1. Review Basketball Middle East Geography

2. Letter B BEST represents which feature in the Middle East?
A. Tigris River
B. Strait of Hormuz
C. Suez Canal
D. Gaza Strip A B C D

3. 2. What is located at letter D?
Red Sea 3. What letter is the Persian Gulf? C A B C D

4. Another name for the Middle East is
Southwest Asia
Southeast Asia
North Africa
Arabian Peninsula

5. A. Southwest Asia

6. The Suez Canal connects what 2 bodies of water?
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Red Sea and Arabian Sea

7. C. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

8. What letter is Saudi Arabia. D What country is letter C
What letter is Saudi Arabia? D What country is letter C? Israel What country is letter B? Iraq C B A D

9. The amount of fresh drinking water has been affected by all except
Pollution from the oil industry
Leaking sewers and septic tanks
Drought
A reduction in air pollution

10. D. A reduction in air pollution

11. Religious groups are different than ethnic groups because religious groups
A. require a common ancestry.
B. do not exist in the Middle East.
C. have a common belief system.
D. require everyone to be in the same ethnic group

12. C. have a common belief system.

13. A group with somewhat common ancestry and shared culture is the definition of a
Religious group
Ethnic group
A family
The Sunnis

14. B. Ethnic group

15. What ethnic group is the largest in the Middle East?
Persians
Kurds
Jews
Arabs

16. D. Arabs

17. What ethnic group makes up the majority of people in Iran?
Kurds
Muslims
Persians
Arabs

18. C. Persians

19. _____controls the oil in the world market.UN
OPEC
WHO
NASDAQ

20. B. OPEC

21. Which religion is NOT monotheistic?
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism

22. A. Hinduism

23. Place the religions in order from oldest to youngest: Christianity, Islam, Judaism

24. Judaism, Christianity, Islam

25. What religion attends mosque and studies the Koran?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Kurds

26. A. Islam

27. Jesus Christ is the founder of the religion.
Christianity
Followers worship in a synagogue.
Judaism
Muhammad founded this religion.
Islam
Worshipers follow the Five Pillars of Faith.
Most people in the Middle East follow this religion.

28. What is the primary disagreement between Sunni and Shia Muslims. A
What is the primary disagreement between Sunni and Shia Muslims? A. who should be Muhammad’s successor B. whether or not the religion should be monotheistic C. how to divide water and oil rights in the region D. should Kurds or Arabs be in charge of the religion

29. A. who should be Muhammad’s successor

30. What resource is scarce in the Middle East?
Oil
Water
Natural gas
Air

31. B. Water

32. Most residents of the Middle East must live near
a water source
a desert
an oil supply source
A mountain range

33. A. a water source