Animals that go "meow"
Cheese Kurds
Chazz Michael Michaels wins figure skating gold!
"60% of the time it works every time"
Give me your green card Justin Bieber!
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What is 40 years
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Burj Khalifa
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Name the two most important natural resources in the region
What is oil and water
100
This body of water is East of Saudi Arabia and South of Kuwait
What is the Persian Gulf
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What is desalinization
200
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
What is Mesopotamia or the "fertile crescent"
200
What is the unifying cultural feature of the Middle East
What is Islam
200
Who built the world's first known cities?
Who are the Sumerians
200
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What is Pushtan
200
What are the people of the Middle East known as?
What is Arab
300
What percentage of Muslims are Shia?
What is 10%
300
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What is lack of vegetation in the desert regions.
300
Define Orthodox in terms of religion
What is strict, traditional, unchanging
300
This is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar marked by "fasting"
What is Ramadan
300
What early Middle Eastern empire was later defeated by the Greeks and Romans?
What is Persia
400
What is unique about the Kurds
What is they have never had a country of their own
400
List the 5 Pillars of Islam
What is 1. Belief in Allah and Mohammad is his prophet 2. Prayer 5x's daily 3. Charity for the needy 4. Fasting during holy months 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca
400
Define exotic rivers
What are rivers that begin in humid regions and flow across dry areas
400
Describe the main differences between the Sunni and Shia Muslims.
What is Sunnis' choose their own religious leaders and these leaders lead prayer and Shia religious leaders must be descendents of Mohammad and they interpret the Quran.
400
What is the major language spoken in Iran?
What is Farsi
500
Islamic religious leaders
What are Imams
500
Name the borders of the countries that the Kurds live as stated in the PowerPoint
What is Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
500
What is the dominant language in the middle east?
What is Arabic
500
Name the landlocked country in the Middle East region
What is Afghanistan
500
Islams holy city
What is Mecca
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