Religion in the Middle East
Where Muhamed is believed to have ascended into heaven
a. Mecca b. Medina c. Western wall d. Dome of the rock
What is Dome of the Rock?
Hajj is the pilgrimage to
a. Medina b. Mareb c. Mecca d. Maccem
What is Mecca
The Fourth Monarch and son of David
a. Saul b. David c. Solomon d. Jesse
Who is Solomon?
This country with the highest Jewish population
a. Israel b. Poland c. Syria d. Lebanon
What is Israel?
This body of water lies between Saudi Arabia and Iran and is rich in oil resources
a. The Caspian Sea b. The Mediteranian Sea c. The Black Sea d. Persian Gulf
What is the Persian Gulf?
The city that Muhammad was born
a. Mecca b. Bethlehem c. Baghdad d. Medina
What is Mecca?
Islam's two major religious branches
a. Twelvers and shia b. Sunni and Twelver
c. Sunni and Shia d. Shia and Hazbollah
What are Sunni and Shia?
The city in which Jesus was crucified and resurrected
a. Bethlehem b. Nazarathe c. Israel d. Jerusalem
What is Jerusalem?
This document was wrote for financial support from Jews for WW1
a. The Baulfur Declaration b. The Treaty of Versailes
c. Sykes-Picot Agreement d. The Axis agreement
What is the Balfour Declaration?
This Middle Eastern country shares borders with Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria
a. Qatar b. Lebanon c. Yemen d. Jordan
What is Jordan?
The landmark that the Jewish people worship in Jerusalem
a. Dome of the Rock b. Church of the Holy Seplicker c. Western Wall d. Solomons temple
What is the Western Wall?
This city became the first capital of the Islam after the death of Muhammad
a. Medina b. Mecca c. Baghdad d. Baghdad
What is Medina?
Areas in Israel designated for Palestinians
a. West Bank and Palestine b. Gaza strip c. West Bank and Gaza Strip d. West Bank
What are the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
This group had there pagers intercepted and blown up by the Israeli government
a. Shia b. Sunni c. Hezbollah d. Hamas
What is Hezbollah?
This former empire ruled over Arab, Turkish, and Balkan lands for over 600 years until the end of World War I
a. Israeli Empire b. Austria-Hungary Empire c. Ottamon Empire d. German Empire
What is the Ottamon Empire?
What is the landmark that the Christians worship in Jerusalem?
a. Church of Holy Seplicker b. Dome of the Rock
c. Church of the Redeemer d. Sistine Chapel
What is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
Sunni Shia disputes rid this country of violence
a. Iran b. Syria c. Iraq d. Saudi Arabia
What is Iraq?
This term is used to describe the dispersion of Jews beyond Israel
a. the Great Schism b. Diaspora c. The Jewish Migration d. The Baulfur Migration
What is Diaspora?
This agreement aimed to split up the Ottamon empire after WW1
a. The Baulfur Declaration b. The Treaty of Versailes
c. Sykes-Picot Agreement d. The Axis agreement
What is The Sykes-Picot Agreement?
This Middle Eastern river, sacred to multiple religions, flows from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea
a. Yangtze River b. Jordan River c. Galilee River d. Euphrates River
What is the Jordan River?