Physical Geography
If it never rains in a place, what usually forms?
A desert usually forms.
Extra: Who are the people in Arabia who live in the desert called?
If you were an ancient Sumerian, where would you pray?
You'd pray near a ziggurat.
Extra: What was the first piece of literature?
If a country imports something from Saudi Arabia, what is it probably?
That country probably imports oil.
Extra: What is something you have that is made from petroleum?
If you are Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, who do you consider the first of your religion?
You consider Abraham to be the first.
Extra: What does a muezzin climb to call out the adhan?
If you meet someone from the Middle East, what will their first language most likely be?
Their first language will most likely be Arabic?
Extra: What is the most widely spoken language in Iran?
If two tectonic plates collide, what often forms?
Mountains often form.
Extra: What are the Iranian mountains near the Persian Gulf?
If you had been an Arab scholar in the 9th century, what library would you have probably wanted to visit?
You'd probably have wanted to visit the House of Wisdom.
Extra: Who is the Ottoman Empire named after?
If agriculture had never been discovered, how would we all make a living?
We would be hunter-gatherers.
Extra: Where did agriculture first develop?
If you were Jewish, what holy book would you study?
You'd study the Tanakh
Who wrote the "T" part of the Tanakh?
If you were a Muslim and it were Ramadan, what would you not be allowed to do during the day?
You would not be allowed to eat or drink.
What Muslim celebration happens at the end of Ramadan?
If you travel from Kuwait to India, what kind of waterway do you have to pass through?
You have to pass through a chokepoint.
Extra: What is the chokepoint located between Djibouti and Yemen?
If the Holocaust had never happened, what political movement would probably have failed to create a Jewish state?
The Zionist movement would probably have failed.
Extra: Who was the founder of Zionism?
If you have seen the tallest building in the world, where have been before?
You have been to Dubai, UAE.
Extra: What was the first 7-star hotel?
If you lived in a country with a Shia Muslim majority, where would you live?
You would live in Iran.
Extra: What country in the Middle East has a very large Christian population?
If you were to describe the Kurds politically, what would you call them?
You would call them a stateless nation.
Extra: What four countries do Kurds live in?
If you visit Lebanon, what kind of climate will you experience?
You will experience Mediterranean climate.
Extra: What is the biome there called?
If Israel had not won the Six Days War, what is a territory that they would not have gained?
They would probably not have taken over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Extra: Why is it called the West Bank?
If you were a typical laborer in Qatar, where would you most likely be from originally?
You would most likely be from South Asia.
Extra: What internationally recognized news agency is operated in Qatar?
If you read the Quran, whose words will you supposedly be reading?
You will be reading the words of Archangel Gabriel.
Extra: What two mosques were built on top of the Temple Mount?
If you had been born in Istanbul, what language would your mother have spoken to you as a child?
She would have spoken Turkish.
Extra: What is the name of the plateau in central Turkey?
If you want to walk from Kabul, Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan, what pass do you have to go through?
You have to pass through the Khyber Pass.
What mountain range covers much of Afghanistan?
If the British had kept their promise after WWI, what ethnic group would have controlled Jerusalem?
Arabs would have controlled Jerusalem.
Extra: What was the secret deal Britain made with France to create mandates?
If Syria or Iraq want to build a hydroelectric dam, across what rivers will they build the dam?
They will likely build it across the Tigris or Euphrates.
What capital city is located along the Tigris River?
If Jesus does return to Earth, where does the Bible say he will return?
He will return to the Mount of Olives.
Extra: What church was built on top of where Jesus was supposedly buried?
If you were an Israeli stockbroker, where would you probably have your business offices?
You would probably have your offices in Tel Aviv.
Extra: What country borders Israel to the north?