WorksheetsTrivia Test 121-130 Quizizz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
If you wanted to go to traditional marketplace in the Middle East, where would you go?
Agora
Bazaar
Foires
Forum
The term Muslim means...
One who loves God
One who refuses to submit to God's will
One who submits to God's will
ONe wo believes in God
Qanats were built by the Persian to carry water from the mountains to the desert. What are qanats?
arches
bridges
aqueducts
underground canals
What country is mainly a desert and was lucky enough to find water that is thousands of years old know as "fossil water" under the ground when exploring for oil?
Iran
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
The problem with newly discovered underground aquifers was that this fossil water was far away from the majority of the Libyan population living in coastal cities.
True
False
Libya's solution was to build a network of pipelines to transport the fossil water. The leader, who described it as the 8th Wonder of the World, was...
Yasser Arafat
Mustafaf Kemal Ataturk
Benjamin Netanyahu
Moamar Qaddafi
What language do Iranians speak?
English
Farsi
French
Russian
The Western Wall (Temple Mount) is the holy site of which religion in the Old City of Jerusalem?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
The Dome of the Rock (Harem al-Sharif) is the holy site of which religion in the Old City of Jerusalem?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Tomb of Jesus) is the holy site of which religion in the Old City of Jerusalem?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
According to the notes, which city has been conquered and re-conquered 23 times and people still argue about events that go back 4000 years?
Bethlehem
Haifa
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Today, Muslims pray towards which city in Saudi Arabia rather than Jerusalem?
Mecca
Medina
Jiddah
Riyadh
Muslims are prohibited from eating lamb or mutton.
True
False
Sumerian cities declined in the lower Tigris-Euphrates Valley around 2100 BC due to...
lack of water
lack of food
invasion
civil war
Of the three monotheistic religions all originating in the Middle East, which is the oldest?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Why is Israel reluctant to return the Golan Heights to Syria?
oil supply
mineral supply
water supply
food supply
What country was once called Persia?
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Syria
