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MENA

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What religion is an Iman connected to as a person who leads prayers in a mosque, faith in Allah?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

2.
What is Judaism holy book
a)
Torah
b)
Bible
c)
Quran
d)
Koran
3.
Who is the prophet of Islam
a)
Muhammad 
b)
Jesus
c)
Moses
d)
David 
4.
What is the name of a Jewish leader.
a)
Rabbi
b)
Pastor
c)
Priest
d)
Imam
5.

What body of water is this?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Red Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

6.

What is MENA?

a)

Middle East and North Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

SouthWest Asia

7.

Which industry is MOST important to the Saudi Arabia economy?

a)

the oil industry

b)

the steel industry

c)

the fishing industry

d)

the tourism industry

8.

OPEC stands for

a)

One Possible Economic Cauliflower

b)

Organizations Preferring Edible Chairs

c)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

d)

Only Piirto Eeezzz Coolio

9.

Which description best matches desert biome ?

a)

Near the equator, warm temperatures, and abundant rainfall.

b)

Dry environments that generally receive less than 10 in. of rainfall each year.

c)

A cold, dry, mostly treeless biome that encircles the Arctic Ocean

10.
What is the name of the terrorist group that is blowing up schools in Pakistan?
a)
Taliban
b)
ISIS
c)
KKK
d)
Fazlullah
11.

What is the name of the law that governed the way of life of the Islam?

a)
Shared Law
b)
Shallow Law
c)
Sherpa Law
d)
Sharia Law
12.
Why was OPEC created?
a)
To regulate the supply and price of oil
b)
to help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel
c)
to design new machinery to get oil out of the ground
d)
to keep countries that are not members from producing any oil
13.

Most of the Middle East and North Africa is covered by VAST

a)

Rain Forests

b)

Snow

c)

Mountians

d)

Deserts

14.
Which North African country has most of its population in only 3% of its land area?
a)

Morocco

b)

Libya

c)

Egypt

d)

Liberia

15.
The traditional societies of the Middle East are rich in _____________ but poor in_____________.
a)
water, oil
b)
oil, water
c)
minerals, oil
d)
oil, lumber
16.
Which factors prevent countries in North Africa and Southwest Asia from producing desalinized water?
a)

The process is easy.

b)

The process is not needed due to plentiful water sources in the region.

c)

The process is very expensive

d)

The process is extremely budget friendly

17.
What type of climate dominates the region of North Africa and the Middle East?
a)

hot, arid climate

b)

cool, semiarid climate

c)

temperate, wet climate

d)

tropical wet and dry climate

18.

-Control of Jerusalem

-Location of Aquifers

-Jewish settlement

These factos made it difficult to create a boundary line between Israel and  ____.

a)

Iraq

b)

Lebanon

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Palestine

19.
If you practice a religion that includes a belief that one’s life must be lived in submission to God based on messages from the Prophet Muhammad, you are practicing --
a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Judaism

20.

The State of Israel is created after the 1947 United Nations General Assembly called for the partition of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. This major change to the world map was a result of --

a)

the outcome of the Spanish American War

b)

the outcome of WW I

c)

the outcome of WW II

d)

the outcome of the Vietnam War

21.

A series of anti-government protests that happened in Arab countries across North Africa between 2010 - 2012

a)

Partition Plan

b)

Arab Spring

c)

Holocaust

d)

Yellow Vest Protests

22.
Which man-made structure connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea? 
a)
Strait of Hormuz
b)
Persian Gulf 
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Atlantic Ocean
23.

What country is number 1?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Oman

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Yemen

e)

Iran

24.

What country is number 8?

a)

Israel

b)

Jordan

c)

Syria

d)

Turkey

e)

Lebanon

25.

What country is number 10?

a)

Israel & Palestine

b)

Lebanon

c)

Syria

d)

Turkey

e)

Jordan