Middle East Test Review

Physical Geography (Know the Relative Location of the “Where is…” Questions)

  1. Where is Iran?
  2. Where is Iraq?
  3. Where are the Atlas Mountains?
  4. Where are the Caucasus Mountains?
  5. Where are the Zagros Mountains?
  6. Where is the Arabian Peninsula?
  7. Where is the Sinai Peninsula?
  8. Where is the Persian Gulf?
  9. Where is the Tigris River? What countries does it run through?
  10. Where is the Euphrates River? What countries does it run through?
  11. What is the early cultural hearth between the Tigris and Euphrates River known as?
  12. What is the climate of most of the Middle East like?
  13. What has happened to the Aral Sea over time?
  14. Explain why #13 is happening.
  15. Why is water so important to the Middle East?

Comparing Religions

16.  What’s monotheism?

  1. Who was Muhammad?

18.  What is the Islamic holy book called?

  1. What’s a mosque?
  2. What’s a minaret?
  3. Where is Mecca?
  4. Which religion was founded by Abraham?
  5. What’s a synagogue?
  6. What is the Jewish holy book called?

25.  Which religions claim Jerusalem is a holy place?

Women in the Middle East

  1. What is Sharia?
  2. How are outdoor and indoor clothes different for a woman living in Saudi Arabia?

One Land, Two People

  1. What’s Zionism?
  2. What’s the Balfour Declaration?
  3. What happened when the state of Israel was declared?
  4. Which group wants its own state in the West Bank?
  5. Why do people live in Israel?
  6. What are the main issues with the Palestinian and Jewish people?
  7. What is the PLO?
  8. What is the Intifada?

Oil in the Middle East

  1. What is the goal of OPEC?
  2. What’s desalination?
  3. What’s a chokepoint?
  4. What are some examples of chokepoints?
  5. What other industries are being developed in the Middle East?
  6. Where in the Middle East do you find the most petroleum?
  7. What’s an “embargo”?
  8. What terrorist organization was responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001?