Map Skills
Geography and Water
Religion and Ethnic Groups
History of the Middle East
Personal Finance
100
This river joins the Tigris River and flows into the Persian Gulf.
What is the Euphrates River?
100
People use this process to bring water to crops.
What is irrigation?
100
A group of people who share common language, culture, or ancestry.
What is an ethnic group?
100
After World War I, European powers drew new boundaries in the Middle East. This process is called ______.
What is partitioning?
100
Money earned from working.
What is income?
200
This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
200
Water pollution can make this unsafe for people.
What is drinking water?
200
A group united by shared beliefs and worship practices.
What is a religious group?
200
This movement supported the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
What is Zionism?
200
A plan for spending and saving money.
What is a budget?
300
This narrow waterway connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and is important for oil trade.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
300
Deserts affect settlement because they have very little ______.
What is water (rainfall)?
300
Arabs, Persians, and Kurds are examples of these.
What are ethnic groups?
300
The largest ethnic group without a homeland.
Who are the Kurds?
300
One reason people save money is to prepare for this.
What is an emergency?
400
This river forms part of the border between Israel and Jordan.
What is the Jordan River?
400
Rivers in Southwest Asia often become centers of population because they provide ______, ________, _________, and __________.
What are water, transportation, jobs and fertile land (farming)?
400
This religion began with the teachings of Jesus Christ.
What is Christianity?
400
The fight between the Sunni and Shia Muslims.
What is who should be the next leader of Islam?
400
Borrowing money to purchase something now and paying later.
What is credit?
500
Name two countries located between Iran and Syria.
What are Iraq and Kuwait?
500
Give one solution to unequal access to water.
What is building wells, improving irrigation, conserving water, or desalination?
500
Name the three major religions of Southwest Asia.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
500
Name the three continuing conflict caused by disagreements over land, religion, or identity in the Middle East.
What is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sunni-Shia division, or Kurdish nationalism?
500
Name one cost of using credit.
What is interest, debt, late fees, or lower credit score if not paid on time?