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Geography Nine Weeks Quiz
Geography Nine Weeks Quiz
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1
What are the two main sects of the Islamic religion?
Shi'a and Sufi
Sunni and Sufi
Shi'a and Sunni
Hebrew and Sunni
2
Great Britain and France desired immediate control of the Middle East in order to ____.
Separate the Kurdish ethnic group
Weaken Islamic governments
Buy up the land before other European countries could
Control oil profits
3
The United Nations gave ____ and ____ control of partitioning the Middle East.
France and Germany
Palestine and Israel
France and Great Britain
Iran and Iraq
4
About 80% of which country's followers are Hindu?
China
Korea (North and South)
India
Japan
5
Muhammad is the major prophet of which religion?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
6
Which country is east of Iran?
Turkey
Kuwait
Jordan
Afghanistan
7
The India Ocean is between which three continents?
Asia, Africa, and Oceania/Australia
Africa, North America, and Europe
Asia, North America, and South America
Africa, Oceania/Australia, and Europe
8
______ is an important shortcut because it allows for trade between three continents.
The Red Sea
The Strait of Hormuz
The Suez Canal
The Dead Sea
9
Which Arabic countries were consulted about the divisions of territory in the Middle East?
Iraq and Iran
Israel and Palestine
none
Afghanistan and Turkey
10
Which country will become the world's most populated country in the next ten years?
Japan
China
United States
India
11
Which Middle Eastern ethnic group has been divided into four separate countries?
Kurds
Persians
Shi'a
Sunni
12
What did Confucius believe was the way to bring peace to ancient China?
People need to follow all the teachings of the Buddha.
People needed to behave with good character and virtue.
People need to pray to their ancestors for guidance.
People need to maintain physical cleanliness.
13
Which Middle Eastern country has worked since 1979 to erase all US influence from its culture?
Syria
Palestine
Iran
Jordan
14
What is the world's most populated country?
United States
China
Japan
India
15
What is the Holy Book of the Christians?
Quran
Torah
Sutra
Bible
16
The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are located inside what country?
Syria
Egypt
Iran
Israel
17
_____ is a belief in one god.
Oneotheism
Monotheism
Atheism
Polytheism
18
During World War I, the _____ sided with the Central Powers, who lost the war.
Islamic Empire
Iranian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Shi'a Muslims
19
The Arabian Sea is the most northwestern part of the _____ Ocean.
Pacific
Indian
Atlantic
Arctic
20
Who is the major prophet of Christianity?
Jesus
Moses
Muhammad
Abraham
21
What is the Holy Book of the Jews?
Torah
Quran
Bible
Sutra
22
In ____, the United Nations partitioned Palestine into the Jewish Israel and Arabic Palestine.
2001
1900
1918
1948
23
What is the holy book of the Muslims?
Torah
Quran
Sutra
Bible
24
Which is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Worship only one God.
Wage war on all non-Muslims.
Pray five times a day.
Give to the poor.
25
Which religion prays to guidance from ancestors who have become kami spirits?
Buddhism
Shintoism
Hinduism
Confucianism
26
Which religion originated in India and follows the teaching of one man?
Hinduism
Shintoism
Confucianism
Buddhism
27
Moses is considered to be the greatest prophet of which religion?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Monotheism
28
Which of the following is not true about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
They are monotheistic.
They all claim Jesus as a prophet of their religion.
Jerusalem is a holy city for all three religions.
The all formed their identities in the Middle East.
29
The Strait of Hormuz is important because much of ________ passes through this body of water.
the world's gunpowder supply
the world's coal supply
the world's spice supply
the world's oil supply
30
Sunni Muslims believe that:
A country's leader does NOT need to be related to Muhammad.
A country's leader MUST be related to Muhammad by blood.
31
There is constant conflict between Palestinians and Israelis living in the area of the ______.
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Sea of Galilee
32
Which two rivers start in the mountains of Turkey and run parallel through some places of Iraq?
Tigris and Jordan
Jordan and Euphrates
Euphrates and the Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
33
Shi'a Muslims believe that:
a country's leader MUST be related to Muhammad by blood.
A country's leader does NOT need to be related to Muhammad.
