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1st nine week EXAM

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What rivers are like “twin” rivers flowing through Turkey and Iraq   Tigris and Euphrates  
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What narrow waterway that is an important shipping channel for oil   Strait of Hormuz  
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What river is a key water source for Israel, Lebanon, and Syria   Jordan River  
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What are the three major water problems in the Middle East   water shortages, unequal distribution, and pollution  
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What are the three main oil-producing Middle Eastern countries   Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia  
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Over the past 50 years, residents have been leaving the nomadic life to live where   cities  
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Efficient rapid transit systems would help solve what transportation problems   crowded roads and air pollution  
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What are the groups identified on the basis of ancestry, race, or national origin   ethnic groups  
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What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and Iraq   Kurds  
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What group is both an ethnic and a religious group   Jews  
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What are the three prominent religions of the Middle East   Judaism, Christianity, and Islam  
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Where do almost all Middle Eastern Jews live   Israel  
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What are the two major groups of Muslims   Sunnis and Shias  
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There is usually a high correlation between the standard of living and what   the literacy rate  
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The State of Israel was established in what year   1948  
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The land between the twin rivers has been valued since ancient times because of what   Fertile soil  
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Saudi Arabia has harsh desert climate, including water scarcity, and most of their ground water is saltwater from nearby oceans. They have had to invest in removing the salt from seawater in order to use it for drinking water. This process is called what   desalination  
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Which country suffers from failed septic systems and open sewers   Afghanistan  
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The government controls everything in which type of economy   command  
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What is a tax on imported goods   tariff  
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What is a restriction on the amount of a good that can be imported   quota  
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What forbids trade with another country   embargo  
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What organization was formed in 1960 by five oil-rich countries   OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)  
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The type of money used by a country is called   currency  
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What large empire broke up after World War I   Ottoman Empire  
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Which two countries divided the Middle East into countries after World War II   Britain and France  
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A major conflict in the Middle East is between Arab states and which country   Israel  
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During World War II, six million Jews were killed in what is called what   Holocaust  
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The movement to unite displaced Jews and settle them in Palestine was called   Zionism  
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Who was responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon in 2001   Osama bin Laden  
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Prejudice against Jews is known as what   Anti-Semitism  
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Which country did Saddam Hussein rule   Iraq  
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Iraq invaded Kuwait and international forces joined to help Kuwait in this war: Persian Gulf War When did the US invade Iraq on a mission looking for WMDs   2003  
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What country did U.S. forces enter to look for terrorist leader Osama bin Laden   Afghanistan  
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What is the small territory of land called that has been a source of dispute between Israel and its neighbors for many years   Gaza Strip  
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