Title: Middle East
1Middle East
Review
2 Hebrew is the sacred language.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
3 The holy building is called a church.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
4God is called Allah.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
5 The weekly holy day is Shabbat (Friday night to
Saturday night)
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
6 The holy building is called a mosque.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
7The weekly holy day is Sunday.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
8 Koran is the holy book.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
9 Mecca is the holiest city.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
10 The holy building is called a synagogue.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
11This groups worships the trinity.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
12 The Sahara Desert spans
100 square miles
10,000 square miles
3.5 million square miles
13The most precious resource in the Middle East is
diamonds
water
cattle
14 A place where water comes to the surface in a
desert area is called
a stream
a wadi
an oasis
15 The __________ connects the Mediterranean Sea to
the Red Sea
Suez Canal
Persian Gulf
Dead Sea
16 The _______ is the lowest place on earth.
Atlantic Ocean
Dead Sea
River Jordan
17 Dry stream beds that fill with water only after
rainfall are called _______.
wadis
gulfs
oasis
18 The one country in the Middle East whose
religious majority is Jewish is __________________
.
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Pakistan
19 A landform which produces a semi arid climate is
called a ___________.
steppe
desert
mountain
20The Middle East is a region primarily on the
continent of ____________.
Europe
Africa
Asia
21 _______ is an important part of the economy in
the Middle East.
Gold
Oil
Religion