Capitals
What is the capitals of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the most important natural resource in the Middle East today?
Oil
What is the world's largest continent?
Africa
How many continents does the world have? Double jeopardy: Name them
7: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica
What is the largest country in the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
Double Jeopardy: What country was known for its cedars in ancient times?
Lebanon
What country has the most people?
China
Which is the important line of latitude that divides the Northern from the Southern Hemisphere?
Equator
What is land called when things can grow?
Fertile
Amman is the capital of what country?
Jordan
What language is dominant in the middle east?
Arabic
What's the highest mountain system?
Himalayas
From which important line of longitude are the meridians used to measure east or west?
Prime Meridian
What are high, level land masses called in the middle east?
Plateaus
Double Jeopardy: Riyadh is the capital of what country?
Saudi Arabia
Double Jeopardy: What was the movement to regather the Jews to their holy land called?
Zionsim
Which peninsula is the largest in the world?
Arabian
Double Jeopardy: Name the two important lines of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere.
Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer
Double Jeopardy: What is the small triangular peninsula between Egypt and Israel called?
Sinai Peninsula
Beirut is the capital of what country?
Lebanon
Double Jeopardy: Who founded Islam and what is their holy book called?
Muhammad, Koran
What is the worlds largest lake?
Caspian
Double Jeopardy: Name the two important lines of latitude in the Southern Hemisphere.
Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle
When did Israel first become a nation?
1948