GWD
Just the Facts
Name that Ancient Civilization
Name the Capital
Name that Country
100
Facility that turns petroleum into gasoline and other products.
Refinery?
100
Lowest point
Dead Sea
100
Found along the banks of the Nile River
What is Ancient Egypt
100
Iran
Tehran
100
#6
Afghanistan
200
Belief in more than one God.
Polytheism?
200
Largest Lake in the Middle East
Caspian Sea
200
Found between the Tigris and Euphrates River
What is Mesopotamia
200
Israel
Jerusalem
200
#16
Syria
300
Form of government in which the leader claims to rule on behalf of God.
Theocracy
300
Name three deserts within the Middle East.
What is Syrian, Hejaz, Sahara, and Rub al Khali
300
Used cuneiform as a system of writing.
What is Mesopotamia
300
Iraq
Baghdad?
300
#4 ?
Oman
400
Form of writing from ancient Mesopotamia that consists of wedge shaped markings pressed on clay tablets.
Cuneiform
400
These are the two major peninsulas in the Middle East
What is the Arabian, Anatolian, and Sinai Peninsula
400
Used hieroglyphics as a form of writing.
What is Ancient Egypt?
400
Egypt
Cairo.
400
#5 ?
Yemen
500
Belief in ONE God.
Monotheism
500
What are two major resources found in the Middle East.
What is oil, natural gas?
500
This term describes the land that grew crops between the Tigris and Euphrates River.
What is the Fertile Cresent
500
Jordan
Amman
500
#13 ?
Israel
600
Agreement
Covenant
600
These are the three major rivers of the Middle East.
Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile River.
600
This is the term that describes the beliefs of Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamians because they BOTH believed in MORE THAN one God.
Polytheistic
600
Lebanon
Beirut
600
#2 ?
Egypt
700
Messenger from God
Prophet
700
Name at least three major climate zones found in the Middle East
Desert, Steppe, Mediterranean, Highland
700
These are the three major religions found in the Middle East.
What is Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
700
Turkey
Ankara
700
#15 ?
United Arab Emirates