Middle East Review 7th Grade World Studies

Question#1 What rivers are like twin rivers flowing through Turkey and Iraq? Jordan and Tigris Jordan and Euphrates Tigris and Euphrates Red and Jordan

Question #2 What narrow waterway is an important shipping channel of oil? Strait of Hormuz Persian Gulf Gaza Strip Red Sea

Question #3 What are the latitude and longitude of a point called? Degrees Coordinates Minutes Seconds

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

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

Question #6 Over the last 50 years, residents have been leaving the nomadic life to live here Cities Oases Farms Villages

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

Question #8 What are groups identified on the basis of religion, race, or national origin? Religious groups Ethnic groups Kurds Jews

Question #9 What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and Iraq? Jews Kurds Shiites Sunnis

Question #10 What group is both an ethnic and religious group? Jews Arabs Muslims Persians

Question #11 What are three prominent religions in the Middle East? Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism Persian, Islam, Judaism Judaism, Islam, Christianity

Question #12 Where do almost all Middle Eastern Jews live? Saudi Arabia Turkey Iran Israel

Question #13 What are two major groups of Muslims? Sunnis and Persians Sunnis and Shiites Arabs and Christians Kurds and Jews

Question #14 There is usually a high correlation between the standard of living and The price of oil The literacy rate Religion population

Question #15 The State of Israel was established in 1802 1980 1948 1600

Question #16 A government that is controlled by a religious leader is a Democracy Monarchy Theocracy Parliamentary system

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

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

Question #19 The government controls everything in this type of economy Market Traditional Command Mixed

Question #20 What type of economy does Israel have? Parliamentary Traditional Command Market

Question #21 This is a tax on imported goods Tariff Quota Trade embargo export

Question #22 This is a restriction on the amount of a good that can be imported Tariff Quota Embargo Export

Question #23 This forbids trade with another country Tariff Quotas Embargo export

Question #24 What organization was formed in 1960 by five oil-rich countries? OPEC OPIC CSO CWOFS

Question #25 The type of money used by a country is called Bank deposits Dollars Currency Conversion

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

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

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

Question #29 This person has an idea for a good or service and takes the risks to produce it Money manager Investor Banker Entrepreneur

Question #30 What large empire broke up after World War I? Roman Empire Arabic Empire Ottoman Empire Aztez Empire

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

Question #32 A major conflict in the Middle East is between Arab states and Israel Iraq Iran Turkey

Question #33 During WWII, six million Jews were killed in what is called the Generation of Genocide Apartheid Night of Broken Glass Holocaust

Question #34 The movement to united displaced Jews and settle them in Palestine was called Zionism Anti-Semitism Homecoming Immigration

Question #35 Who wanted to rid the world of “its Jewish problem”? Osama bin Laden Saddam Hussein Adolf Hitler Zionists

Question #36 Prejudice against Jews is known as Anti-Semitism Zionism Imperialism Apartheid

Question #37 Which country did Saddam Hussein rule? Kuwait Afghanistan Iraq Israel

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

Question #39 When did terrorists attack the World Trade Center in New York City? 1999 2005 1980 2001

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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