Middle East Chapter Test
Roughly how much of the population in the Middle East is under 25 years old?
60%
The term "Arab" generally refers to people who speak what as their first language?
Arabic
The majority of Muslims aren't what?
Arabs
Who makes up more than 80 percent of Israel's population?
Arabs
The Middle East has been referred to as the crossroads of the world because it connects the three continents, what are those continents?
Asia, Africa, and Europe.
In the Muslim religion women have how many rights?
Few or no rights.
Who is associated with the 9-11 attacks on the United States?
ISIS
Where is Mashhad a middle east city located?
Iran
Where is Tehran a middle east city located?
Iran
Where is Baghdad a middle east city located?
Iraq
Whos calendar is based on lunar cycles, unlike the Gregorian and other calendars that are based on the Earth's rotation around the sun?
Islamic
People of the Muslim faith must make a yearly pilgrimage to where?
Jerusalem
What is the birthplace of two major world religions?
Jerusalem
What is the primary religion of Israel?
Judaism
What are the three largest monotheistic and Abrahamic religions in the world, each of which originates in the Middle East?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
What s the holiest place within the city of Jerusalem?
Mecca
What are the bodies of water in this area?
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Black Sea, Dead Sea, Persian Gulf, and Arabian Sea.
What was was between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Mesopotamia
What is a Muslim place of worship is known as?
Mosque
Who is the prophet who is considered the founder of the Islam religion?
Muhammad
The majority of Arabs are what?
Muslims
What was established to control the price of oil in the world?
OPEC
Different problems can occur when trying to ship what around the world?
Oil
What is Israel's greatest resource?
Oil
The words Islam and Muslim are derived from the what Arabic word meaning peace?
Salam
Where is Jeddah a middle east city located?
Saudi Arabia
Where is Riyadh a middle east city located
Saudi Arabia
Where is Damascus a middle east city located?
Syria
Where is Halab a middle east city located?
Syria
The discovery of Oil brought enormous wealth to who?
The Arabian Peninsula.
What is the salty lake located in this region?
The Dead Sea
What was the first mosque built in the Middle East?
The Dome of the Rock
Both who have long standing historical ties to the middle east?
The Jews and Arabs
What was established with the goal of the Palestine's regaining the land they felt is theirs?
The PLO
What is the largest desert in the region?
The Rub al-Khali
What is a Muslim group which supports terrorist?
The Taliban
What are the rivers are found in this region?
The Tigris and Euphrates
The followers of Islam believe Muhammad rose up to heaven on what?
The Western Wall
Is Afghanistan in the Middle east?
True
Is Iran in the Middle east?
True
Is Iraq in the Middle east?
True
Is Israel in the Middle east?
True
Is Jordan in the Middle east?
True
Is Kuwait in the Middle east?
True
Is Lebanon in the Middle east?
True
Is Oman in the Middle east?
True
Is Pakistan in the Middle east?
True
Is Palestine in the middle east?
True
Is Qatar in the Middle east?
True
Is Saudi Arabia in the Middle east?
True
Is Syria in the Middle east?
True
Is Turkey in the Middle east?
True
Is United Arab Emirates in the Middle east?
True
Is Yemen in the Middle east?
True
Where is Ankara a middle east city located
Turkey
Where is Istanbul a middle east city located?
Turkey
Where is Izmir a middle east city located?
Turkey
