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Help students prepare for upcoming test on the Middle East.
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1
What is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East?
Persians
Kurds
Arabs
Muslims
2
Who is the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
Moses
Muhammad
Jesus
3
Muhammad found what Religion?
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Muslim
4
What is the name of the facility that Muslims worship in?
Church
Mosque
Temple
Synagoguge
5
Which religion is the oldest?
Judaism
Shinto
Islam
Christianity
6
What is the name of the strait that connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman?
Suez
Hormel
Hormuz
Tigris
7
What connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?
Strait of Hormuz
Tigris River
Suez Canal
Gaza Strip
8
What country borders Iraq, Saudi Arabia and has access to the Persian Gulf?
Egypt
Iran
Kuwait
Turkey
9
What Palestinian territory is located in the southwestern corner of Israel in this photo?
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
West Bank
10
Most Jews in the Middle East live in what country?
Turkey
Iran
Egypt
Israel
11
What is the name given to food that Muslims must eat?
Kosher
Indian
American
Halal
12
What country is #10
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
13
What number is Iraq?
15
17
1
8
14
Which answer below is NOT a solution to water pollution?
Laws and regulations to punish people who pollute the world.
Educating people on the harmful effects of pollution.
Better Plumbing and Human Sanitation Plants
Desalination plants to filter out salt from the sea water.
15
What holy book do Jews cherish and utilize in prayer.
New Testament
Quran
Torah
Bible
16
Territory is located on the eastern side of Israel that borders the bank of the Jordan River?
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
West Bank
Palestine
17
Which answer below is not a solution to water shortage?
Desalination
Waste Water
Ground Water
Fossil Water
18
Which country below is NOT a member of OPEC?
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iraq
Turkey
19
What language do Persians speak?
Kurdish
Hangul
Farsi
English
20
The belief in only one God.
Absolutism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Theocracy
21
What is the name of the facility that Jews pray in?
Mosque
Church
Schools
Synagogue
22
This country is considered the leader of OPEC and located at #1
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Iran
23
In Iran the majority of people belong to what ethnic group?
Persian
Spartan
Kurd
Arab
24
The religious leader in the Jewish faith is called a?
Imam
Rabbi
Nun
Priest
25
What river divides Israel and Jordan?
Mississippi
Tigris
Euphrates
Jordan
26
What ethnic group in the middle east lives in Northern Iraq, Syria and Turkey in Kurdistan?
Muslims
Arabs
Persians
Kurds
27
What are the 3 main monotheistic religions of the Middle East?
Catholic, Protestant & Lutheran
Judaism, Christianity & Islam
Judaism, Christianity & Muslim
Kurdish, Arabs, & Persians
28
After Muhammads death in 632 CE, Islam split into two groups, what are the two groups?
Muslim & Jew
Christians & Hebrews
Kurdish & Arab
Sunni & Shia
29
The Holy Book for those that practice Judaism is?
Qur'an
New Testament
Torah
Vedas
30
Which definition below describes a Religious group?
People that share the same belief system.
People that have absolutely nothing in common.
People that live in the same city and like the same food.
People that share the same location, language and culture.
31
Laws or rules that Muslims live by, including prayer, charity, fasting, and visiting Mecca.
Five Pillars
Polytheism
Ten Commandments
Fourteen Noble Truths
32
Trade barrier placed on a country to stop or limit trade with that country; usually done for political reasons.
boycott
tariff
embargo
quota
33
Which answer below is NOT a cause for water shortages?
There are numerous rivers to draw water from.
There are very few rivers to draw from?
Countries dam rivers up to hoard water for their own country.
Most areas of the middle east only average 3 inches of rain per year.
34
How are Americans rights protected in the United States?
By law in the constitution and the Bill of Rights.
They are not protected, they can be taken away at any time.
By law in the Ebenezer Middle School student handbook.
By law in the declaration of Independence
35
In Saudi Arabia most people choose NOT to live where due to extreme heat and lack of resources?
Close to the Tigris River
Near the coast on the Red Sea
The Rub Al Khali Desert
Near the coast on the Persian Gulf
36
When the legislative branch of government elects the leader of a country, what type of government is it?
Presidential Democracy
Autocratic Monarchy
Parliamentary Democracy
Autocratic Dictatorship
37
The Euphrates rivers DOES NOT flow through which country?
Turkey
Syria
Iran
Iraq
38
What holidays signifies the birth of Jesus Christ for Christians?
Hannukah
Ramadan
Easter
Christmas
39
What is the name of a religious leader in the Islamic Faith?
Priest
Rabbi
Buddha
Imam
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You can change your ethnic group when you are 18 years old?
False
True
