Southwest Asia Test

Question 1

What peninsula comprises western turkey?

Answer 1

Anatolian

Question 2

What peninsula is in eastern Egypt?

Answer 2

Sinai

Question 3

What is the capital of turkey?

Answer 3

Ankara

Question 4

What is the capital of Iran?

Answer 4

Teheran

Question 5

What is Turkey’slargest city?

Answer 5

Istanbul

Question 6

Whag buildings convert sea water into drinking water?

Answer 6

Desalination plants

Question 7

What is the name for ancient tunnels that carry water to cities?

Answer 7

Qanats

Question 8

What is a disadvantage of dams?

Answer 8

Expense, siltstion, salt infiltration

Question 9

What dam blocks the Nike River in southern Egypt?

Answer 9

Aswan high dam

Question 10

In what country in the region was oil first discovered?

Answer 10

Iran

Question 11

In the early 1900s, who helped Iran pump out its oil?

Answer 11

Foreign companies

Question 12

Besides oil, what other energy recourse is prominent in the region?

Answer 12

Natural gas

Question 13

What is the largest ethnic group in the region?

Answer 13

Arabs

Question 14

What large ethnic group is a minority in four contiguous countries? Name those four countries?

Answer 14

Kurds. Iran, Iraq, Syria, and turkey.

Question 15

What is the major ethnic group of Iran?

Answer 15

Persians

Question 16

Name two ethnic groups that live in Iran?

Answer 16

Persians, Kurds, and Arabs.

Question 17

What is the first part of the holy book called?

Answer 17

Tanakh

Question 18

Who did god tell the patriarch to sacrifice?

Answer 18

Isaac

Question 19

Name two Jewish kings?

Answer 19

Saul, David, Solomon

Question 20

In what building do Jews worship?

Answer 20

Synagogue or temple

Question 21

What are the Jewish religious leaders called?

Answer 21

Rabbis

Question 22

In what century was Islam founded?

Answer 22

7th century

Question 23

What is the name for the essential beliefs of Islam?

Answer 23

Pillars

Question 24

Name three of the Islamic essential ideas?

Answer 24

Fasting, charity, journey, prayers, and solegod

Question 25

What is the Islam's holy book?

Answer 25

Koran

Question 26

What country has the largest Muslim population in the world?

Answer 26

Indonesia

Question 27

Which country in the region has the largest percentage of Christian's?

Answer 27

Lebanon and cyprusy

Question 28

What are the Christian's in Lebanon called?

Answer 28

Maronites

Question 29

What percentage of Egypt's population do the Copts comprise?

Answer 29

About 10%