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Middle East Final Exam
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Standards
Test
Questions
SS7G5: Locate the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
following features 8 9 10 11 12
in Southwestern
13 14 15 16
Asia.
17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
SS7G6:
Pollution/Irrigation
25
SS7G7: Location
of population and
__/=25___%
resources
SS7G8: Culture,
religious, and
ethnic groups
26 27 28 29
SS7CG4:
Governments and
30 31 32
distribution of
power
SS7CG5: National ___/7=___%
governments in the
Middle East
SS7E5: Economic
Systems
SS7E6: OPEC
SS7E7: GDP &
Human Capital
SS7H2: Middle
Eastern History
33 34 35 36
37 38 39
Does
Not
Meet
Meets
minus
>18
18-19
<5
>5
>6 but not
exceed on
performance
tasks and/or
formative
assessments
7 and #46
<5
>5
>6 but not
exceed on
performance
tasks and/or
formative
assessments
7 and #47
<5
5/6
6
___/7=___%
40 41 42 43
44 45
___/6=___%
Meets
Exceeds
>20 but not >23 and #48
exceed on
performance
tasks and/or
formative
assessments
Directions: Identify the countries on the map below.
5.
3
2.
4.
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6.
1.
1. What country is this?
a. Iran
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Afghanistan
4. What country is this?
a. Iran
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Afghanistan
2. What country is this?
a. Iran
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Afghanistan
5. What country is this?
a. Kuwait
b. Israel
c. Iran
d. Afghanistan
3. What country is this?
6. What country is this?
a. Iran
a. Kuwait
b. Israel
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
c. Iran
d. Iraq
d. Afghanistan
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7. How have dams created problems in Southwest Asia?
a. Dams are too expensive.
b. Dams limit water available to other countries.
c. Not enough technology to build dams
d. Not allowed to build dams.
8. How has the discovery of oil in some Southwest Asian countries affected the economic
development of this area?
a. Those with oil need less water than the other countries around them.
b. Having oil has made very little difference in the economy.
c. The discovery of oil has meant that no other industries have developed.
d. Those countries with oil reserves are much richer than those countries that have
not found oil in their territory.
9. Many nomads living in the deserts of the Middle East have made their living by
a. Farming
c. Working in the oil industry
b. Mining and hired labor
d. Trading animals and handmade goods
10. Which describes the climate of much of Southwest Asia?
a. Hot and dry
c. Tropical and rainy
b. Windy and cold
d. Moderate and cool
11. Which ethnic group is most numerous in the Middle East?
a. Jews
c. Arabs
b. Kurds
d. Persians
12. What modern country is home to the most of the Persians?
a. Iran
c. Afghanistan
b. Iraq
d. Israel
13. What is the religion of most Arabs in Southwest Asia?
a. Christianity
c. Hindu
b. Judaism
d. Islam
14. What is the main belief that distinguished the Jewish faith from the others in the ancient
world?
a. The belief in life after death
c. Worshipping a single god
b. Jesus Christ is the son of God
d. Offering sacrifices to idols.
15. What is the holy writing of Judaism?
a. Torah
c. Constitution
b. Koran
d. New Testament
16. Which basic belief is specific to Christianity?
a. Jesus Christ was the Messiah
c. Christians worship many gods
b. The Ten Commandments
d. Human sacrifices
17. What is the relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
a. The three religions all believe in different gods.
b. All three religions accept Jesus as the “Son of God.”
c. Unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam won new converts only by war and force.
d. Islam includes much of the old and New Testaments in its holy book, the Quran.
18. Why did Islam divide into Shia and Sunni Muslims?
a. They were arguing over who should lead. C. Both groups wanted the Kabul.
b. They wanted to have more churches.
D. They disagreed over a mosque.
19. Identify which person spread the Gospel after Jesus’ death.
a. Muhammad
c. Moses
b. Abraham
d. Paul
Use the map below to answer questions #20 - #24.
20. Which number is located on the Red Sea?
a. 1
c. 4
b. 12
d. 6
21. Which number is located close to the Suez Canal?
a. 13
c. 5
b. 6
d. 3
22. Which number is located on the Strait of Hormuz?
a. 13
c. 6
b. 1
d. 3
23. Which number is located close to the Persian Gulf?
a. 8
c. 4
b. 12
d. 11
24. Which number is located close the Tigris River?
a. 8
c. 11
b. 7
d. 4
25. Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
a. It is a major trade route between the Red and Mediterranean Sea.
b. It connects the Tigris to the Euphrates River.
c. It connects the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea.
d. It connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.
26. Identify the country from the clues below:
*autocracy
*command economy
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Israel
*leading OPEC country
* Unitary
c. Kuwait
d. Turkey
Use the word bank below to answer questions #27, 28. and 29.
Word Bank:
a. democracy and presidential
b. theocracy and oligarchy
c. parliamentary democracy
d. parliamentary theocracy
27. Turkey’s head of state is elected by the people in an open election. Which two words
above describe Turkey’s government?
28. Iran’s leadership has to be approved by the Ayatollahs. They are a small group of
religious leaders who make the important political decisions in Iran. Which two words
describe Iran?
29. Israeli citizens elect people to represent their values in government and the elected
congressmen elect the head of state. Which two words above describe Israel?
Use the word bank below to answer questions #30, #31, and #32.
Word Bank: a. unitary
b. confederation
c. federal
30. In Saudi Arabia, the king holds all the central power. What type of system is this?
31. In Iraq, a constitution was written to give some powers to both state and national
governments. What type of government system is this?
32. OPEC is made up of countries that come together for a common purpose. What type of
system is this?
33. Why does the organization of OPEC play a powerful role in the world economy?
a. OPEC controls the oil supply in the world market.
b. This organization is a part of the United Nations.
c. OPEC builds dams along rivers shared by several countries.
d. OPEC membership includes many oil companies owned by firms in the United
States.
34. What part of the Saudi economy is most fully under a command system?
a. Oil industry
c. Textile manufacturing
b. Agriculture
d. Technology production
35. Which of these four countries is the most command?
a. Saudi Arabia
c. Iraq
b. Israel
d. Iran
36. What is a quota?
a. A tax on imported goods.
b. A limit on the number of foreign goods that can be brought into a country.
c. A tax placed on goods and services when they are bought
d. A decision to not to prevent certain goods from being imported
37. If a country does not invest in public schools and human capital, what happens to the
GDP?
a. There is not effect.
c. The GDP decreases.
b. The GDP increases.
d. Everyone keeps their jobs.
38. Israel specializes in all of the following industries EXCEPT
c. Oil
c. Communication
d. Defense
d. Farming and agriculture
39. Israel does not trade with Iran. Iran has laws that prohibit trade with Israel. What is this an
example of?
a. Tariff
c. Tax
b. Quota
d. Embargo
40. Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?
a. The Suez Canal is Iraq’s only waterway leading into the Persian Gulf.
b. The Suez Canal is the only way for ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.
c. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
d. The Suez Canal connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf.
41. Why did the UN form a coalition to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait?
a. The UN was mad at Iraq.
b. Many countries would have been economically impacted.
c. The UN intervenes whenever a member country has a conflict with another
country.
d. The UN protects small countries.
42. What problems were caused by European countries creating boundaries for new countries
in the Middle East after World War II?
a. Ethnic and religious groups were not taken into account.
b. European countries forgot the Kurds.
c. Powerful leadership positions were filled by European sympathizers.
d. All of these are true.
43. The holiest city for Muslims is ______________.
a. Constantinople
c. Jerusalem
b. Riyadh
d. Mecca
44. Muslims, Jews, and Christians want control of Israel, and especially Jerusalem because…
a. It was the home of Muhammad. c. Moses took it from the Babylonians.
b. Holy landmarks are there.
d. Jesus started his preaching there.
45. Which statement below describes the Holocaust?
a. The murder of millions of Jews during WWII.
b. The destruction of all Jewish governments.
c. The bombing of towns and villages by the Germans during WWII.
d. The Russian policy of burning holy ground to stop the German invasion.
46. As a Parliamentary form of government, how is the prime minister of South Africa
elected?
a. All citizens vote for the president
b. The national assembly elects the president
c. The legislature appoints the Prime Minister.
d. The president is elected by the cabinet.
47. Yemen and Lebanon are very different countries. Compare the data below related to the
standard of living, and answer the question below.
Literacy Rate
GDP (per capita)
Life Expectancy
Unemployment rate
Yemen
50.2%
$2,600
63.25 years
35%
Lebanon
87.4%
$11,100
73.66 years
9.2%
Which country has a higher standard of living? Explain your answer using the information
above.
a. Yemen
b. Lebanon