Question 1

Which country is the newspaper article about?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Answer

Saudi Arabia

Answer

United States

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Israel

Question 2

Which country should be listed in the center circle of the graphic organizer?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Israel

Answer

United States

Answer

Turkey

Question 3

In which country would women have the FEWEST rights and freedoms?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Turkey

Answer

United States

Answer

Israel

Question 4

OPEC controls the price and distribution of:

Accepted Answer

oil

Answer

I don't know

Answer

currency exchange

Answer

food

Answer

technology

Question 5

The education and training of workers is:

Accepted Answer

Human Capital

Answer

Currency exchange

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Literacy rate

Answer

GDP

Question 6

Which of the following countries does not specialize in oil?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Answer

Saudi Arabia

Answer

Kuwait

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Iran

Question 7

Which of the following most clearly encourages trade?

Accepted Answer

specialization

Answer

I don't know

Answer

trade barrier

Answer

GDP

Answer

literacy rate

Question 8

In order to trade internationally, which of the following is most necessary?

Accepted Answer

currency exchange

Answer

membership in OPEC

Answer

trade barriers

Answer

common goverment systems

Answer

I don't know

Question 9

In most cases, how does a country's literacy rate impact GDP?

Accepted Answer

If literacy rate is high, GDP is high

Answer

If literacy rate is high, GDP is low

Answer

I don't know

Answer

If literacy rate is low, GDP is high

Answer

Literacy rate does not have a clear impact on GDP

Question 10

Israel specializes in:

Accepted Answer

Technology

Answer

Oil

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Food production

Answer

WMDs

Question 11

Why would a goverment use trade barriers?

Accepted Answer

to encourage people to buy goods within their own country

Answer

to encourage international trade

Answer

to increase human capital

Answer

to encourage citizen participation

Answer

I don't know

Question 12

What type of economy does Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have?

Accepted Answer

Mixed

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Command

Answer

Communist

Answer

Market

Question 13

Many countries in Southwest Asia are trying to shift their mixed economies further from command and closer towards market.  Which action are these countries taking to make this shift occur?

Accepted Answer

privatize more industries and businesses

Answer

increase taxes on businesses and consumers

Answer

I don't know

Answer

put more industries and businesses under government control

Answer

increase regulations on prices and the use of natural resources-

Question 14

Which of the following is an important function of OPEC?

Accepted Answer

provide steady income from oil sales to its member countries

Answer

reduce world dependence on oil from Southwest Asia

Answer

decrease the profit earned by oil companies

Answer

encourage Europe and North America to switch to alternative energy sources

Answer

I don't know

Question 15

Which Middle Eastern country is considered a theocracy?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Answer

Turkey

Answer

Israel

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 16

Which country, long a parliamentary democracy, began moving toward a presidential democracy system in 2018?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Answer

Saudi Arabia

Answer

Israel

Answer

I don't know

Answer

Iran

Question 17

Israel has what kind of government system?

Accepted Answer

Parliamentary Democracy

Answer

Absolute Monarchy

Answer

Theocracy

Answer

Presidential Democracy

Answer

I don't know

Question 18

Which Middle Eastern Country today is one of the closest examples we have today of an absolute monarchy?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Answer

Turkey

Answer

Israel

Answer

Iran

Answer

I don't know

Question 19

In which of the following government systems would you have high citizen participation?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Answer

Oligarchy

Answer

Autocracy

Answer

Absolute Monarchy

Answer

I don't know

Question 20

Which of the following does NOT describe a parliamentary democracy?

Accepted Answer

The leader is elected directly by the people

Answer

The people high citizen participation

Answer

The leader is elected by a legislature who is elected by the people

Answer

I don't know

Answer

The leader is called a prime minister

Related quizzes

Related quizzes