Landforms II
History II
Arab Israeli Conflict
Religion
Government
100
Most important river in North Africa
What is the Nile
100
Term for an Egyptian leader
What is a pharaoh
100
Term for the movement of Jews back to a homeland in Israel
What is Zionism
100
City that is holy to all 3 of the religions that began in this region
What is Jerusalem
100
Country in the Middle east that is a theocracy
What is Iran
200
The Nile Empties into this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea
200
Tomb for a pharaoh
What is a pyramid
200
War in which the Israelis gained control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip which were originally designated as lands for the Palestinians.
What is the 6 day War
200
The oldest of the three religons that began in the region
What is Judaism
200
This country has been accused of having Nuclear Wepons
What is Iran
300
This body of water separates Egypt from the Middle East
What is the Red Sea
300
This country invaded Afghanistan in the 1970s
What is the Soviet Union
300
Year in which the State of Israel was created.
What is 1948
300
Most people in the Middle East belong to this branch of Islam
What is Sunni
300
The only country in the region to have a democracy
What is Israel
400
Connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas
What is the Suez Canal
400
This group of people ruled the Eastern Mediterranean during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD
Who are the Romans
400
Country to which many Palestinian refugees have fled
What is Jordan
400
Both Jews and Muslims believe that he is the father of their people
Who is Abraham
400
This Iraqi dictator was hanged in 2007 after being conviced of war crimes against his people
Who is Saddam Hussein
500
Narrow body of water that allows Iran to control the flow of oil through the Persian Gulf
What is the Strait of Hormuz
500
The Great Schism divided Christianity for the first time into Roman Catholic in the west and this branch in the east.
What is Eastern Orthodox
500
Name of the post WWI treaty that made most of the Middle East Mandates of Great Britain and France
What is the Treaty of Versailles
500
What is the name of the landmark in Jerusalem that Muslims consider sacred.
What is The Dome of The Rock.
500
Name for strict laws enforced in many Middle Eastern and North African countries based on the teachings of the Quran
What is Sharia
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