please complete the middle east iq quiz to the best of your ability
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Please complete the Middle East IQ Quiz to the best of your ability
When you hear the world “Muslim” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? 2005 – 6% Positive comments: good
religion, good people, faithful, devout” 2005 – 57% Neutral Comments: mosque,
religion, desert” 2005 – 26% Negative Comments “Violence,
hatred, terrorist, war, and guns”
Muslims teach their children to hate unbelievers
Muslims value life less than other people
The Muslim religion teaches violence and hatred
Sunni Muslims Follow the teaching of Muhammad Recognize caliphs as successors
Shiites Muslims Believe heirs of Ali are successors
Because of security needs, the civil liberties of American Muslims should be restricted
51% disagreed 17% “Its ok to lock up Muslims just in
case they are planning terrorist attacks”
Followers of the religion of Islam are called Muslims
AKA I’m a Muslim, My religion is Islam
50% know about the Qu’ran 1/3 knew that Christians, Jews, and
Muslims worship the same God 80% said their knowledge of Muslims
comes from television
2005 – only 2% responded that they are very knowledge of Islam
39% - somewhat knowledgeable 60% - not very knowledgeable or knew
nothing at all
Arab is a nationality – where most religions began
Muslim is a person who accepts the Islamic religion
Muslims use many different languages, while Arabs use the Arabic language
Arabs originate in the Middle East, while Muslims can be found all over the world
Muslims are more numerous than Arabs
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Middle East: Population Density
The Natural Resources of theMiddle East
World Oil Reserves
Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)