Pretest on The Middle East and North AfricaAnswer the questions as best as possible.

If you don’t know the answer, it’s ok, but please try.

1. What is the primary language of most of the people of the Middle East and North Africa?

2. What is the religious faith of most of the people of the Middle East and North Africa?

3. How would you describe most of the land of the land of the Middle East and North Africa? (Choose your answer from rainforest, mountainous, tundra, desert)

4. How are Iranians different from other people of the Middle East and North Africa?

5. How are Israelis different from other people of the Middle East and North Africa?

6. Who are Berbers?7. Who are Kurds?8. What do all Arabs have in common?

9. What is a Bedouin?

10. All deserts are _____. Use one word to fill in the blank. It must have no more than three letters and must end in y.

11. What is the primary source of wealth for most of the nations of the Middle East and North Africa?

12. Why is the Dead Sea dead?

13. In what nation will you find the Suez Canal?

14. In what nation will you find the Aswan Dam?