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7th--Middle East/Southwest Asia Review
7th--Middle East/Southwest Asia Review
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#Geography review for Ch. 16-18 Test over #MiddleEast and #SouthwestAsia #MsKSMS #Team7SMS
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1
What is wedge-shaped writing made with reeds written on clay tablets?
Picture Writing
Heiroglyphics
Calligraphy
Cuneiform
2
How were ancient Egypt and Sumer alike?
Both depended on the desert for protection.
Both were theocracies.
Both used hieroglyphics.
Both used a 60-minute hour & a 60-second minute.
3
What is Egypt's capital?
Cairo
Aswan
Alexandria
Suez
4
Who established a monarchy in Saudi Arabia in 1932?
Muhammad
Saud family
Riyadh clan
Hamas family
5
Which country's revolution in 1979 overthrew the Shah and set up an Islamic Republic?
Iraq
Syria
Jordan
Iran
6
What are oil-rich countries doing to prepare for the future?
building new refinreies
using dams for hydroelectric power
investing in new industries
digging in new places for oil
7
What is Israel's economy based on?
High-Tech Equipment, Clothing, Chemicals, & Machinery
Tourism, Oil, & Natural Gas
Dairy Farming, Tourism, & Steel
Agriculture & Mining
8
What do Judiasm, Christianity,and Islam all have in common?
All began before 1000 B.C .
All were polytheistic.
None of them became dominant of an entire continent.
All were monotheistic.
9
What is the holy book of Islam?
Tanakh
Ramayana
Quaran
Makkah
10
What is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world?
Damascus
Tehran
Beirut
Cairo
11
What caused the breakup of the Ottoman Empire?
its defeat in World War I
the rise of Islam
the spread of Christianity
the ROmans
12
Which prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments?
Hammurabi
Tanakh
Moses
Muhammad
13
What is the main language of Southwest Asia?
Farsi
English
Hebrew
Arabic
14
In 1948, where did Jews set up their part of Israel?
Palestine
Iraq
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
15
What is the oldest major religion?
Judiasm
Islam
Christianity
Muslim
16
What makes up nearly 25% of Egypt's export trade?
Cotton/Cotton Products
Processed Foods
Citrus Fruits
Phosphates
17
Islam expanded into Asia, North Africa, and parts of Europe under...
Mongol Invaders.
the Ottoman Kurds.
Muhammad.
the Caliphs.
18
In 2001, the United States invaded and overthrew...
Afghanistan's Taliban Government
Palestine's Arabs
Israel's David Ben-Gurion
Iraq's Saddam Hussein
19
What is a government led by religious leaders?
Polytheism
Theocracy
Monotheism
Covernant
20
What did Muslim merchants develop?
Banking
Astronomy
Calligraphy
Arabic Numerals
21
Who attacked the United States in 2001?
al-Qaeda
Zionists
Palestinians
Kurds
22
What is the holy book of Judaism?
New Testament
Epic
Tanakh
Quaran
23
Which countries make up the Caucasus Republics?
Turkey, Iran, Iraq
Lebanon, Jordan, Syria
Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
24
Which ethnic group is often angry with United States for its support of Isreal?
Berbers
Arabs
Kurds
Turks
25
Which group settled in North Africa before the arrival of the Muslim Arabs?
Kurds
Moors
Berbers
Bantu
