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*Directions – Use what you have learned so far this school year (and Google) to research and
answer the following questions.
7) What is the number one way that citizens participate in the government?
A. Volunteering
B. Promoting a candidate
C. Attending political party meetings
D. Voting
14) Which Southwest Asian country permits only men to vote in elections?
A. Israel
B. Iran
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Kuwait
20. What is the 120-mile man-made waterway that is used to transport goods from the Red Sea
to the Mediterranean Sea?
A. Gaza Strip
B. Suez Canal
C. Persian Gulf
D. Panama Canal
23. Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?
A. Turkey
B. Syria
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Iraq
24. Because of its harsh climate, which country has to rely on desalination plants to provide
most of its citizens’ drinking water?
A. Israel
B. Turkey
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Syria
25. Pollution from oil spills on the Black Sea contaminate this country’s water supply:
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Turkey
C. Israel
D. Iran
27. What issue led to the split between the Sunni and Shia Muslims?
A. The Shia wanted to change direction of prayer to Medina, rather than Mecca.
B. The Sunni wanted to change part of the Five Pillars.
C. The Shia believed only Arabs could be Muslims, the Sunni did not.
D. They disagreed over who should lead Muslims after Muhammad’s death.
28. Which country has fought military battles over water rights to the Jordan River?
A. Israel
B. Iran
C. Afghanistan
D. Saudi Arabia
29. This 25-mile territory has been a source of dispute between Israel and its neighbors for
many years:
A. Gaza Strip
B. Persian Gulf
C. Strait of Hormuz
D. Suez Canal
o http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Facts+about+Israel-
+The+State/A+Free+People+in+Our+Land-
+Israel+as+a+Parliamentary+Democracy.htm
o http://www.irantracker.org/basics/islamic-republic-iran-0