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Which Middle Eastern peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world?
Arabian Peninsula
Korean Peninsula
Egyptian Peninsula
Alaskan Peninsula
2
Territory ruled by an Arab tribal leader...
Quran
Mecca
Sheikdom
Shari'ah
3
A hot, dry, suffocating wind that blows from time to time....
Kafala
Simoom
Monsoon
Shamal
4
What does the Red Sea possess that makes it so unique?
Oil Reserves
High Pollution
Choke Point
Coral Reef
5
A seasonal wind that brings in warm/wet air in summer and cool,dry wind in winter...
Shamal
Kafala
Simoom
Monsoon
6
What region of the Arabian Peninsula do most inhabitants live?
Desert
Coastal Plains
Oases
Mountains
7
Which two religions have been fighting over land near Jerusalem since the creation of Israel?
Jews and Muslims
Jews and Christians
U.S. and Iraq
Muslims and Christians
8
What energy resource has made some Middle Eastern nations/people wealthy today?
Coal
Gold
Water
Oil
9
Mesopotamia, where earliest civilizations started, lies between what two rivers?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
Amazon and Tigris
Jordan River and Dead Sea
10
A style of government where there is one head of state, with complete control over the country?
Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
11
Israel was created in 1948 as a homeland for whom?
Muslims
Jews
Immingrants
Christians
12
A mound or ridge of sand formed by wind is called a....
Plateau
Plain
Terrace
Dune
13
Who is the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
Saddam
Mecca
Quran
14
The law in which Muslims live their life by? Derived from the Quran and teachings of Muhammad
Shari'ah
Quran
Shia
Sunni
15
What is the climate of the Sahara and Rub-al-Khali Desert?
Humid Subtropical
Continental
Steppe
Arid
16
Which branch of Islam regards Muhammad's son-in-law Ali and the imams as rightful successors?
Shi'ites
Sunni
Shia
Shari'ah
17
Choose all options that are adaptations to living in the desert.
ghutra
camels
thawb
exercise
18
Water in the Middle East is ...
Scarce
Abundant
Red
Unusable
19
One solution to the shortage of fresh water in the Middle East is...
Buying from other countries
Conquering new water sources
Desalination
Creating a new alternative to water
20
What does
AMNESTY
mean?
Granting citizenship to immigrants
Allowing students to skip school
Creating jobs for immigrants
releasing prisoners from jail
21
Which branch of Islam regards the first four prophets of Muhammad as his rightful succesors?
Sunni
Shia
Shari'ah
Quran
22
The pilgrimage that Muslims must make to Mecca at least once in their life...
Hajj
5 Pillars
Shari'ah
Fasting
23
A strategic, narrow waterway between two large bodies of water
Choke Point
Strategy
Strait
Bridge
24
The Middle East is centrally located between what three continents?
Asia and Australia
North and South America
Europe, Asia, and Africa
Europe and Africa
25
What is caused by underground water pooling in one fertile region?
Tent
Well
Oasis
Ghutra
26
The removal of salt from the seawater to make it usable for drinking and irrigation is called?
Choke Point
Desalination
Filtering
Pollution
27
A style of government where there is one head of state...
Republic
Monarchy
Democracy
Absloute Monarchy
28
Governement policy as it is influenced by physical, human, and economic geography...
Absolute Monarchy
Monarchy
Geopolitics
OPEC
29
Much of the Middle East is covered by what?
Forests
Great Plains
Islands
Deserts
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A northwesterly wind in the Persian Gulf...
Monsoon
Simoon
Kafala
Shamal
