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Trivia Test 121-130 Quizizz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you wanted to go to traditional marketplace in the Middle East, where would you go?

a)

Agora

b)

Bazaar

c)

Foires

d)

Forum

2.

The term Muslim means...

a)

One who loves God

b)

One who refuses to submit to God's will

c)

One who submits to God's will

d)

ONe wo believes in God

3.

Qanats were built by the Persian to carry water from the mountains to the desert. What are qanats?

a)

arches

b)

bridges

c)

aqueducts

d)

underground canals

4.

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?

a)

Iran

b)

Libya

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Yemen

5.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

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...

a)

Yasser Arafat

b)

Mustafaf Kemal Ataturk

c)

Benjamin Netanyahu

d)

Moamar Qaddafi

7.

What language do Iranians speak?

a)

English

b)

Farsi

c)

French

d)

Russian

8.

The Western Wall (Temple Mount) is the holy site of which religion in the Old City of Jerusalem?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

9.

The Dome of the Rock (Harem al-Sharif) is the holy site of which religion in the Old City of Jerusalem?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

10.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Tomb of Jesus) is the holy site of which religion in the Old City of Jerusalem?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

11.

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?

a)

Bethlehem

b)

Haifa

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Tel Aviv

12.

Today, Muslims pray towards which city in Saudi Arabia rather than Jerusalem?

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Jiddah

d)

Riyadh

13.

Muslims are prohibited from eating lamb or mutton.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Sumerian cities declined in the lower Tigris-Euphrates Valley around 2100 BC due to...

a)

lack of water

b)

lack of food

c)

invasion

d)

civil war

15.

Of the three monotheistic religions all originating in the Middle East, which is the oldest?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

16.

Why is Israel reluctant to return the Golan Heights to Syria?

a)

oil supply

b)

mineral supply

c)

water supply

d)

food supply

17.

What country was once called Persia?

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Israel

d)

Syria