People
What is the name of the group of people living in areas of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for the past 1,ooo years?
Farsi
Zionism
Kurds
Mesopotamia
Kurds
What is the holy city to which all Muslims hope to make a pilgrim to?
Jerusalem
Damascus
Mecca
Ramadan
Mecca
What is the name of a movement to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
Colonialism
Zionism
Crusades
Pilgrimage
Zionism
What is the purpose of OPEC?
controlling worldwide oil prices
teaching Arabic language
providing charity
regaining land for Palestinian Arab
controlling worldwide oil prices
Which of the following cities is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Mecca
Medina
Sanaa
Riyadh
Riyadh
MAP
In which of the following cities might a worker on the oil pipeline be likely to live?
Riyadh
Mecca
Ad Damman
Jiddah
Ad Damman
Which of the following is a religious duty of Islam?
prayer
charity
fasting
all the above
all the above
Which of these marks the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose up to heaven?
Dome of the Rock
Western Wall
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Mecca
Dome of the Rock
Which of the following was formed to regain land currently under Israeli control for Palestinian Arabs?
Crusades
United Nations PLO
OPEC
Palestine Liberation Organization
Which of the following waterways forms Saudi Arabia’s western border?
Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Gulf of Oman
Red Sea
Which of the following is NOT true about the Taliban?
The Taliban gained power in Afghanistan
Suspected of supporting terrorists
imposed strict rules on behavior
are fundamentalist Buddhist political group
Gained power in Afghanistan
Wars waged by Christians to regain lands under Muslim control are known as the
PLO
Western Wall
Crusades
Zionism
Crusades
Muslin’s annual observance of a month of fasting, prayer, reflection is called what?
Ramadan
Pilgrimage
Mecca
Crusades
Ramadan
Government controlled by religion is called
Zionism
Sunnie
Theocratic
Mosque
Theocratic
Which region of the world produces the greatest amount of petroleum?
Europe
the United States and Canada
Southwest Asia
Asia and Oceania
SW Asia
Muslims living in Iran, as well as parts of Iraq and Afghanistan, belong to the branch known as
Sunni
Shi'ite
Kurds
Taliban
Shi'ite
Which of the following names the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?
Dome of the Rock
Western Wall
Mecca
Mosque
Western Wall
About 83% of all Muslims belong to the branch knows as
Kurds
Sunni
Zions
Taliban
Sunni
A Jewish visitor in Jerusalem is likely to go pray at the
Mosque
PLO
Western Wall
Zion
Western Wall
Which region produces less petroleum than Southwest Asia but more than the United States and Canada?
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Asia and Oceania
Europe
A strict Muslim group in Afghanistan which has imposed rigid rules on society is the
Taliban
A Muslim place of worship
Mosque
Who was the prophet who is considered the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
the fertile land area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
About how many millions of barrels of petroleum does the United States and Canada produce per day?
12