Review Part Two covers the modern history of the region and our "focus" countries of Israel/Palestine, Syria and Jordan. It will be given out Friday, 3/1 and checked in class on Monday 3/5 & Tuesday, 3/6. It is not a grade, just a tool for review.
The test will have 30 matching and fill in the blank questions worth 3 points each. There will be one paragraph and one political cartoon about one of our focus countries; they are each worth 5 points. Remember: anything from the map quiz for this region may be on the test.
(I didn't reformat the review below to fit this blog, but if you need to print it out, copy and paste onto a Word Document with "narrow" margins and it will fit perfectly. 😉)
MIDDLE
EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDE – Part One
I. Map/Geography
Ø Any
political or physical features that were listed for study for the quiz may
appear on the test. They are still on
the web page.
Ø Answer
and study the following questions.
1. What mountain range is located on the norther
borders of Morocco and Algeria?______________
2.
What peninsula is bordered by the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the Indian
Ocean?___________
3.
What is the longest river in the world?___________ On which continent is it located?___________
4.
What two rivers are located in Iraq and flow into the Persian Gulf?
___________________ and
_____________________
5.
What desert spans the countries of Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia?
________________________
6.
What triangular area, bordered by water on three sides connects the continents
of Africa and Asia?
___________________________________
7.
What is the LARGE desert that covers North Africa?
______________________________
8.
What mountain range is located in southwest Iran? _____________________________
9.
What is the large body of water that separates Africa from Europe?
_________________________
10. What
river flows along the border of Jordan? ___________________________
11.
What is the body of water that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and
Iran?_________________
12. What sea is located between the Israel-Jordan
borders? ___________________
13.
What sea is located between the Arabian Peninsula and India?
___________________
14.
15. What
is the semi-arid grassland area on the southern border of the Sahara
Desert?___________
17.
What is the main source of the Nile River? _______________________ in the
country of ____________________________.
18.
Name four modern countries that are located in the Fertile Crescent. ____________,
____________________,
___________________, ______________________
II. Ancient Cultures and Religions
1.
_____________________________ is an area in Egypt that is the burial place for
more than 60 pharaohs.
2.
Why was/is the Rosetta Stone
significant?___________________________________________
_____________________________
Where can we find it today?___________________________
Why
is its current location unacceptable to Egypt?_______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
3.
Six inventions of the Mesopotamians were ___________________________,
__________________________, ______________________________, ______________________,
__________________________, and ______________________________.
4.
What is the name for the area stretching from the Persian Gulf, north between
the Tigress and Euphrates rivers, and then south to the present-day country of
Israel? ________________________
5. The
__________________ is the holy book of Judaism, and the sacred language is
___________.
6.
Christians, Muslims, and Jews all worship the God of _______________________.
7. The
building where Muslims worship is the ______________________.
8. A
holy city for Christianity, Islam, and Judaism is __________________________.
9. The
name, Mesopotamia, means “______________________________________,” and the two
rivers that border Mesopotamia are the ________ __________and __________________________.
10.
The holy book of Christianity is the ________________________.
11.
The holy day of the week for Christians is _______________________________.
12.
13.
The Star of David is the symbol of which religion? ______________________
14.
The holiest city of Islam is _____________________.
15. The
___________________________ of Mesopotamia were among the first to use a
written language called ___________________________.
16. The
building where Jews worship is the ________________________________.
17.
The holy book of Islam is the ________________________, and it is written in
the _________________ language.
18.
________________________ was the final prophet in Islam.
19. Which
religion teaches that Jesus is divine? _____________________________
23.
Christians worship in a ____________________.
25.
The religion that considers Moses the most important prophet is
_______________.
26.
Different groups within a religion are called __________________.
27.
The two major sects in Islam are ______________ and _________________.
28.
Which religion includes the concept of the Trinity? __________________________
29.
Sabbath for Jews is __________________________________________________.
30.
Who was the Mesopotamian ruler who developed the first written code of
law?_______________
MIDDLE
EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDE – Part Two
1. Who
is the king of Jordan? _________________________________
2. (Think
about) How was Jordan surprising or different from your expectations?
3. What
is the name of the terrorist group that shot Malala Yousafzai?
_______________________
What
larger extremist group are they related to? _______________________________
4. What
is a theocracy? ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5. What
is usually necessary for a theocracy to be successful?
_____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
6. Name a Middle Eastern country that has a
government that is a theocracy. ________________
7. What is a monarchy?
___________________________________________________________
8.
Name a country in the Middle East that is a monarchy_____________________________
9. What
is a dictatorship? ___________________________________________________________
10.
Name one Middle East country that has a government that is a dictatorship.
_________________
11. What
is a democracy? ___________________________________________________________
12. Name
one Middle East country that has a government that is a
democracy.__________________
13. What
is communism? ____________________________________________________________
14. Are
there any communist countries in the Middle East? If so, name it/them.
__________________
15. What
is the political union that includes Dubai? _____________________________
16. On
May 14, 1948, the British left Palestine, and Israel declared its
independence. What happened the next
day? _____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
17. By
the end of 1948, Israel had captured most of what is now Israel. Arabs fled the fighting and became homeless,
while many went to the _________________________ and _________________________
areas.
18. The
war that was started in 1967 when Israel attacked Egypt, occupied the West Bank,
Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights is known as the
______________________________.
______________________________________________________________________
19. Currently is there peace between Israel and
the State of Palestine? ____________________
20. (Think about) What kind of impact does this
conflict have on the kids on both sides of this conflict? (Think about) What
kind of evidence could you give to support your answer to this?
21. Who is the leader of Syria?___________________________
22. Why are many citizens of Syria
rebelling against the government? _________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
23. What country is supporting Syria’s
government in their fight against extremist groups and often their own citizens?
_______________________________
24. Why did some of Syria’s citizens
accept help from extremist groups in their fight against the Syrian government?
________________________________________________________________
25. With which neighboring countries does Syria
also have conflicts? _________________________
26. (Think about) Why is Assad fighting
against and killing his own people?
27.
What kind of impact did the Silk Road have on this cultural region in
terms of each of the following cultural elements?
Politics_______________________________________________________________________
Economics_____________________________________________________________________
Religon_______________________________________________________________________
Society_______________________________________________________________________
Intellectual____________________________________________________________________
Artistic_______________________________________________________________________
28. Name
three generalizations and exceptions about North Africa and the Middle East
based on your exploration of demographic information:
Generalizations Exceptions
OIL/OPEC – since we are not
getting to this until Monday/Tuesday, the only questions you might see about
OIL and O.P.E.C. are below.
1. Which country of the world
uses the most oil? ___________________________
2. What is the name of the organization that
controls the price of oil and the amount produced?
___________________________________ The acronym that is commonly used is
_________.
3. The Middle East controls
more than _______% of the world’s remaining oil.
