QUESTION 1

What is another term that describes the region of Southwest Asia?

MIDDLE EAST

QUESTION 5

What is the name of the land inhabited by Palestinian Arabs but controlled by Israel west of the Jordan River?

WEST BANK

QUESTION 9

What is the name of the sea that is part of the Indian Ocean near the countries of India, Pakistan, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula?

ARABIAN SEA

QUESTION 11

What dry and mountainous landlocked country that once had the Taliban government borders Pakistan and Iran?

AFGHANISTAN

QUESTION 13

What country in the Middle East borders the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon and is considered the holy land to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

ISRAEL

QUESTION 16

Turkey has built dams on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to generate hydroelectric power. Syria and Iraq complain that Turkey uses too much of the water. This environmental issue involves

Water rights

QUESTION 20

Which country in the Middle East has the most oil reserves in the world and uses profits from this industry to build schools, roads, and provide jobs for its citizens?

SAUDI ARABIA

QUESTION 15

What resource is scarce (in very limited supply) in the Middle East due to its arid (dry) climate?

FRESH WATER

QUESTION 21

What is the name of the organization that consists of countries that have an abundance of oil and control the price and supply of petroleum (oil) they produce?

O.P.E.C. - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

QUESTION 23

What agricultural method of acquiring water does Israel and other countries use to grow crops in dry regions of the country?

IRRIGATION

QUESTION 3

What two rivers begin in Turkey and eventually flow into Syria and Iraq before going into the Persian Gulf?

EUPHRATES and TIGRIS RIVERS

QUESTION 7

What narrow body of water connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and is an important waterway for oil trading countries in the Middle East?

STRAIT OF HORMUZ

QUESTION 12

What is the large country on the Arabian Peninsula that is very dry and borders the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf?

SAUDI ARABIA

QUESTION 10

What small country with lots of oil borders the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia?

KUWAIT

QUESTION 14

What large country borders Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan and used to be part of the Persian Empire?

IRAN

QUESTION 24

What type of economic system is found in Saudi Arabia, in which the government controls basic industries like oil and farming and does not allow the citizens to have businesses and profit by selling their products?

COMMAND ECONOMY

QUESTION 22

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait all border the Persian Gulf and are members of OPEC. What resource do these countries rely on to become rich and build their economy?

OIL

QUESTION 26

Which country in the Middle East has this type of government where there is a supreme religious leader (Ayatollah Khamenei) and a president (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)?

IRAN

QUESTION 28

Which country has a parliamentary democracy with a president and prime minister while a powerful legislature called the Knesset that is influence by Jewish Law?

ISRAEL

QUESTION 32

What are the three monotheistic religions that originated in Mesopotamia in the Middle East?

JUDAISMCHRISTIANITYISLAM

QUESTION 31

What is the name of a good that is bought and shipped into the country because they don’t have enough to meet their own country’s demand?

IMPORT

QUESTION 2

What river shares a border between Israel and Jordan and is part of a dispute between these countries over the valuable resource of fresh water?

JORDAN RIVER

QUESTION 17

The extraction of what abundant resource in the Middle East causes a lot of air, soil, and water pollution?

OIL (PETROLEUM)

QUESTION 4

What is the name of the sea that separates Africa from Asia that borders Egypt and Saudi Arabia?

RED SEA

QUESTION 18

What body of water in Egypt that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea is considered a very important trade route?

SUEZ CANAL

QUESTION 8

What is the name of the gulf in the Middle East that borders oil rich nations such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran?

PERSIAN GULF

QUESTION 6

What is the name of the narrow strip of land in Israel that is close to Egypt that is a source of tension between Arabs and Jews?

GAZA STRIP

QUESTION 19

What resource is plentiful in the Middle East that they are able to export for a profit that helps their economies?

OIL

QUESTION 29

What is the name of a good that is a surplus (extra) in one country and is sold and shipped out to another country?

EXPORT

QUESTION 36

Place of worship for Jews?

SYNAGOGUE

QUESTION 33

What was the 1st religion to believe in only one God that was founded by Abraham that developed in Canaan, which is modern day Palestine and Israel?

JUDAISM

QUESTION 45

What are the two main sects (groups) of Muslims that disagree over who should succeed (replace) Muhammad as the leader of Islam?

SUNNI AND SHIA

QUESTION 39

What is the religious text for Islam?

QURAN

QUESTION 42

What are the most important teachings of Islam?

FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

QUESTION 34

What city in Israel is considered holy to the three major religions that began in the Middle East “Southwest Asia”?

JERUSALEM

QUESTION 37

What religion teaches that there is one god and that Muhammad is the prophet?

ISLAM

QUESTION 46

Which Muslim group makes up a majority of all Muslims in the world (85%) and believes that the people should decide who is the Islamic leader and successor to Muhammad?

SUNNI

QUESTION 40

Followers of Islam?

MUSLIMS

QUESTION 43

What religion later spread into the Roman empire and eventually became the dominant religion in Europe?

CHRISTIANITY

QUESTION 38

The origins (beginnings) of Islam started in what city in Saudi Arabia?

MECCA

QUESTION 41

Who was the founder of Christianity? JESUS

QUESTION 48

What religion was founded by Jesus Christ that continues the teachings of Judaism and teaches about love and forgiveness?

CHRISTIANITY

QUESTION 35

What is the term that defines a religion as worshipping just one God?

MONOTHEISM

QUESTION 44

Which religion would spread due to migration and military factors from Saudi Arabia into the rest of the Middle East, North Africa, Western Europe, and parts of South/east Asia?

ISLAM

QUESTION 47

Which Muslim group makes up a minority (15%) of all Muslims in the world and believes that Muhammad’s successor should be a descendent or relative of Muhammad?

SHIA

QUESTION 60

While Judaism and Christianity are practiced in Southwest Asia, what religion is most common in the Middle East?

ISLAM