Middle East Test

Question 1

What is the name of country E?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 2

What is the largest country in Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 3

What are the Quran, the Bible, and the Torah?

Accepted Answer

holy books

Question 4

Which religion has the most followers?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 5

Which city is important to all 3 religions?

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 6

How did the Ottoman Empire become very large and wealthy?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 7

What is the cause of most conflicts in the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

religious fighting for control of land

Question 8

What is NOT achievements of the Mesopotamian civilizations?

Accepted Answer

advanced chemistry

Question 9

What are Ramadan, Easter, and Yom Kippur?

Accepted Answer

religious celebrations

Question 10

What contributed to the development to civilization?

Accepted Answer

agricultural development

Question 11

What is the name of country A?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 12

What is the name of country D?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 13

Why are these two regions grouped together as a region?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 14

Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids?

Accepted Answer

to prepare Pharaoh for the afterlife

Question 15

How are the cities of Dubai and Istanbul alike?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 16

What made these 3 religions different from other religions of their time?

Accepted Answer

monotheism

Question 17

What is the name of water feature F?

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf

Question 18

What is NOT one of the 3 religions that began in this area?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 19

What is the name of water feature G?

Accepted Answer

Arabian Sea

Question 20

What are child-brides?

Accepted Answer

young girls forced into marriage in Afghanistan

Question 21

Where is the Nile River located?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 22

What is the major natural resource of Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Question 23

Why was the Aswan High Dam built?

Accepted Answer

hydroelectricity/ flood control

Question 24

Which religion came first?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 25

What is the name of the religious extremist group that controls Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

Taliban

Question 26

What is the name of country B?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 27

Where do the Tigris and Euphrates empty?

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf

Question 28

What is desertification?

Accepted Answer

Fertile land that becomes dry and unusable.

Question 29

What are mosques, churches, and synagogues?

Accepted Answer

places of worship

Question 30

What two regions make up the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

North Africa and Southwest Asia

Question 31

What is the longest river in the world?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 32

What type of land cover is most of the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

Desert

Question 33

How has Dubai changed due to oil wealth?

Accepted Answer

small village----> large city

Question 34

What is the name of country C?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 35

Name the two rivers found in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

Euphrates and Tigris

Middle East Test

Questions 35

Middle East Test

Questions 35