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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

Answers • C 11. D • A 12. D • B 13. B • D 14. B • C 15. C • A 16. C • C 17. A • B 18. B • B 19. C • A 20. D • A 31. A • B 32. A • C 33. D • A 34. A • C 35. C • D 36. A • B 37. C • C 38. C • D 39. D • C 40. D

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