Southwest Asia Unit Pre-Test

People generally live near

• Cities and coastlines

• Deserts and Mountains

• Deserts and Cities

• Mountains and Cities

____________________ is a major factor in the development of the Middle East

• Gold

• Crops

• Oil

• Gemstones

Who founded the religion of Islam

• Jesus

• Adam

• Allah

• Muhammad

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Judaism

• The place of worship is a synagogue or temple

• Followers are called Jews

• Core beliefs come from the Ten Commandments

• The holy text is the Bible

Monotheistic Religions believe in how many Gods?

• 2

• Unlimited

• 1

• 3

Which empire broke up and became modern day Turkey?

• United Nations

• Ottoman

• Kurdish

• Sunni

Why was Israel created?

• The Kurds wanted somewhere to live

• The Ottomans fell apart

• None of the surrounding countries wanted the land where Israel is

• The idea that Jews should have their own land, began.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that there is conflict in the Middle East?

• There is lots of water available

• There is an unequal distribution of oil

• There is a lack of good land to farm

• There is unequal control of rivers

Who invaded Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War?

• Saudi Arabia

• Russia

• Iraq

• West Bank

The United States invaded Afghanistan to look for ______________ after 9/11

• George W. Bush

• Osama bin Laden

• Hitler