NG World Geo study Mid East N Africa

Question 1

What two continents meet in Turkey?

Accepted Answer

Europe and Asia

Question 2

What is the longest canal in the world?

Accepted Answer

Grand Canal of China

Question 3

What is the secret agreement to divide the Ottoman Empire called?

Accepted Answer

Sykes-Picot

Question 4

Between which seas is Armenia located?

Accepted Answer

Black and Caspian

Question 5

What is the largest sand desert on the Arabian Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Empty Quarter

Question 6

What is called the incubator of Western civilization?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 7

What three cultures intersect in Tunisia?

Accepted Answer

African, European, and Islamic

Question 8

Which empire forced Armenians from their homes in WWI?

Accepted Answer

Ottoman

Question 9

What areas did Palestinians declare as the State of Palestine in 1988?

Accepted Answer

West Bank and Gaza

Question 10

What was the last country to allow women to drive?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 11

On which peninsula did Churchill propose an assault in WWI?

Accepted Answer

Gallipoli

Question 12

What feature starts in Turkey and ends in Kenya?

Accepted Answer

Great Rift Valley

Question 13

What movement aimed to establish a Jewish homeland?

Accepted Answer

Zionist Movement

Question 14

The Kurds lack what?

Accepted Answer

Recognized homeland

Question 15

What are the two main purposes of canals?

Accepted Answer

Transportation and moving water

Question 16

The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia led to what movement?

Accepted Answer

Arab Spring

Question 17

Which country used chemical weapons in Halabja in 1988?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 18

What was North Africa's strategic importance in WWII?

Accepted Answer

Geographic connections

Question 19

Turkey controls the passage between which waters?

Accepted Answer

Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

Question 20

What divides the Mediterranean Sea into parts?

Accepted Answer

Underwater ridge between North Africa and Sicily

Question 21

The name Palestine is based on which group?

Accepted Answer

Philistines

Question 22

What two cities in Saudi Arabia are holy to Muslims?

Accepted Answer

Mecca and Medina

Question 23

What is a cherished symbol for Armenians?

Accepted Answer

Mount Ararat

Question 24

What is a journey with a religious purpose called?

Accepted Answer

Pilgrimage

Question 25

What did Churchill call the 'soft underbelly' of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Sicily and Italy

Question 26

The Suez Canal is the longest canal without what?

Accepted Answer

Locks

Question 27

What is the western limit of the Mediterranean Sea?

Accepted Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 28

Which British minister supported a Jewish homeland in 1917?

Accepted Answer

Arthur Balfour

Question 29

Most of ancient Mesopotamia is in which country?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

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