What narrow waterway is an important shipping channel for oil?
A) Strait of Hormuz
B) Persian Gulf
C) Gaza Strip
D) Red Sea
What is A) Strait of Hormuz
100
The Holy Text of Islam is the ________.
A) The Bible
B) The Quran
C) The Torah
D) The Yahweh
What is B) The Quran
100
Who wanted to rid the world of "its Jewish problem"?
A) Osama Bin Laden
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Anne Frank
D) Saddam Hussein
What is B) Adolf Hitler
100
A form of government in which power is held by one central authority.
A) Unitary
B) Autocratic
C) Federal
D) Confederation
What is A) Unitary
100
A tax placed on imported goods is called a _______.
A) Quota
B) Tariff
C) Embargo
D) Charge
What is B) Tariff
200
Over the last 50 years, residents have been leaving the nomadic life to live here:
A) cities
B) oasis
C) farms
D) villages
What is A) cities
200
Which religion was the first to be monotheistic?
A) Shintoism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Judaism
What is D) Judaism
200
What country did U.S. forces enter to look for terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden?
A) Kuwait
B) Israel
C) Turkey
D) Afghanistan
What is D) Afghanistan
200
Which country of the following is a absolute monarchy?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Iran
C) Israel
What is A) Saudi Arabia
200
What organization was formed to regulate the price of oil?
A) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Cities (OPEC)
B) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
C) Countries Selling Oil (OSI)
D) Countries With Oil For Sell (CWOFS)
What is B) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
300
Holy places and buildings of Christianity are
A) Jerusalem, Synagogue, and the Temple
B) The Mosque, Jerusalem, and Mecca
C) Jerusalem, the Church, and cathedral
What is C) Jerusalem, the Church, and cathedral
300
Iraq invaded Kuwait and certain international forces joined to help Kuwait in this war, this war was called:
A) Persian Gulf War
B) Kuwait War
C) Korean War
D) Sunni/Shiite War
What is A) Persian Gulf War
300
Which type of government gives the most citizen participation?
A) Democratic
B) Monarchy
C) Oligarchic
What is A) Democratic
300
When a company educates and trains its people, it is called:
A) Investing in entrepreneur
B) Investing in human capital
C) Investing in infrastructure
D) Investing in natural resources
What is B) Investing in human capital
400
God's name for Islam is
A) Yahweh
B) Abraham
C) Allah
What is C) Allah
400
What two countries divided the Middle East into countries after World War I?
A) Britain and France
B) Britain and Germany
C) France and Germany
D) Italy and Portugal
What is A) Britain and France
400
What are the three branches in a Presidential Democracy?
A) Legislative and Executive
B) Judicial, Oligarchic, and Legislative
C) Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
What is C) Legislative
400
A country with crumbling bridges and damaged roads is demonstrating:
A) lack of capital investment
B) lack of entrepreneurs
C) lack of human capital investment
D) lack of cars
What is A) lack of capital investment
500
True or False
All three religions believe that Abraham was a prophet.
True
500
The movement to unite displaced Jews and settle them in Palestine was called:
A) Zionism
B) Anti-Semitism
C) the Holocaust
D) Imperialism
What is A) Zionism
500
A government that is ruled by a religious leader is called a ____________.
A) Republic
B) Monarchy
C) Theocracy
D) Democracy
What is C) Theocracy
500
This is a restriction on the amount of goods that can be imported:
A) Tariff
B) Quota
C) Embargo
D) Export