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1
Most Arabs practice what religion?
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
2
Which religion do most
Turks
practice?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
3
What is Arable land?
Land that contains oil.
Land that is controlled by the Arabs.
Land that is used for industrial growth.
Land that is suitable for farming.
4
Which best describes
ISIS
?
Led by Osama Bin Laden and was responsible for 9/11.
Led by Muammar Gaddafi and responsible for the Ebola scare.
Led by the Taliban and is responsible for invading Kuwait.
Terror group responsible for beheadings located in Syria
5
Which best describes
Al-Qaeda
?
Led by Saddam Hussein and is responsible for beheadings.
Led by the Taliban and is responsible for invading Kuwait.
Led by Muammar Gaddafi and responsible for the Ebola scare.
Led by Osama Bin Laden and was responsible for 9/11.
6
What does it mean for the Mesopotamians to domesticate plants animals?
Let them grow wildly.
Tame for human use.
Have a house pet.
Make new hybrids of plants and animals.
7
Who was the leader of the terrorist network, Al-Qaeda, which was responsible for 9/11?
ISIS
Osama Bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
Muammar Gaddafi
8
Which religion is the dominant religion of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia?
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
9
Who is the world's largest consumer of oil?
United States
Iran
China
Russia
10
What is the name of the trading route that connected the Far East with the Mediterranean Sea?
Silk Road
Jade Road
Satin Road
Cotton Road
11
What was the major reason as to why the US invaded Afghanistan?
To take out ISIS
To take over their oil production.
September 11th Terrorist attacks.
The Cold War
12
What is the desalination process used for?
Process of taking salt out of seawater.
Process of adding salt to freshwater.
Import freshwater
Use bottled water
13
What religion is
NOT
an example of
monotheism
?
Religion of Ancient Egyptians
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
14
Which country is the Middle East's largest producer or supplier of oil?
Saudi Arabia
Iran
UAE
Kuwait
15
Over 80% of the citizens of Israel practice which religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
16
OPEC
controls the price and production of what commodity?
Petroleum
Gold
Uranium
Coal
17
What religion is
NOT
an example of
polytheism
?
Christianity
Religion of the Ancient Egyptians
Hinduism
Religion of the Ancient Greeks
18
Which group of people does
NOT
have a country to call their own?
Uzbeks
Kazaks
Kurds
Jews
19
The Middle East is considered a "crossroad" because...
of its vast resources
two continents meet there
three continents meet there
four continents meet there
20
What was the main reason that US attacked Saddam Hussein and Iraq in 2003?(Different than 1991)
To get Iraq out of Kuwait.
9/11
To catch Bin Laden
To stop the production of WMD's
21
Iraq invaded which country in 1991 to control all of the oil coming out of the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kuwait
Yemen
22
Which government was ruling Afghanistan and protecting Bin Laden when the US invaded in 2001?
ISIS
a Dictator
Taliban
Al Qaeda
23
When did the Middle East start producing large amounts of oil?
after World War II
right before the Persian Gulf War
2,000 years ago
1973
24
Which of the following countries economy's suffers when oil prices drop?
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
All of these.
Libya
25
Which is
NOT
something that can be produced from Petroleum?
Oil
Aluminum
Plastic
Diesel
26
Which Sea was destroyed when the Soviets diverted waters that were its source in Central Asia?
Aral
Black
Sea of Galilee
Caspian
27
What is the name of the place that 3 different religions all hold claims that it is sacred?
Holy Land
West Bank
Gaza Strip
The Black Rock of Kabba
28
What is a hajj?
Muhammad's mystic midnight journey to Jerusalem.
Journey by the Jews to their new homeland in Palestine.
Traveling along the Silk Road.
A Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lives.
29
Who founded Islam and where was it founded?
Muhammad / Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Abraham / Medina, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad / Cairo, Egypt
Abraham / Jerusalem, Israel
30
Which event sparked the call for the creation of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine?
World War I
The Cold War
The Great Depression
The Holocaust
31
Which religion has the most followers in the world?
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
32
Which is
NOT
a denomination of Islam?
Sunni
Arab
Shiite
33
A Muslim house of worship is called what?
a Cathedral
a Mosque
a Synagogue
a Church
34
The Fertile Crescent is one of the world's oldest agricultural sites.
False
True
35
The "Two State Solution" is thought of as the answer to what conflict?
Israel and Palestine
Iran and Iraq
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Syria and Lebanon
