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Spring ACP Review 1 -Middle East

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the Syrian citizens fighting?

a)

Their authoritarian government.

b)

Israel.

c)

Dissident rebels.

d)

Each other.

2.

The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to this body of water

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Caspian Sea

3.

This organization has strengthened the global influence of oil exporting nations.

a)

World Bank

b)

OPEC

c)

United Nations

d)

European Union

4.

Due to the location of many refineries, what body of water sees the most oil tanker traffic?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Gulf of Aqaba

5.

What is the belief in one god called?

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Atheism

d)

Buddhism

6.

All of these are monotheistic religions EXCEPT...

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

7.

The place of worship for Islam is...

a)

Church

b)

Synagogoue

c)

Mosque

8.

Which river is essential to the survival of Egypt?

a)

The Amazon

b)

The Nile

c)

The Tigris

d)

The Euphrates

9.

This is the most valuable natural resource in Saudi Arabia.

a)

Oil

b)

Lumber

c)

Gold

d)

Coffee

10.
What country is #10
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Kuwait
c)
Bahrain
d)
Yemen
11.
What country is #17
a)
Turkey
b)
Iraq
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Iran
12.

What three religions began in the Middle East?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

13.

The Arab Spring was a series of uprisings where people wanted:

a)

oil money

b)

democracy and freedoms

c)

the freedom to bear arms

d)

ISIS to leave their country

14.

What is this area called that allows 20% of the world's oil to be shipped out of the Persian Gulf?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Strait of Hormuz

15.

Which Middle Eastern country is in both Asia and Europe?

a)

Turkey

b)

Romania

c)

Somalia

d)

Israel

16.

These Palestinian territories are inside the borders of Israel.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Bethlehem

c)

West Bank

d)

Golan Heights

17.

The Middle East and other areas were held for about 700 years by this empire, which collapsed as a result of World War I.

a)

German Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Austro-Hungarian Empire

d)

Russian Empire

18.

The source of a major conflict in the Middle East is the 1947 U.N. decision to give an area known as Palestine to Jews leaving Europe after the...

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Holocaust

c)

pogroms targeting them

19.

Which two countries in the Middle East are the MOST democratic?

a)

Saudi Arabia and Israel

b)

Turkey and Israel

c)

Turkey and Saudi Arabia

d)

Iran and Saudi Arabia

20.

Countries led by kings and religious leaders tend to have more ______ forms of government.

a)

oligarchic

b)

democratic

c)

monarch

d)

autocratic

21.

Rule by one person, usually a king or queen, who has total authority over the government.

a)

Presidential Democracy

b)

Parliamentary Democracy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Parliamentary Monarchy

22.

Which of the following countries is an absolute monarchy?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iran

c)

Israel

d)

Turkey

23.

How are some Middle Eastern countries dealing with a water shortage?

a)

Drinking only tea and coffee

b)

Desalination plants (take salt out of ocean water)

c)

OPEC turns oil into drinking water

d)

They built a canal to import freshwater from Africa

24.

• A system of government that one person has absolute power.

• A single ruler

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Confederate

25.

A system of government where a few people hold all the power.

a)

Autocracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Anarchy

26.

1. The voters in a community meet together to make decisions and laws.

2. Suited for smaller communities.

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Monarcy

d)

Oligarchy

27.

1. A system of government in which the people elect candidates to make policies and laws for them.

2. This is the type of government that the United States has.

a)

Direct Democracy

b)

Representative Democracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Oligarchy

28.

Nobody has power over other members of the society.

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Anarchism

29.
One person is in charge.
a)
Autocracy
b)
Democracy
30.

This form of government can coexist with another

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Theocracy

31.
rights that government cannot take away
a)
natural rights
b)
social contract
c)
limited government
d)
ideology
32.
a government in which the power of the monarch is limited by a constitution
a)
constitutional monarchy
b)
authoritarian regime
c)
representative democracy
d)
social contract
33.

What are the three basic questions that every economic system must answer?

a)

What's produced?

b)

How's it produced?

c)

Who sells it?

d)

Who consumes it?

34.

What are the three economic systems?

a)

Market

b)

Traditional

c)

Command

d)

Democratic

35.

How do traditional economies exchange goods?

a)

bartering

b)

sets the prices of goods

c)

determines the wages of workers

d)

plans what will be made

36.

the limited supply of something

a)

scarcity

b)

bartering

c)

economics

d)

free enterprise

37.

competition between companies (shifts prices of goods/services)

a)

bartering

b)

scarcity

c)

free enterprise

d)

economics

38.
Which of the following is an economic system in which the government and people are used to decide how to use scarce resources?
a)
Market economy
b)
Command economy
c)
Traditional economy
d)
Mixed economy
39.

Which of the following would reflect a country with a mixed economy?

a)

Prices and wages are completely regulated by a country’s government.

b)

A combination of privately-owned industry and government control.

c)

A country’s distribution of resources is based on inheritance.

d)

Prices and wages are determined by the laws of supply and demand rather than being regulated by a country’s government.

40.
The human effort involved in the production of goods and services is known as:
a)
Capital
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Labor
d)
Land
41.
The enterprising spirit that allows an individual to spot gaps in the market and take risks (including starting a business):
a)
Entrepreneurship
b)
Capital
c)
Land
d)
Labor
42.
All natural resources that go into the production of a good or service:
a)
Capital
b)
Entrepreneurship
c)
Land
d)
Labor
43.
Anything within the production process, whether human or technological, that makes production more efficient
a)
Entrepreneurship
b)
Capital
c)
Land
d)
Labor
44.

Which of the following institutions are mismatched?

a)

political - government

b)

recreational - churches

c)

economic - credit unions

d)

educational - universities

45.

What are the most basic social institutions ?

Select all the correct answers

a)

Family

b)

Education

c)

Religion

d)

Government

e)

Economy

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