Middle East Review

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Middle East Review

• 7th Grade World Studies

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Question1

• What rivers are like twin rivers flowing through
  Turkey and Iraq?
• Jordan and Tigris
• Jordan and Euphrates
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Red and Jordan

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Question 2

• What narrow waterway is an important shipping
  channel of oil?
• Strait of Hormuz
• Persian Gulf
• Gaza Strip
• Red Sea

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Question 3

• What are the latitude and longitude of a point
  called?
• Degrees
• Coordinates
• Minutes
• Seconds

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Question 4

• What are three major water problems in the Middle
  East?
• Too much ground water, aquifers, pollution
• Flooding, pollution, dams
• Water shortages, flooding, pollution
• Water shortage, unequal distribution, pollution

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Question 5

• What are three main oil-producing Middle Eastern
  countries?
• Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
• Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia
• Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
• Iran, Iraq, Turkey

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Question 6

• Over the last 50 years, residents have been
  leaving the nomadic life to live here
• Cities
• Oases
• Farms
• Villages

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Question 7

• Efficient rapid transit systems would help solve
  these transportation systems
• Crowded roads and water pollution
• Too many bikers and walkers
• Crowded roads and air pollution
• Donkeys and camels on the roads

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Question 8

• What are groups identified on the basis of
  religion, race, or national origin?
• Religious groups
• Ethnic groups
• Kurds
• Jews

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Question 9

• What ethnic group lives in the mountains of
  Turkey and Iraq?
• Jews
• Kurds
• Shiites
• Sunnis

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Question 10

• What group is both an ethnic and religious group?
• Jews
• Arabs
• Muslims
• Persians

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Question 11

• What are three prominent religions in the Middle
  East?
• Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity
• Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism
• Persian, Islam, Judaism
• Judaism, Islam, Christianity

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Question 12

• Where do almost all Middle Eastern Jews live?
• Saudi Arabia
• Turkey
• Iran
• Israel

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Question 13

• What are two major groups of Muslims?
• Sunnis and Persians
• Sunnis and Shiites
• Arabs and Christians
• Kurds and Jews

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Question 14

• There is usually a high correlation between the
  standard of living and
• The price of oil
• The literacy rate
• Religion
• population

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Question 15

• The State of Israel was established in
• 1802
• 1980
• 1948
• 1600

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Question 16

• A government that is controlled by a religious
  leader is a
• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Parliamentary system

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Question 17

• Examples of human rights and personal freedoms
  would be
• Right to vote and choose employment
• Right to read and vote
• Unfair trials and punishments
• Right to eat and sleep

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Question 18

• What two challenges does Israel face in building
  its economy?
• A shortage of tourists and food
• National security and immigration
• National security and nuclear waste
• Immigration and food shortages

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Question 19

• The government controls everything in this type
  of economy
• Market
• Traditional
• Command
• Mixed

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Question 20

• What type of economy does Israel have?
• Parliamentary
• Traditional
• Command
• Market

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Question 21

• This is a tax on imported goods
• Tariff
• Quota
• Trade embargo
• export

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Question 22

• This is a restriction on the amount of a good
  that can be imported
• Tariff
• Quota
• Embargo
• Export

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Question 23

• This forbids trade with another country
• Tariff
• Quotas
• Embargo
• export

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Question 24

• What organization was formed in 1960 by five
  oil-rich countries?
• OPEC
• OPIC
• CSO
• CWOFS

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Question 25

• The type of money used by a country is called
• Bank deposits
• Dollars
• Currency
• Conversion

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Question 26

• When a company educates and trains it people, it
  is
• Investing in natural resources
• Investing in transportation
• Investing in infrastructure
• Investing in human capital

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Question 27

• When a country invests in transportation systems
  and power plants, it is
• Investing in natural resources
• Investing a capital
• Investing in entrepreneurship
• Investing in human capital

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Question 28

• A country with crumbling bridges and damaged
  roads is demonstrating
• Lack of human capital investment
• Lack of entrepreneurs
• Lack of capital investment
• Lack of food

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Question 29

• This person has an idea for a good or service and
  takes the risks to produce it
• Money manager
• Investor
• Banker
• Entrepreneur

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Question 30

• What large empire broke up after World War I?
• Roman Empire
• Arabic Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Aztez Empire

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Question 31

• Which two countries divided the Middle East into
  countries after World War I?
• Britain and France
• Britain and Canada
• France and Germany
• Italy and Portugal

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Question 32

• A major conflict in the Middle East is between
  Arab states and
• Israel
• Iraq
• Iran
• Turkey

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Question 33

• During WWII, six million Jews were killed in what
  is called the
• Generation of Genocide
• Apartheid
• Night of Broken Glass
• Holocaust

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Question 34

• The movement to united displaced Jews and settle
  them in Palestine was called
• Zionism
• Anti-Semitism
• Homecoming
• Immigration

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Question 35

• Who wanted to rid the world of its Jewish
  problem?
• Osama bin Laden
• Saddam Hussein
• Adolf Hitler
• Zionists

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Question 36

• Prejudice against Jews is known as
• Anti-Semitism
• Zionism
• Imperialism
• Apartheid

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Question 37

• Which country did Saddam Hussein rule?
• Kuwait
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Israel

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Question 38

• Iraq invaded Kuwait and international forces
  joined to help Kuwait in this war
• Vietnam War
• Korean War
• Persian Gulf War
• Sunni/Shiite War

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Question 39

• When did terrorists attack the World Trade Center
  in New York City?
• 1999
• 2005
• 1980
• 2001

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Question 40

• What country did U.S. forces enter to look for
  terrorist leader Osama bin Laden?
• Iran
• Israel
• Kuwait
• Afghanistan

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Answers

1. C 11. D
2. A 12. D
3. B 13. B
4. D 14. B
5. C 15. C
6. A 16. C
7. C 17. A
8. B 18. B
9. B 19. C
10. A 20. D

1. A 31. A
2. B 32. A
3. C 33. D
4. A 34. A
5. C 35. C
6. D 36. A
7. B 37. C
8. C 38. C
9. D 39. D
10. C 40. D