To re-take the test, a nswer any 20 of these questions (number them!) using the resources from my blog posts.

1.  Who were the first people to only believe in one god?

2.  What is the name of the Jewish holy book?

3.  Who is considered the “father” of the Jews?

4.  What religion began about 1800 BCE (BC) when God spoke to Abraham?

5.  What religion has the holy sites that include the remains of Jerusalem temple to God (Western Wall), Palestine, burial place of Abraham?

6.  The Jews were sent out of Canaan (Israel) when the Babylonians invaded but returned 50 years later. What do you call it when a group of people leave their homeland and move to a different location?

7.  What Muslim group believes that the leader should be a direct descendant of Muhammad?

8.  What Muslim group believes that the leader should be whoever is most qualified?

9.  What do you call the financial health of a nation measured by how much that nation consumes

10.  What do you call a group who shares a common set of values or faith?

11.  What ethnic group is made up of people from current day Iran, and they speak Farsi?

12.  Christianity is based on the teachings of a Jew named ______?

13.  What religion’s holy book is made up of part of the Old Testament (Torah) and Talmud?

14.  What do you call the Christian Holy Book?

15.  Which religion’s holy book is made up of the Quran?

16.  Which group of Muslims makes up the most of their population, Shi’as or Sunni?

17.  Of the three monotheistic beliefs in the Middle East, which is the oldest?

18.  Which Middle Eastern country has the highest literacy rate?

19.  Usually there is a strong correlation between the standard of living and the ______of a country.

20.  Who is the Christian messiah?

21.  What are the three main ethnic groups found in the Middle East?

22.  What are the three main religions practiced in the Middle East?

23.  What are the five pillars of Islam?

24.  What religious figure is important to all three of the monotheistic faiths found in the Middle East?

25.  What religion’s holy book is made up of both the New and Old Testament?

26.  What do you call followers of Islam?

27.  What is the name of the most common of all the ethnic groups in the Middle East?

28.  What group of people is considered to be both and ethnic group and a religious group?

29.  What ethnic group is found in the mountains regions of Syria, Turkey and Iraq?

30.  What is the percentage of adults who can read and write called?

31.  What do you call a group of people who share a common ancestry?

32.  What were Jesus’s followers called?

33.  What religion has the holy sites of Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, and the Dome of the Rock?

34.  What religion began in the 7th century by Muhammad?

35.  What is the term used to describe a religion where only one person is worshipped?

36.  400 years after Christ, Christianity spread to the Roman emperor’s family. What Roman emperor fought with the Christian symbol on his shield and did he win?