Is the population of SW Asia rising, falling, or staying about the same?
rising
100
________ is a liquid derived from petroleum usually used as fuel. It is an important natural resource in SW Asia & N Africa.
Oil
100
Last month, at least 130 people were killed in what city and country on the continent of Europe? ISIS claimed responsibility for this attack.
Paris, France
100
The region of the world we have been studying over the past several weeks is Southwest Asia & North Africa. It is also known as the ___________ ________.
Middle East
200
People who follow the religion of Islam are known as ________________.
Muslims
200
Southwest Asia has a lot of this natural resource.
Oil, natural gas, or petroleum are all acceptable answers.
200
Not eating and/or drinking for a period of time by choice is known as ____________.
fasting
200
ISIS began to gain power not too long after the United States invaded this country in 2003.
Iraq
200
Ancient Egyptians used this form of writing using signs and symbols.
hieroglyphics
300
Name the largest ethnic group in SW Asia.
Arabs
300
Which are the two most populous countries in SW Asia:
Iran & Iraq, Turkey & Saudi Arabia, Yemen & Syria, Iran & Turkey, or Afghanistan & Qatar?
Iran & Turkey
300
A fight between opposing groups for control of a country's government is a ___________ war.
civil
300
ISIS stands for _____________ State of Iraq and Al-Sham.
Islamic
300
A __________ is an area of land. A ____________ is a belief system of faith.
region, religion
400
Part of the religion of Islam includes ______________, which means not eating.
fasting
400
What two rivers provide the largest source of freshwater in SW Asia?
Tigris & Euphrates
400
A ______________ is a combative and aggressive person in support of a political or social cause.
militant
400
A caliphate is a form of Islamic government led by a person considered to be the successor to the Islamic prophet ________________.
Muhammad
400
The largest river in the world is on the continent of Africa. Name the river.
Nile
500
Tel Aviv is the second largest city in what SW Asian country?
Israel
500
Water that fell as rain thousands of years ago, when a region was wetter, and is now trapped between rock layers deep below the ground is _________ _________.
fossil water
500
This global militant Islamist organization was founded by Osama bin Laden in 1989. (Hint: it's not ISIS.)
Al-Qaeda
500
In June 2014, ISIS established a caliphate in Iraq and what country?
Syria
500
A few weeks ago, we studied the three main monotheistic (believing in one god) religions of the Middle East. Name them.