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

• Qur'an

• Islam

• Torah

• Judaism

• Bible

Match the prophets to the religion.

• Judaism

• Jesus

• Christianity

• Abraham and Moses

• Islam

• Muhammad

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

• Islam

• Christianity

• JUdaism

Match the ethnic group to its description

• Persians

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

• Arabs

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

• Kurds

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

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

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

• Sunni & Shia Muslim Conflict

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

• Kurdish Nationalism

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

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