People
He was the first prime minister of Israel.
Who was David Ben-Gurion?
This is the birthplace of Muhammad.
What is Mecca?
This is the continent with the most people.
What is Asia?
This is the most widely spoken language in the Middle East.
What is Arabic?
Saudi Arabia and Iran are the two largest producers of this in the Middle East.
What is oil?
Muhammad was the founder of this.
What is Islam?
This is the Arabic word for god.
What is Allah?
This is the world's coldest desert (besides Antarctica).
What is the Gobi Desert?
This is the line of latitude that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the equator?
Lebanon is known for this kind of trees.
What are cedars?
He was a famous missionary to the Middle East.
Who was Henry Martyn?
This is the place where Muhammad founded Islam.
What is Medina?
This is the most valuable natural resource in the Middle East today.
What is oil?
This is the movement to regather the Jews to their land.
What is Zionism?
This is the triangular peninsula between Egypt and Israel.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
These are the descendants of the Arab people who occupied Palestine before the Jews returned to the land in 1948.
Who are the Palestinians?
This is a building of worship in the Muslim religion.
What is a mosque?
This is the country that built the National Water Carrier.
What is Israel?
This is the largest city in Turkey.
What is Istanbul?
This is land that is able to grow crops.
What is fertile?
This was the Iraqi dictator who directed an invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Who was Saddam Hussein?
These are the three religions that began in the Middle East.
What are Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?
Asia Minor is another name for this country.
What is Turkey?
These are areas of high, level land.
What are plateaus?
This is the largest country in the Middle East.
What is Saudi Arabia?