Ancient Civilizations
League of Nations,
Israel, & U.S. Involvement
Religion & Ethnicity
Wars & Politics
Geography
100
Egypt
What is the nation with a long, rich history of ancient civilization along the Nile River?
100
Ottoman Empire
What is the area the League of Nations dismantled, after World War I?
100
Monotheism
What is the belief in one god called?
100
Golan Heights and control of the West Bank
What are the territories Isreal won in 1967?
100
Petroleum
What is one of the main resources of the Middle East?
200
Pharaohs
What were the Ancient Egyptains ruled by?
200
Arabs and Jews
Who did the Balfour Declaration promise the creation of a national homeland in the area known as Palestine to?
200
Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
What are the three main religions of the Middle East?
200
Kuwait
What is the country that Iraq invaded in 1990?
200
Mesopotamia
What is the name if the region, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, that has experienced many civilizations over the past several thousand years?
300
The development of calendars, geometry & base ten number system, the medicine
What are three contributions made by the Ancient Egyptians?
300
Gamel Abdel Nasser
What is the name of the military dictator who came to power in Egypt in the 1950's and nationalized the Suez Canal?
300
King David
What is the king that united the tribes of Isreal in 1000 B.C.?
300
The United States
What is the nation that consumes the most petroleum today?
400
Babylonian Chaldeans Sumerians Akkadians Hittites Assyrians
What were four early civilizations of the Middle East? (Not including Egypt)
400
Camp David Accords
What is the peace treaty President Carter arranged between Israel and Egypt?
400
Sunni Muslims and Shites Muslims
What are ethnics groups that inhabit Iran's diverse population?
400
Palestinian Liberation Organization
What is an organized terrorist group that wanted to destoy Israel?
400
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What does the acronym OPEC stand for?
500
Iran-Iraq War
What is the longest conventional war of the 20th Century?
500
Suez Canal
What enables ships to aviod circumnavigation around Africa?
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