One of the main resources of the Middle East is:
petroleum
CORRECT!
gold
molybdenum
lumber
The nation with a long, rich history of ancient civilizations along the Nile River is:
Egypt
CORRECT!
Israel
Jordan
Afghanistan
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has experienced many civilizations over the past several thousand years. The name of this area means “between the rivers” in Greek and is referred to as:
Mesopotamia
CORRECT!
Caledonia
Babylon
Egypt
Ancient Egyptians were ruled by:
pharaohs
CORRECT!
kings and queens
tsars and czarinas
emperors
Ancient Egyptians had a written language referred to today as:
hieroglyphics
CORRECT!!
Phoenician alphabet
cuneiform
sanscrit
A city that is important to three world religions is:
Jerusalem
CORRECT!!
New York
Amsterdam
Baghdad
Egyptian writings were decoded after the discovery of the:
Rosetta Stone
CORRECT!!
Ark of the Covenant
Dead Sea Scrolls
Shroud of Turin
A belief in many gods is called:
Polytheism
CORRECT!!
Monotheism
Hinduism
Anglicanism
Farmland surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is called:
The Fertile Crescent
CORRECT!!
New Macedonia
The Iliad
Bahrain
One contribution to modern law by the ancient Hebrews is:
The Ten Commandments
CORRECT!!
The Writ of Habeas Corpus
Constitutional law
The development of the Fifth Amendment
The Balfour Declaration promised the creation of a national homeland in the area known as Palestine to:
Arabs and Jews
CORRECT!
Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims
Followers of Hinduism and Islam
lumber
In 1948, Jewish people in the Middle East proclaimed independence and created the nation of:
Israel
CORRECT!
Palestine
Leabanon
Kuwait
The political borders of Middle Eastern nations were created by European nations and didn’t take into consideration:
all choices are correct
CORRECT!
language differences
religious conflicts
ethnic make up
One minority group that still yearns for a homeland in this region are the:
Kurds
CORRECT!
Mesopotamians
Balkans
Ataturks
An area of land in Israel that has been in dispute between Israelis and Arabs is:
The West Bank
CORRECT!!
Mount Everest
The Carpathians
The Balkan Peninsula
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