infamous for trying to spark uprisings and civil wars in the Middle East as well as seeking to develop nuclear weapons.
Syria
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
What are the two regions that make up the Palestinian Territories?
The West Bank and Philistia
The Golan Heights and Gaza
The West Bank and Sinai
The West Bank and Gaza
This refers to a philosophy or movement that believes that Jews should establish and develop a Jewish state in present-day Israel.
Anti-Zionism
Zionism
Judaism
Messianism
The Six-Day War of 1967 had what effect:
Brought Palestinians under Israeli military control
Created an independent state of Palestine
Gave Israel independence from Britain
Allowed Arab nations to defeat Israel
The Middle East is a Eurocentric term because
because it describes the region's geographical position from a European perspective.
because Europeans dominated it after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
because Europeans were the first to discover the Fertile Crescent.
because the region is not only Muslim and Arab in its population.
The two sacred texts of Judaism are:
The Torah and the New Testament.
The Talmud and the Qur'an.
The Qur'an and the Hadiths.
The Torah and the Talmud.
3. Monotheism is the worship of:
One God but other gods might exist
Many gods
Only one God
No God or gods
This region of the Middle East is known for vast reserves of petroleum (oil) deposits. It is also the most developed region in the Middle East, where some of the richest countries in the world are located. It is also the origin place of Islam.
The Levant
The Arabian Peninsula
Persia
Anatolia
This is generally considered the oldest city in the world
Assur
Babylon
Jerusalem
Jericho
Mesopotamia is the region defined by these two rivers:
Tigris and Eurythmics
Tiberius and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Jordan
Lebanon has the highest population of _______ in the Middle East
Shi'ite Muslims
Christians
Druze
Yazidis
Who are these wonderful human beings?
Al-Qaeda
ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State
Taliban
Hezbollah
According to Judaism, who liberated the Hebrews/Jews from Egypt?
Jesus
Abraham
Moses
Joseph
How helpful was this Quizizz as a review?
Supermegaultra useful!
It helped me remember more.
I learned a couple of things.
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