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- 1. Multiple Choice
This country's capital is Damascus and it has been torn apart by a long civil war that stemmed from the Arab Spring in 2011.
Syria
Kuwait
Egypt
Libya
- 2. Multiple Choice
With its capital of Baghdad, this country was once home to advanced empires. Today large parts of it are controlled by ISIS and the US has been involved in several conflicts here.
Iran
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
- 3. Multiple Choice
This country has been ruled by a fundamentalist Shi'ite government since 1979. Its supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, rules in the name of Islamic Sharia Law. Its people speak Persian Farsi.
Iran
Syria
Egypt
Iraq
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the plan, that Great Britain and FRANCE came up with, to divide the Ottoman Empire (Or the MIDDLE EAST) called?
Balfour Declaration
The Shah
Ottoman Division
Sykes-Picot Agreement
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Holocaust spurred the creation of what?
Israel
A country Jewish people could call home
A Zionist movement of Jewish people to the Middle East
All of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the world’s largest ethnic group without a country to call their own?
Jewish
Arabs
Turkish
Kurdish
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the driving force behind the Middle East’s economy and has made it very prosperous?
Education
Farming
Oil
Mining
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the process called when one removes salt from seawater, so it can be used for irrigation and personal use?
Falaj System
Drip Irrigation
Irrigation
Desalination
- 9. Multiple Choice
What group controls the world oil price per-barrel?
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
The Shah (SHAH)
The Arabic Collaboration of Oil (ACO)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the holy pilgrimage to the Kaaba Stone called?
The Hajj
The Medina
The Ramada
The Fatwa
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the Zionist movement?
What is the Zionist movement?
A jihad by Islamic extremists against the Western world
The movement of Jewish people back to Israel
The eradication of Jewish people that live in the Middle East
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat body of water is home to much of the Middle East's oil?Red SeaAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPersian Gulf
- 13. Multiple ChoiceMoses founded which religion?JudaismChristianityIslam
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat country was formed around Judaism?Saudi ArabiaJordanLebanonIsrael
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat are Palestinians and Israelis fighting over?waterfoodlandreligion
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich religions all began in the Middle East and consider Israel a holy place?Judaism, Christianity, IslamJudaism, Christianity, HinduismChristianity, Hinduism, BuddhismJudaism, Islam, and Sikhism
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThis is Iran's form of government (government based on religion)theocracymonarchydictatorshipdemocracy
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich country does the US believe sponsors terrorism and is trying to make nuclear weapons?IranIraqIsrael
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich religion is the majority religion in the Middle East?IslamJudaismChristianity
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis is Syria's form of government (leader rules with total power and control)theocracydictatorshipmonarchydemocracy
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