Religious Minorities
Most widespread religious sect in MENA
Sunni Islam
What is gunboat diplomacy?
Displays of military power that imply a potential use of force in order to ensure compliance.
Most major event in 2011 in MENA
Arab Spring
UNHCR stands for what?
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
What Yemeni Government is recognized by the Arab League?
Cabinet of Yemen
Egyptian Christians subject to discirmination since Byzantine Emprire
Copts
USA military command in the MENA is called what?
CENTCOM
Washington Post columnist who was murderd in the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul
What is an IDP?
Internally displaced person
What waterborne disease currently plagues Yemen
Cholera
Arab abbreviation for ISIS
Daesh
Who invaded Kuwait and triggered the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)?
Saddam Hussein
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)
How many displaced persons are there all over the world?
~Sixty million
The Supreme Political Council (which is opposed by Saudi Arabia) is supported by what group?
Houthis
This non-abrahamic religious group has been accused of "devil worship"
Yazidis
The founding treaty of the Arab League
Charter of the Arab League
What year was the Arab League founded?
1945
Roughly what percent of diplaced peoples are from MENA?
~Fourty percent
Operation Decisive Storm
Yazidis are mostly concentrated in what mountain range?
Sinjar Mountains
How many US military bases are in MENA?
29
What is the capital of Qatar?
Doha
What year was the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed?
1948
Yemeni President who was killed in 2017 during the Battle of Sana'a
Ali Abdullah Saleh