Transcript MiddleEastReviewforMiddleSchool

QUESTION 1
 What is another term that describes the region of
Southwest Asia?
 MIDDLE EAST
QUESTION 5
 What is the name of the land inhabited by
Palestinian Arabs but controlled by Israel west of
the Jordan River?
 WEST BANK
QUESTION 9
 What is the name of the sea that is part of the
Indian Ocean near the countries of India, Pakistan,
Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula?
 ARABIAN SEA
QUESTION 11
 What dry and mountainous landlocked country
that once had the Taliban government borders
Pakistan and Iran?
 AFGHANISTAN
QUESTION 13
 What country in the Middle East borders the
Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and
Lebanon and is considered the holy land to the
religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
 ISRAEL
QUESTION 16
 Turkey has built dams on the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers to generate hydroelectric power. Syria and
Iraq complain that Turkey uses too much of the
water. This environmental issue involves
 Water rights
QUESTION 20
 Which country in the Middle East has the most oil
reserves in the world and uses profits from this
industry to build schools, roads, and provide jobs
for its citizens?
 SAUDI ARABIA
QUESTION 15
 What resource is scarce (in very limited supply) in
the Middle East due to its arid (dry) climate?
 FRESH WATER
QUESTION 21
 What is the name of the organization that consists
of countries that have an abundance of oil and
control the price and supply of petroleum (oil) they
produce?
 O.P.E.C. - Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
QUESTION 23
 What agricultural method of acquiring water does
Israel and other countries use to grow crops in dry
regions of the country?
 IRRIGATION
QUESTION 3
 What two rivers begin in Turkey and eventually
flow into Syria and Iraq before going into the
Persian Gulf?
 EUPHRATES and TIGRIS RIVERS
QUESTION 7
 What narrow body of water connects the Persian
Gulf to the Arabian Sea and is an important
waterway for oil trading countries in the Middle
East?
 STRAIT OF HORMUZ
QUESTION 12
 What is the large country on the Arabian Peninsula
that is very dry and borders the Red Sea, Arabian
Sea, and Persian Gulf?
 SAUDI ARABIA
QUESTION 10
 What small country with lots of oil borders the
Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia?
 KUWAIT
QUESTION 14
 What large country borders Iraq, Turkey,
Afghanistan, and Pakistan and used to be part of
the Persian Empire?
 IRAN
QUESTION 24
 What type of economic system is found in Saudi
Arabia, in which the government controls basic
industries like oil and farming and does not allow
the citizens to have businesses and profit by selling
their products?
 COMMAND ECONOMY
QUESTION 22
 Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait all border the
Persian Gulf and are members of OPEC. What
resource do these countries rely on to become rich
and build their economy?
 OIL
QUESTION 26
 Which country in the Middle East has this type of
government where there is a supreme religious
leader (Ayatollah Khamenei) and a president
(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)?
 IRAN
QUESTION 28
 Which country has a parliamentary democracy
with a president and prime minister while a
powerful legislature called the Knesset that is
influence by Jewish Law?
 ISRAEL
QUESTION 32
 What are the three monotheistic religions that
originated in Mesopotamia in the Middle East?
 JUDAISM
 CHRISTIANITY
 ISLAM
QUESTION 31
 What is the name of a good that is bought and
shipped into the country because they don’t have
enough to meet their own country’s demand?
 IMPORT
QUESTION 2
 What river shares a border between Israel and
Jordan and is part of a dispute between these
countries over the valuable resource of fresh
water?
 JORDAN RIVER
QUESTION 17
 The extraction of what abundant resource in the
Middle East causes a lot of air, soil, and water
pollution?
 OIL (PETROLEUM)
QUESTION 4
 What is the name of the sea that separates Africa
from Asia that borders Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
 RED SEA
QUESTION 18
 What body of water in Egypt that connects the Red
Sea to the Mediterranean Sea is considered a very
important trade route?
 SUEZ CANAL
QUESTION 8
 What is the name of the gulf in the Middle East
that borders oil rich nations such as Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran?
 PERSIAN GULF
QUESTION 6
 What is the name of the narrow strip of land in
Israel that is close to Egypt that is a source of
tension between Arabs and Jews?
 GAZA STRIP
QUESTION 19
 What resource is plentiful in the Middle East that
they are able to export for a profit that helps their
economies?
 OIL
QUESTION 29
 What is the name of a good that is a surplus (extra)
in one country and is sold and shipped out to
another country?
 EXPORT
QUESTION 36
 Place of worship for Jews?
 SYNAGOGUE
QUESTION 33
 What was the 1st religion to believe in only one God
that was founded by Abraham that developed in
Canaan, which is modern day Palestine and Israel?
 JUDAISM
QUESTION 45
 What are the two main sects (groups) of Muslims
that disagree over who should succeed (replace)
Muhammad as the leader of Islam?
 SUNNI AND SHIA
QUESTION 39
 What is the religious text for Islam?
 QURAN
QUESTION 42
 What are the most important teachings of Islam?
 FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
QUESTION 34
 What city in Israel is considered holy to the three
major religions that began in the Middle East
“Southwest Asia”?
 JERUSALEM
QUESTION 37
 What religion teaches that there is one god and
that Muhammad is the prophet?
 ISLAM
QUESTION 46
 Which Muslim group makes up a majority of all
Muslims in the world (85%) and believes that the
people should decide who is the Islamic leader and
successor to Muhammad?
 SUNNI
QUESTION 40
 Followers of Islam?
 MUSLIMS
QUESTION 43
 What religion later spread into the Roman empire
and eventually became the dominant religion in
Europe?
 CHRISTIANITY
QUESTION 38
 The origins (beginnings) of Islam started in what
city in Saudi Arabia?
 MECCA
QUESTION 41
 Who was the founder of Christianity?
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 JESUS
QUESTION 48
 What religion was founded by Jesus Christ that
continues the teachings of Judaism and teaches
about love and forgiveness?
 CHRISTIANITY
QUESTION 35
 What is the term that defines a religion as
worshipping just one God?
 MONOTHEISM
QUESTION 44
 Which religion would spread due to migration and
military factors from Saudi Arabia into the rest of
the Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe,
and parts of South/east Asia?
 ISLAM
QUESTION 47
 Which Muslim group makes up a minority (15%) of
all Muslims in the world and believes that
Muhammad’s successor should be a descendent or
relative of Muhammad?
 SHIA
QUESTION 60
 While Judaism and Christianity are practiced in
Southwest Asia, what religion is most common in
the Middle East?
 ISLAM