Questions Please!
What is the holy book of Islam called
Koran
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
What is the dominant language in the middle east
Arabic
What is the dominant religion in the Middle East
Islam
The largest contingent is?
Asia
What Middle Eastern country was once called Persia
Iran
Bagdad is the capital of what country?
Iraq
What year did Israel become a nation
1948
Who founded the religion of Islam
Mohammed
What is the largest country in the middle east
Saudi Arabia
The largest city in Turkey
Saudi Arabia's capital is?
Riyadh
What country was known for its tall cedar trees
Lebanon
Who is the first prime minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion
The world's largest lake/sea
Caspian Sea
Who are the two largest oil producers in the Middle East
Iran and Saudi Arabia
Kuwait's capital is?
Beirut
Areas of high-level land are called
Plateaus
Zionism is
The movement to bring the Jewish people back to Israel
What is the largest peninsula in the world
Arabian Peninsula
What line of latitude divides the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
How many Hemispheres are there?
Name them:
Equator
4
Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western
On what famous Capital Road was Paul the Apostle converted?
Damascus
Who was the famous missionary to the Middle East
Henry Martyn
Two holy shrines in Islamic culture
Medina and Mecca
Which line of longitude are the meridians used to measure east and west
Prime Meridian