Environment and Region
History and Culture
Natural Resources
People and Languages
The Region Today
100
The climates that dominate the region
What is arid and semiarid?
100
The dominate language of the region
What is Arabic?
100
The regions two most important natural resources
What are oil and water?
100
The largest religion in the region
What is Islam?
100
The lack of water
What makes farming difficult in the region?
200
The two major rivers of the region
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
200
People who are Muslim but not Arabic.
Who are the Kurds?
200
The regions most valuable natural resource
What is oil?
200
Largest ethnic group in Afghanistan
What is the Pashtun?
200
The two largest economies in the countries along the Persian Gulf
What is oil and gas?
300
During the winter
When does it rain the most?
300
He is known for establishing Islam.
What is Muhammad known for?
300
The Persian Gulf
What holds some of the largest oil reserves in the world?
300
The spread of Islam
What encouraged the spread of the Arabic language?
300
Islam's holiest city
What is Mecca?
400
The lowlands of Saudi Arabia along the Persian Gulf
What is one of the hottest places in the world?
400
The two main branches of Islam
What are Sunni and Shia?
400
An area where a spring bubbles to the surface
What is an oasis?
400
The largest ethnic group in Iran
What are the Persians?
400
Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What does OPEC stand for?
500
To the north and east of the Arabian peninsula
Where is the region Mesopotamia located?
500
Early 1900's
When did the British take over the Arabian Peninsula?
500
Desalinization
What is a method of changing sea water into fresh water?
500
The dominant language in Iran.
What is Farsi?
500
A terrorist group that came to power in the 1990's
What is the Taliban?
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