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Mountains stretching in northwestern Africa through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Himalayas Mountains
2
Largest country in North Africa, 3.5 X the size of Texas.
Egypt
Morocco
Algeria
Israel
3
Pakistan emerged as an independent sovereign state on ________________
August 14, 1947
September 4, 1947
August 4, 1947
August 14, 1948
4
The longest river in the world, flows more than 4,000 miles, 95% of Egyptians depend on it
Mekong River
Nile River
None of the above
Yellow River
5
Two of the most important rivers in the Middle East
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Nile and Amazon Rivers
Yellow and Mekong Rivers
Ganges and Danube Rivers
6
Major ethnic groups in the Middle East include.:
Arabs, Dutch, British, Kurd, and Caucasians
Iranians, Arabs, Jews, Kurd, and Caucasian
None of the above
Arabs, Iranians, Jews, French, and Kurd.
7
6.1 million people living in the Middle East are Israelis living in ________________
Syria
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
8
Kabul is the capital of _______________
Lebanon
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Syria
9
__________ is the capital of Tunisia.
Tunis
Algiers
Beirut
Jerusalem
10
Oldest monotheistic religion.
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
11
This is the spoken language in Iran.
Arabic
French
Hebrew
Farsi
12
These mountains are in Afghanistan
Taurus
Zagros
Hindu Kush
Elburz
13
About _____ % of people who live in Israel are ____________.
12, Arabs
12, Jews
82, Jews
82, Arabs
14
The Suez Canal connects the ____________ and ____________ Sea.
Arabian, Red
North, Carribean
Black, Caribbean
Red, Mediterranean
15
Goods from Asia flow through this canal to ports in Europe and North Africa.
None of the Above
Panama Canal
Corinth Canal
Suez Canal
16
Many Algerians speak ___________ and __________.
Arabic, French
Arabic, German
German, Frenc
Spanish, French
17
Majority of the Middle East is extremely _________
Semiarid
Hot
Cold
Arid
18
The _____________ Sea is a landlocked salt lake. It is the lowest exposed crust on
Arabian
Caspian
Dead
Red
19
Major languages in Afghanistan.
Arabic, Dari, Turkic
Dari, Pashtun, Turkic
None of the above
Arabic, Hebrew, French
20
All Three monotheistic religions believe in one God.
True
False
21
______________ is the gift of the Nile.
Egypt
Morocco
Syria
Palestine
22
____________ gained independence from France in ___________
Palestine, 1948
Egypt, 1956
Morocco, 1956
Morocco, 1936
23
The Middle East consists of approximately ________ countries.
15
29
34
20
24
It was founded in 1948.
Syria
Israel
Palestine
Lebanon
25
All Three monotheistic religions have a holy book.
False
True
26
Rabat is the capital of _____________
Egypt
Morocco
Palestine
Syria
27
_____________ is the most famous desert in the Middle East.
Sahara Desert
Namib Desert
Mojave Desert
Rub Al Khali Desert
28
Majority of North Africa has a ____________climate.
Desert
Tropical
Mediterranean
Arid
29
Tunisia is a mix of __________ and __________ ancestry.
Arab, Dutch
Arab, Muslim
Arab, Berber
French, German
30
Most people in Iran are ____________ Muslims.
Druze
Zoroastrians
Sunni
Shi'ite
31
____________ developed from Judaism, follows the teaching of Jesus Christ.
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
32
__________ is the capital of Pakistan.
Tunis
Algiers
Islamabad
Kabul
33
These mountains are in Turkey
Hindu Kush
Zagros
Taurus
Elburz
34
Rainfall in North Africa is mainly in the ______________
Autumn
Summer
Spring
Winter
35
Around the Atlas Mountains, the Climate is ___________
Semiarid
Mediterranean
Arid
Desert
36
The two sects of Islam are: ___________ and ____________
Buddhists, Hindus
Sunni, Shia
Orthodox, Jews
Catholics, Protestants
37
The ___ conflict became the major political and military problem in the Middle East after WWll.
German/Israeli
French/Moroccan
Palestinian/Israeli
Arab/French
38
Algiers is the capital of ____________.
Tunisia
Palestine
Algeria
Lebanon
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Largest hot desert in the world.
Sahara Desert
Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
Mojave Desert