Test Review

Question 1

Riverbeds that remain dry except during the rainy seasons are-

Answer 1

Wadis

Question 2

This is an area of extremely fertile land in the northeast. It is also known as a culture hearth as many civilizations formed here using the rivers and soil to their benefit

Answer 2

The Fertile Crescent

Question 3

The eastern most year-round flowing river of the Fertile Crescent which supported several ancient civilizations is called the-

Answer 3

Tigris River

Question 4

The western most year-round flowing river of the Fertile Crescent which supported many ancient civilizations is the-

Answer 4

Euphrates River

Question 5

This River is a natural boundary between Israel and Jordan and also provided water for this section of the region.

Answer 5

Jordan River

Question 6

This landlocked Israeli sea has a 31.5% salt level as a result of an old blockage to the sea outlet. It is so salty that only bacteria can live there. This sea is also the lowest place on earth.

Answer 6

Dead Sea

Question 7

About 1/2 of the earths oil reserves are found here. Many countries depend on the oil collected here.

Answer 7

Southwest Asia, along and in the Persian Gulf

Question 8

This valuable resource is useful in many ways, one of which being to provide power. It is plentiful in Turkey,Iran,Lebanon,and Afghanistan, but other areas are not so fortunate.

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

A vast desert, also called the Empty Quarter or “place where no one comes out, approximately the size of Texas, on the Arabian Peninsula. Rainfall here is very rare and temperatures can exceed 150 degrees F

Answer 9

Rub al-Khali

Question 10

A method of saving water by using small pipes just above ground that only drip as much water as the crop needs is called-

Answer 10

Drip Irrigation

Question 11

The removal of salt from ocean water is called-

Answer 11

Desalinization

Question 12

Water pumped from underground aquifers is called _______ because it has been in the aquifer for long periods of time. _________ has a very small chance at being replaced because it rains so little.

Answer 12

Fossil Water

Question 13

The job of a _______ is to convert crude oil pumped from the ground into useful products.

Answer 13

Refinery

Question 14

What is the PATIO group?

Answer 14

Persians
Arabs
Turks
Israelis 
Others (Cypriots,Kurds,Azeri,Pashtuns)

Question 15

What do Persians speak, and where do they reside?

Answer 15

Farsi

Iran/Persia

Question 16

What do Arabs speak and where do they reside?

Answer 16

Arabic

21 countries in SW Asia and N Africa

Question 17

What do Turks speak and where do they reside?

Answer 17

Turkish

Turkey

Question 18

What do Israelis speak and where do they reside?

Answer 18

Hebrew

Israel

Question 19

What do Cypriots speak and where do they reside?

Answer 19

Greek/Turkish

Cyprus

Question 20

What do Kurds speak and where do they reside?

Answer 20

Kurdish

Iraq,Iran,Syria,Turkey

Question 21

What do Azeri speak and where do they reside?

Answer 21

Azerbaijani

Turkey

Question 22

What to Pashtuns speak and where do they reside?

Answer 22

Pashtu/Afghan/Persian

Afghanistan

Question 23

What is the definition of theocratic?

Answer 23

Religious leaders control the government

Question 24

Belief in one all powerful God is called-

Answer 24

Monotheistic

Question 25

The ____ is a group to help members control the worldwide oil prices by adjusting oil prices and quotas. Members include Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Iran and Iraq and it was founded in 1960.

Answer 25

OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 26

Jerusalem is important because---

Answer 26

It is a religious city of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism and therefore the site high tensions between all three religions

Question 27

The land controlled by Britain and is considered the Jewish homeland is called-----

Answer 27

Palestine

Question 28

What is Zionism?

Answer 28

A movement in the 19th century to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Question 29

Palestinians were mainly either ____ or _____.

Answer 29

Jewish or Arab

Question 30

A 1960s organization to regain land for Palestinian Arabs was the---

Answer 30

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Question 31

Thousands died in the 1967 war when Syria and Israel fought over this hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee.

Answer 31

Golan Heights

Question 32

A territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula occupied by Israel in the 1967 war.

Answer 32

Gaza Strip

Question 33

What are the three major religions in chronological order?

Answer 33

Judaism Christianity Islam

Question 34

A strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River.

Answer 34

West Bank

Question 35

One of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, differing from Shi'ite in its understanding of Sunna and its acceptance of the first three caliphs. This is the majority of Muslims

Answer 35

Sunni Muslims

Question 36

One of the two main branches of Islam, followed especially in Iran, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Mohammad's first true successor. This is the minority.

Answer 36

Shi'ite Muslims

Question 37

A nation of people without a land to legally occupy

Answer 37

Stateless Nation | Ex-Kurds

Question 38

A fundamentalist Muslim political group that imposed strict rules on people's behavior

Answer 38

Taliban

Question 39

The "land between rivers" also called the Fertile Crescent

Answer 39

Mesopotamia

Question 40

What was the Jewish/Palestinian conflict?

Answer 40

The British government divided Palestine into two regions, but the Arabs were not happy with the division so they invaded to prevent the establishment of the state and lost. Hostilities still continue

Question 41

Who founded Islam?

Answer 41

Mohammad

Question 42

What is the religious book of Islam?

Answer 42

Koran

Question 43

What are the holy cities of Islam?

Answer 43

Mecca Medina Jerusalem

Question 44

Muslims worship in a---

Answer 44

Mosque

Question 45

The place where Muslims believe Mohammad rose into heaven...its in Jerusalem

Answer 45

Dome of The Rock

Question 46

Islam's most sacred mosque located in Mecca

Answer 46

Ka'aba

Question 47

The followers of Islam are called

Answer 47

Muslims

Question 48

The Five Pillars are---

Answer 48

``` Faith-Announce their faith publicly Prayer-Pray 5 times a day Charity-Give 2.5% of income to poor Fasting-Fast during Ramadan Pilgrimage-Visit Mecca at least once (Hajj) ```

Question 49

Who founded Judaism?

Answer 49

Abraham

Question 50

What is the Western Wall?

Answer 50

A piece of the second Jewish temple ever built that was destroyed by the Romans

Question 51

What is the holy city of Judaism?

Answer 51

Jerusalem

Question 52

What is Zionism?

Answer 52

The belief that the Jewish homeland should be in Palestine

Question 53

Jews worship in---

Answer 53

Synagogues

Question 54

A day of religious observance and abstinence practiced in Judaism from Friday evening to Saturday evening

Answer 54

Sabbath

Question 55

An old part of the city where the earliest Jewish temples were housed

Answer 55

Temple Mount

Question 56

Christianity was founded by

Answer 56

Jesus

Question 57

The holy book of Christianity is

Answer 57

The Bible

Question 58

The holy city of Christianity is

Answer 58

Jerusalem

Question 59

Christians worship in

Answer 59

Churches

Question 60

What is the purpose of the 10 commandments?

Answer 60

To set guidelines by which Christians are expected to live to get into heaven

Question 61

Main Christian rituals are---

Answer 61

Communion | Baptism

Question 62

The sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection is the--

Answer 62

Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Question 63

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Answer 63

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