World Geography 2: Middle East End-of-Unit Quiz

1. Which resource does the Middle East have in abundance?

a. Oil
b. Timber
c. Nuclear power
d. Rubber
2. Which resource is scarce in the Middle East?
a. Oil
b. Water
c. Minerals
d. Natural gas
3. What is the dominant ethnic group in the Middle East?
a. Arabs
b. Berbers
c. Jews
d. Latinos
4. Which location in the Middle East is claimed by both Jews and Arabs?
a. Syria
b. Lebanon
c. Palestine/Israel
d. Mecca
5. Which is the only non-Islamic nation in the Middle East?
a. Yemen
b. Afghanistan
c. Iraq
d. Israel
6. How has the United States involvement in the Middle East affected the region?
a. It encourages Israel to ally more close to its Arab neighbors
b. It provides Israel an ally to balance out Arab nations that are opposed it.
c. It brings peace and security to the region and is welcomed there by most
nations.
d. It has a calming effect on local and worldwide Islamic terrorism.
7. Where were the worlds earliest urban civilizations found?
a. Ethiopia or Kush
b. Deccan Plateau
c. Mesopotamia, or the Fertile Crescent
d. Andes Mountains

8. How do most Middle East nations see Israel?

a. They see Israel as unjustly occupying holy lands.
b. They unite with Israel against European and American interference.
c. They trade heavily with Israel, retaining close economic ties.
d. They see Israel as a tiny, insignificant neighbor of no consequence.

World Geography 2: Middle East End-of-Unit Quiz

9. How has the creation and use of maps created conflict in the Middle East?
a. It has never created conflictthe Middle East is a relatively peaceful
region.
b. Map lines were drawn by America after the Gulf War, taking resources from
one country to another.
c. Map lines were drawn by Europe after WWI, carving the region into new
nations.
d. New maps were created after the Mohammeds conquest of Arabia in the
th
7 century A.D.
10. Countries struggle to maintain borders and national culture because:
a. They fear for their security.
b. They contain people groups who fear losing protection or rights
c. They are made up of people who are proud of their history and heritage.
d. All of the above.
11. Why might both Israelis and Palestinians want Jerusalem as their capital?
a. They like the climate and landscape.
b. Their respective religions both contain holy sites within the city.
c. They have mutual good feelings and want to exist in closer proximity.
d. They are both Islamic.
12. How has climate affected the regions resources and development?
a. It has caused people to live around water sources.
b. It has caused people in the region to emphasize extracting mineral
resources.
c. It has caused people to emphasize terracing and aquaculture.
d. A and B only.
e. None of the above.
13. Why do most people in Middle Eastern nations practice Islam today?
a. Their governments have been overrun with jihadis.
b. They have been ruled by Islamic governments for over 1400 years.
c. The Prophet Mohammed founded Islam in the region.
d. Terror networks like ISIS and Al Qaeda have been successful in converting
people.
e. B and C only.

14. What would the borders of Middle East look like if humans only took physical
geography into account when drawing countries borders? Why?
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15. Which of the following reasons did Osama Bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda, give to
justify the attack on the US on September 11, 2001??
a. Insufficient trading relationships between Islamic nations and the West
b. A lack of American businesses established on Arab soil to provide products
to Islamic customers.
c. US presence in Saudi Arabia and US support for Israel
d. US failure to supply nuclear weapons to Al Qaeda and its encouragement
of rival jihadi groups