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RE-DEFINITION OF MIDDLE EAST IDENTITY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Before I was overthrown & executed, I tried to eliminate the entire Kurdish population in my country of Iraq. Who am I?

a)

George Bush

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Theodore Herzl

d)

Saddam Hussein

2.

A result of the Iranian Revolution was...

a)

The Shah coming to power

b)

Iran becoming westernized

c)

The founding of the Islamic Republic

d)

New laws liberating women

3.

Khomeini wanted a traditional society.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Khomeini established a theocratic type of government.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

TRUE or FALSE: The Ottomans were originally nomads from the Middle East

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Middle East has 4 different phases, name one of it

(a)  

7.

Which of the following countries is an absolute monarchy?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iran

c)

Israel

d)

Turkey

8.

True or False: Saudi Arabia's population is 100% Muslim.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979

a)

Ayatollah Khomeini

b)

Shah Pahlevi

c)

Mohammed Mossadeq

d)

Jimmy Fallon

10.
Gulf War II involved the United States invading which country?
a)
Germany
b)
Japan
c)
Iraq
d)
Iran
11.

In the 1920s, Turkey becomes a republic under ___________________________, who began numerous reforms based on Western models.

a)

Muhammad Reza Pahlavi

b)

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

c)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

d)

Hosni Mubarak

12.

Population of Iraq included three major groups; Shiite and Sunni Arabs, and _______________.

a)

The Kurds

b)

The Saudi Royal Family

c)

The Muslim League

d)

The Sikhs

13.

In the 1970s, _____________________________ led the opposition against the Shah of Iran, leading him to leave the country in 1979.

a)

Ayatollah Khomeini

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

Gamal Nassar

d)

Mohammed Bin Salman

14.

The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between the US and which Southwest Asian country?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Syria

15.

Do you like to travel to Iran? Why?

a)

Yes, I do. Because...

b)

No, I don't. Because...