The Middle East and North Africa

This 101-mile waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It is often called the “Crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia,” because the route is used to transport goods to all three continents.
1. The Suez Canal
2. The Nile River
3. The Euphrates River
4. The Dead Sea
5. The Panama Canal
This nation has the lowest percentage of Muslims of any nation of the Middle East and North Africa.
1. Turkey
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Iraq
4. Iran
5. Israel
Which modern nation is part of the "Fertile Crescent?"
1. Saudi Arabia
2. Algeria
3. Syria
4. Libya
5. Oman
This Muslim and Arab nation signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1994.
1. Algeria
2. Iran
3. Jordan
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Iraq
Which statement about the Dead Sea is false?
1. The Dead Sea is the lowest body of water on earth.
2. People can easily float on the Dead Sea.
3. The Dead Sea flows into the Indian Ocean.
4. The Dead Sea is really a lake.
5. The Dead Sea is much saltier than the ocean.
Saddam Hussein used the oil wealth of this nation to huge army, but a group of nations led by the United States forced him from power in 2003.
1. Iraq
2. Lebanon
3. Iran
4. Kuwait
5. Israel
This isolated sultanate is on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Oil has made it a rich nation.
1. Egypt
2. Israel
3. Turkey
4. Oman
5. Lebanon
Libya has a national lottery.
1. True
2. False
Seven small states combined in 1971 to form the United Arab ________.
1. Sultanites
2. Kingdoms
3. Emirates
4. Provinces
5. Jamahiriya
Mocha coffee is one of this nation’s primary exports from this mountainous Arab country.
1. Israel
2. Iran
3. Yemen
4. Afghanistan
5. Turkey
At one time this nation was considered part of France but the local people asked the French to leave.
1. Afghanistan
2. Iraq
3. Algeria
4. Yemen
5. Israel
This central Asian nation now has a democratic government, but until 2002, it was controlled by a violent Islamic fundamentalists known as the Taliban.
1. Afghanistan
2. Libya
3. Algeria
4. Saudia Arabia
5. Turkey
This desert nation includes Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities of Islam.
1. Iraq
2. Morocco
3. Lebanon
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Israel
Most of this nation is in Asia, but the western tip is in Europe. The nation includes Istanbul, Europe’s second most populated city.
1. Israel
2. Morocco
3. Lebanon
4. Tunisia
5. Turkey
Muammar al-Quadaffi has controlled this nation since 1969.
1. Turkey
2. Lebanon
3. Israel
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Libya
This small North African nation was once home to Carthage, an advanced sea-faring city.
1. Turkey
2. Afghanistan
3. Tunisia
4. Morocco
5. Saudi Arabia
A coalition of nations that included the United States went to war in 1991 when dictator Saddam Hussein attempted to annex, or take over this tiny oil-rich nation.
1. Bahrain
2. Israel
3. Qatar
4. Lebanon
5. Kuwait
This nation was once known as Persia. Most people are Muslims, but they are not Arabs because the speak Farsi.
1. Lebanon
2. Iran
3. Turkey
4. Israel
5. Tunisia
Egypt’s population is spread evenly throughout the nation.
1. True
2. False
This island nation in the Persian Gulf was one of the first places in the Middle East to produce oil, but it used up most of its reserves by the 1970s.
1. Tunisia
2. Israel
3. Bahrain
4. Morocco
5. Afghanistan
The land once known as Mesopotamia is now part of Iraq.
1. False
2. True
Which statement about the Aswan Dam is false?
1. The Aswan Dam has created the world’s largest man-made lake.
2. The Aswan Dam has provided new fishing areas and much needed water for agriculture.
3. The Aswan Dam controls the annual flooding of the Nile River.
4. The Aswan Dam was a very popular and inexpensive use of technology.
5. The Aswan Dam has made it possible to grow an extra crop each year along the banks of the Nile River.

The Middle East and North Africa

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