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Origins Of The Middle East
Test Description: Religions and Cultures of the Middle East Ottoman Empire and the end of WWI
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe that
A
Everyone must travel to Mecca.
B
Jesus was the Messiah.
C
Muhammad went to heaven.
D
There is only one god.
2) Most people who live in the Middle East belong to which ethnic group?
A
Arab
B
Kurd
C
Bahai
D
Persian
3) 90% of all people in the Middle East practice the religion of ___________________.
A
Judaism
B
Islam
C
Christianity
D
Hinduism
4) Almost all of the Jews in the Middle East live in which country?
A
Iraq
B
Israel
C
Iran
D
Saudi Arabia
5) This ethnic group are found mainly in the mountainous parts of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. There is also a strong nationalist movement among this group for their own nation, but they have never united in this effort outside of their individual countries
A
Kurds
B
Jews
C
Persians
D
Arabs
6) Which two European countries became major players in controlling big chunks of the Middle East after WWI? This land was part of the former Ottoman Empire.
A
Great Britain and France
B
Persia and Turkey
C
Spain and Portugal
D
Germany and Italy
7) The ____________ ethnic group can be found mainly in Iran and speak the language of Farsi. They are the dominant ethnic group in Iran.
A
Kurds
B
Persians
C
Jews
D
Arabs
8) People who follow the religion of Islam are known as _____________________.
A
Muslims
B
Bahais
C
Kurds
D
Persians
9) The belief in one god or one supreme being is known as ________________.
A
ethnic group
B
fertile
C
irrigation
D
monotheism
10) A group of people who share common characteristics, such as language, physical appearance, customs, traditions, and religion.
A
religious group
B
race
C
peer group
D
ethnic group
11) a group of people who share a common belief system but are not necessarily composed of a single ethnic group
A
peer group
B
religious group
C
ethnic group
D
race
12) Which of the following is not a reason that the Ottoman Empire began to decline in powers towards the end of the late 1800s and early 1900s? (There may be more than one answer. Mark all that apply.)
A
The fought on the losing side of WWI.
B
Nationalist movements and rival powers fought for control of the land.
C
Exploration of new lands by Europeans caused by taxes on goods by the Ottomans slowly bankrupted the empire.
D
The Ottoman Empire began expanding their power and territory into east Asia.
13) What two reasons lie at the heart of most conflicts in the Middle East?
A
oil and ethnic differences
B
land and religion
C
language and government
D
resources and riches
14) Most of the time, Muslims would live together peacefully, but often when conflict would arise, Muslims would split among these two groups.
A
Buddhists and Hindus
B
Sunni and Shia
C
Jews and Christians
D
Kurds and Persians
15) Europe wanted control of what resource in the Middle East region at the end of WWI and used that to determine how they partitioned the land.
A
oil
B
cotton
C
gold
D
water
16) A region in southwestern Asia on the Mediterranean that was the country of the Jews in Biblical times and is now occupied by Arabs and Jews.
A
Oman
B
Egypt
C
Palestine
D
Turkey
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