History Exam Study Guide (5/23/2025)
1. What is not the most common landform in Southwest Asia?
A. Desert
B. Savanna
C. Tropical Rainforest - correct answer C. Tropical Rainforest
4. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is what type of Government?
A. Presidential
B. Parliamentary
C. Absolute Monarchy
D. Autocratic - correct answer C. Absolute Monarchy
5. Why have many nomadic peoples left the deserts and moved to urban areas over the last 50
years?
A. Looking for a place of employment
B. Looking for a place to live
C. Looking for the chance to get an education - correct answer A. Looking for a place of
employment
Many Bedouins are ______, _______, and ______ herders.
A. Sheep, camel, and goats
B. Goats, camels, and horses
C. Cows, goats, and donkeys
D. Sheep, cows, and camels - correct answer A. Sheep, camel, and goats
Three decades of warfare have damaged many of this country's water treatment facilities.
A. Iraq
B. Iran
C. Turkey
D. Israel - correct answer A. Iraq
____ is one of the ten most water scarce countries in the world.
,A. Jordan
B. Iran
C. Iraq
D. Turkey - correct answer A. Jordan
What TWO regions surround Israel?
A. West Bank & Gaza Strip & Jordan River
B. Gaza Strip, Jordan River, and The Tigris River
C. Gaza Strip and the West Bank - correct answer C. Gaza Strip and the West Bank
What is the correct definition of monsoons?
A. Seasonal drought and little rain
B. A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the
southwest between May and September and bringing rain
C. Seasonal Winds and hail storms - correct answer B. A seasonal prevailing wind in the region
of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and
bringing rain
What do members of a religious group have in common?
A. Same belief in God and language
B. Common religious beliefs and practices
C. Language, belief, and same God or gods - correct answer B. Common religious beliefs and
practices
Which country is the ONLY country in the world that doesn't allow women to drive?
Israel
Iran
Turkey
Saudi Arabia - correct answer Saudi Arabia
What is the constitution that Saudi Arabia follows?
The Quran
The Bible
, The Basic Laws
They have no constitution - correct answer The Quran
Which ethnic group has limited rights in Turkey?
Israelis
Arabs
Egyptians
Kurds - correct answer Kurds
What is 1 of the Basic Laws that Israel has and explain it in your own words. - correct answer
Israel will never be a bi-national country. Explanation: Israel is strictly Judaism FOREVER
Why has Saudi Arabia been changing its human rights? - correct answer to ensure its postion in
the world and to sell its oil.
Which family has been in control of Saudi Arabia?
al-Saud
Saud-al
Muhammad - correct answer al-Saud
Who makes the final decisions in Saudi Arabia's government?
The Queen
The Islamic scholars
The King
The people - correct answer the king
What is unique about Israel's religious freedom? - correct answer If you renounce your original
religion, then you will automatically become a citizen of Israel.
What is the name of Turkey's legislature?
The Knesset
The Grand National Assembly
Consultative Council - correct answer The Grand National Assembly
Which country has an absolute monarchy? - correct answer Saudi Arabia
1. What is not the most common landform in Southwest Asia?
A. Desert
B. Savanna
C. Tropical Rainforest - correct answer C. Tropical Rainforest
4. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is what type of Government?
A. Presidential
B. Parliamentary
C. Absolute Monarchy
D. Autocratic - correct answer C. Absolute Monarchy
5. Why have many nomadic peoples left the deserts and moved to urban areas over the last 50
years?
A. Looking for a place of employment
B. Looking for a place to live
C. Looking for the chance to get an education - correct answer A. Looking for a place of
employment
Many Bedouins are ______, _______, and ______ herders.
A. Sheep, camel, and goats
B. Goats, camels, and horses
C. Cows, goats, and donkeys
D. Sheep, cows, and camels - correct answer A. Sheep, camel, and goats
Three decades of warfare have damaged many of this country's water treatment facilities.
A. Iraq
B. Iran
C. Turkey
D. Israel - correct answer A. Iraq
____ is one of the ten most water scarce countries in the world.
,A. Jordan
B. Iran
C. Iraq
D. Turkey - correct answer A. Jordan
What TWO regions surround Israel?
A. West Bank & Gaza Strip & Jordan River
B. Gaza Strip, Jordan River, and The Tigris River
C. Gaza Strip and the West Bank - correct answer C. Gaza Strip and the West Bank
What is the correct definition of monsoons?
A. Seasonal drought and little rain
B. A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the
southwest between May and September and bringing rain
C. Seasonal Winds and hail storms - correct answer B. A seasonal prevailing wind in the region
of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and
bringing rain
What do members of a religious group have in common?
A. Same belief in God and language
B. Common religious beliefs and practices
C. Language, belief, and same God or gods - correct answer B. Common religious beliefs and
practices
Which country is the ONLY country in the world that doesn't allow women to drive?
Israel
Iran
Turkey
Saudi Arabia - correct answer Saudi Arabia
What is the constitution that Saudi Arabia follows?
The Quran
The Bible
, The Basic Laws
They have no constitution - correct answer The Quran
Which ethnic group has limited rights in Turkey?
Israelis
Arabs
Egyptians
Kurds - correct answer Kurds
What is 1 of the Basic Laws that Israel has and explain it in your own words. - correct answer
Israel will never be a bi-national country. Explanation: Israel is strictly Judaism FOREVER
Why has Saudi Arabia been changing its human rights? - correct answer to ensure its postion in
the world and to sell its oil.
Which family has been in control of Saudi Arabia?
al-Saud
Saud-al
Muhammad - correct answer al-Saud
Who makes the final decisions in Saudi Arabia's government?
The Queen
The Islamic scholars
The King
The people - correct answer the king
What is unique about Israel's religious freedom? - correct answer If you renounce your original
religion, then you will automatically become a citizen of Israel.
What is the name of Turkey's legislature?
The Knesset
The Grand National Assembly
Consultative Council - correct answer The Grand National Assembly
Which country has an absolute monarchy? - correct answer Saudi Arabia
