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6th Grade Geography: Ch 9-10 - MidEast
6th Grade Geography: Ch 9-10 - MidEast
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1
What groups makes up the majority of Dubai's population?
Native born people
merchants selling goods
foreign immigrants who live there permanently
guest workers
2
What is the term for an underground channel that brings water to villages in the Iranian Plateau?
Diffusion
Irrigation
Qanat
Oasis
3
The Taliban doesn't allow which group of people to attend school?
foreigners
females
non-Muslims
poor
4
Which Babylonian leader was known for his code of laws?
Suleyman
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Alexander
5
What best describes Dubai's population change over the past 60 years?
The population has remained about the same
The population has decreased
The population has increased rapidly
The population has increased slowly
6
Which major religion did NOT begin in the Middle East?
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
7
Islamic place of worship
qanats
mosque
intifada
terrorists
8
A civilization switches from hunting animals and gathering fruits and nuts, to planting crops and domesticating animals
pilgrimage
agricultural revolution
desertification
cultural hearth
9
What body of water is this?
Gulf of Oman
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
10
What has made Istanbul an important city throughout history?
Early civilizations developed in the area
It is a holy city in Islam
It was the capital of many empires
It lies at the junction of many trade routes
11
an Arabic term for an uprising or rebellion
qanats
terrorists
mosques
intifada
12
Which city is considered holy to Judaism, Christianity AND Islam?
Mecca
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Alexandria
13
What type of government does Saudi Arabia have?
dictatorship
reoublic
monarchy
communist
14
What does
Mesopotamia
mean?
Land Between the Rivers
Valley of the Gods
Sea of Dangers
Fertile Crescent
15
What formed both the Anatolian and Iranian Plateaus?
flooding
desertification
seismic activity
melting glaciers
16
What does
monotheism
mean?
belief in no gods
belief in false gods
belief in one god
belief in many gods
17
What is the largest desert in the world?
Gobi
Sahara
Arabian
Syrian
18
What body of water is this?
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Gulf of Oman
Persian Gulf
19
a spreading out of something
oasis
silt
qanat
diffusion
20
What was the monarch of the Ottoman Empire called?
sultan
emir
sheikh
pharaoh
21
Who stood up to the Taliban in support of women's education and survived an assassination attempt?
Malala Yousafzai
Golda Meir
Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Kemal Ataturk
22
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
Mississippi
23
What type of government does Israel have?
republic
monarchy
dictatorship
communist
24
What is NOT a main reason people in the Middle East migrate?
trade
herding
jobs
better climate
25
What is one thing Muslims are required to do at least once in their lifetime?
sail down the Nile
pilgrimage to Mecca
climb Mt. Sinai
bathe in healing waters of the Persian Gulf
26
What is the term for an area of fertile land in a desert?
Diffusion
Irrigation
Qanat
Oasis
27
The Taliban are group of extremists who rule which country?
Kuwait
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
28
Which civilization invented the first wheeled vehicles?
Sumerians
Egyptians
Persians
Babylonians
29
How was the modern nation of Israel created?
It was created by Germany after the Holocaust
It was created by Arabs before World War II
It was created by the British after World War I
It was created by the UN after World War II
30
What is the written language of ancient Sumer and Babylon called?
heiroglyphics
cuneiform
alphabet
cyrillic
31
Which of the following is Dubai's economy NOT based on?
agriculture
trade
toursim
oil
32
What is a
pilgrimage
?
a holy artifact
a religious journey
a fancy restaurant
a place of rest
33
people who use violence to achieve political results
intifada
terrorists
mosques
qanats
34
Fine particles of soil; sometimes deposited after a river floods
qanat
silt
oasis
diffusion
35
Of the four main periods in ancient Egypt's history, which is the oldest?
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Early Dynastic Period
36
Israel has been involved in a long dispute over territory with what other group of people?
Babylonians
Egyptians
Syrians
Palestinians
37
What is a
dynasty
?
a TV show from the 1980s
a war amongst different groups in the same country
a period of economic growth
a series of rulers from the same family
38
diverting water to crops
irrigation
diffusion
petrochemicals
petroleum
39
What did the Egyptians build to serve a tombs for their leaders?
qanats
river dams
heiroglyphs
pyramids
40
What is the written language of ancient Egypt called?
cyrillic
cuneiform
heiroglyphics
alphabet
41
What was the monarch of ancient Egypt called?
emir
sheikh
sultan
pharaoh
42
crude, unrefined oil
irrigation
diffusion
petrochemicals
petroleum
43
Which country was Saddam Hussein the dictator of?
Iraq
Kuwait
Iran
Afghanistan
44
chemicals made from crude oil
diffusion
petroleum
irrigation
petrochemicals
45
What is a
guest worker
?
a prisoner that is forced to do labor
a person cannot find a job
a person from a foreign country who works in another country temporarily
a person one invites into their house to work, clean, and cook
46
How did the Ottoman Empire gain wealth and power?
controlling fertile lands in Egypt and Mesopotamia
oil production
controlling and taxing trade routes
salt and gold mining
47
Who do Muslims consider to be the last and most important prophet?
Jesus
Mohammed
David
Abraham
48
What landform is this?
Caspian Sea
Arabian Peninsula
Sahara Desert
Anatolian Plateau
49
What is one of the two rivers Mesopotamia is between?
Euphrates
Blue Nile
Tigris
White Nile
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What important resource is found in the lands surrounding the Persian Gulf?
Petroleum
Gold
Copper
Coal
