7th First Nine Weeks Test Corrections

Which of these is NOT a common belief shared by Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?

• belief in the afterlife

• belief in prophets

• belief in the Bible

• belief in one god

Which religion is practiced by MOST people in the Middle East?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

Match the sacred book to the correct religion.

• Christianity

• Torah

• Islam

• Bible

• Judaism

• Qur'an

Match the prophets to the religion.

• Islam

• Abraham and Moses

• Judaism

• Muhammad

• Christianity

• Jesus

What religion do most Persians, Kurds, and Arabs practice?

• Islam

• Christianity

• JUdaism

Match the ethnic group to its description

• Kurds

• the largest ethnic group, mostly practice Islam, originally from Arabian Peninsula, speak Arabic

• Persians

• lives in Turkey, Syria, Iraq & Iran, mostly practice Islam, & speak Arabic & Kurdish

• Arabs

• mostly lives in Iran, speaks Farsi, and mostly practices Islam

Match the vocab word to its definition

• Southwest Asia/Middle East

• the area of the world we have been talking about

• Religious group

• a group of people who share common characteristics, like language and culture

• Ethnic group

• a group of people who share common beliefs

Match the conflict in the Middle East to its name.

• Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

• This group was promised their own land, but never got it, so they are still looking for their own land

• Kurdish Nationalism

• Arabs & Jews fighting over land - they both believe God gave them this land

• Sunni & Shia Muslim Conflict

• Both groups disagree on who should be in charge of the Muslim faith

How have the dams in Turkey caused problems for people in Syria and Iraq

• less water comes down for people living downstream

• no fish can live in the waters downstream

• dams are expensice and lower the standard of living

• a river can only be dammed in one place

Which industry makes SW Asia countries wealthy (rich) but also pollutes their water?

• oil

• shipping

• farming

• coal