Geography
History
Government
Religion
Key Terms/People
100
This country connects Europe and Asia
What is Turkey?
100
This person led the Hebrews to Israel in 1,000BC
Who is Abraham?
100
A government in which people vote for their leaders
What is a democracy?
100
A subdivision of a religion
What is a sect?
100
Another name for Israel
What is Palestine?
200
This country is west of Iraq and east of Afghanistan
What is Iran?
200
The US invaded this country in 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks.
What is Afghanistan?
200
In this government, a group of leaders is in charge and the citizens have very little power.
What is an oligarchy?
200
The largest branch of Islam today
What is Sunni?
200
A movement among European Jews for a homeland in Palestine
What is Zionism?
300
This sea is southe of the Arabian Peninsula
What is the Arabian Sea?
300
This US involvement in the Middle East is also known as Operation Desert Storm
What is the Persian Gulf War?
300
In this type of government, central and regional governments share power.
What is a federation?
300
The oldest religion in Southwest Asia
What is Judaism?
300
First person to preach Christianity to non-Jewish people
Who is Paul/Saul of Tarsus?
400
These rivers (TWO) flow from Turkey, through Syria, and into the Persian Gulf.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
400
This empire was divided in 1917 by European colonial powers.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
400
Type of democracy in which the Executive is part of the Legislature
What is parliamentary democracy?
400
Belief in one god
What is monotheism?
400
Discrimination and persuection against Jewish people
What is anti-semitism?
500
This man-made feature connects the Red Sea and the Mediterrannean
What is the Suex Canal?
500
This conflict took place in 1967 between Arab Palestinians and Jewish Israelis.
What is the 6 Days War?
500
A system of government in which states choose to follow a weak central government
What is a confederation?
500
The highest leader in Islam
What is a caliph?
500
Another name for dividing; Europeans did this to the Ottoman Empire in 1917 at the end of WW1
What is partitioning?
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