52 Chapter 5: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Chapter 5: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Quick Review
Directions: For each question, write the letter of the BEST response on the line beside each question.
_______ 1. What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Saudi Arabia
d. United Arab Emirates
_______ 2. What is the most significant geographical region of Saudi Arabia?
a. Rub’ al-Khali
b. Sahara
c. Mesopotamia
d. Anatolia
_______ 3. Who are the only people allowed to be citizens of Saudi Arabia?
a. Christians
b. Jews
c. Shia Muslims
d. Sunni Muslims
_______ 4. Which Saudi Arabian city is the most important in Islam?
a. Mecca
b. Medina
c. Riyadh
d. none of the above
________ 5. What has been the focus of the al Saud royal family over the past decades?
a. academic growth
b. modernization
c. nomadic life
d. secularization
________ 6. Which term BEST describes the Saudi Arabian government?
a. autocracy
b. oligarchy
c. democracy
d. parliamentary
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_______ 7. What is the name of the legislative branch with members who are appointed?
a. Consultative Council
b. House of Representatives
c. House of Consuls
d. House of Arabia
_______ 8. What is the most powerful court in the judicial branch of Saudi Arabia?
a. High Court
b. Judicial Court
c. Sharia Court
d. Supreme Court
_______ 9. When did men begin to vote in municipal elections?
a. 1932
b. 1991
c. 2001
d. 2011
______ 10. When did women begin to vote and run for office in municipal elections?
a. 1945
b. 1975
c. 2000
d. 2015
______ 11. What is the currency of Saudi Arabia?
a. dollar
b. riyal
c. riyadh
d. Saudi mark
______ 12. What is the primary ethnicity of Saudi Arabia?
a. Arab
b. Kurdish
c. Persian
d. Saudi
______ 13. What is another term for Islamic Law?
a. Arabic Law
b. Muslim Law
c. Sharia Law
d. none of the above