Ancient Civilizations
Ancient writing system used by Mesopotamians.
What is cuneiform?
Belief in just one God.
What is monotheism?
This empire was divided by Britain and France after World War I.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Islamist organization responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S.
What is al-Qaeda?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow through this region
What is Mesopotamia?
Period of a thousand years
What is a millennium?
Belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
This event started the First Persian Gulf War in the 1990s.
What is Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait?
This Middle Eastern country is ruled by a king and is home to Mecca.
What is Saudi Arabia?
The month of fasting for Muslims.
What is Ramadan?
This change from hunting and gathering to farming helped people build villages
What is agriculture?
The religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are alike in this way.
What is they are monotheistic?
This country was created in 1948, leading to conflict in the Middle East.
What is Israel?
The movement of people fleeing Syria due to conflict is called this.
What is a refugee crisis?
This is the spread of desert-like conditions in the Middle East.
What is desertification?
The two rivers important to the rise of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
A central religious text for Islam.
What is the Quran?
Why is the Arabian Peninsula important to history and culture?
What is it’s the birthplace of Islam and home to Mecca?
This organization regulates the world’s oil supply
What is OPEC? (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.)
The leader of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War
Who is Saddam Hussein?
The first written set of laws in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A holy building where Jewish people worship.
What is a synagogue?
A major resource that made the Middle East important globally.
What is oil?
A treaty aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian land conflict.
What is the Oslo Accords?
A building in ancient Mesopotamia used for worship and government.
What is a ziggurat?