Geography
This climate makes up the majority of the Middle East
Founder of Islam
Who is Mahammad
The first written code of law
What is Hammurabi's Code
This group of people have few rights and need permission to do almost anything in the some places in the Middle East and North Africa
What are women
People that live in the same region and share a common language and religion
What is a Cultural Region
The most important River in ancient Egypt and is the longest river in the world
The Nile River
What is the Koran (Qur'an)
What is the Holy book of Islam
Played a huge part in helping people organize protest in the middle east
what is social media
In the Arab Spring Protest what was the biggest request
What is Democratic Reform/More Rights/Economic Freedoms/End to Authoritarian Govt
Oil is the refined product of what material
Mesopotamia is an ancient civilization found in between these two major rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River
The Kaaba is located here
Where is Mecca
created in 1960 this controls and regulates the production and price of oil.
What is OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Violent and horrific acts committed by extremist groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS, Taliban, and threaten the stability of the region
What are terrorist
This geographic features separates North Africa from South Africa
What is the Sahara desert
This major peninsula has the country of Saudi Arabia on it and was the starting point of The Arabic Language and Islamic religion
What is the Arabian Peninsula
Declaration of faith, Giving to Charity, Fasting during Ramadan, praying 5 times a day, and a pilgrimage to mecca make up what
What are the 5 pillars of Ismam
Series of political uprising in the middle east that used social media to organize its protest
What is the Arab Spring
These types of government put the religion in charge of the country
What is a theocracy
Both of these started in the Arabian Peninsula
What are the Arabic Language and Islamic Religion
This mad made structure helps reduce travel from the Mediterranean to Asia
What is the Suez Canal
What are the Sunni and Shia
What country did the Arab Spring start in
What is Tunisia
People of the region are forced to use this method to remove salt from seawater
what is desalination?
Cuneiform is the first
What is the first writing system