1. Middle East Review
7th Grade World Studies

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. 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

19. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

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

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

32. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. 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

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

41. Question #40
What country did U.S. forces enter to look for terrorist leader Osama bin Laden?
Iran
Israel
Kuwait
Afghanistan

42. Answers C 11. D A 12. D B 13. B D 14. B C 15. C A 16. C C 17. A
A A
B A
C D
A A
C C
D A
B C
C C
D D
C D