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Also known as the “Cradle of Civilization,” this area was the birthplace of a number of technological innovations, including writing, the wheel, agriculture, and the use of irrigation.
Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Sumeria
What are the 3 major religions of the Middle East?
Islam, Christianity and Judaism
A fertile spot in a desert, where water is found.
Oasis
This organization represents the interests of oil-producing nations.
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What term is MENA an abbreviation for?
Middle East - North Africa
Islamic Place of Worship
Mosque
Any grass cultivated for the edible components of the plant which comprises a large percentage of the middle eastern diet.
Cereal Grains
A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
Aquifer
The chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining.
Petrochemicals
Person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
Prophet
They were giant stepped pyramids that towered above the landscape of ancient Mesopotamia.
Ziggurats
A mode of subsistence that involves raising domestic animals in grassland environments using herd and household mobility.
Pastoralism
A valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season.
Wadi
This peninsula produces 25% of the world's petroleum.
Arabian Peninsula
The formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt based on the use of pictures for words.
Hieroglyphics
This country is the home of Persia and Farsi is the principal language.
Iran
The presence of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds or identities.
Ethnic Diversity
A gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.
Qanat
Middle Eastern countries use their vast quantities of energy reserves to convert saltwater into potable water by using this process.
Desalination
The term used for the belief in one true God.
Monotheism
These mountains extend some 2,500km across northwestern Africa, spanning Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, separating the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline from the Sahara Desert.
Atlas Mountains
Nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia.
Bedouin
The loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, or on a floodplain, and is very important for farming in the desert.
Alluvial Soil Deposits
Conflict arose when land was taken from this country to create the modern nation of Israel in 1948.
Palestine
Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
Cuneiform