General
Name one country in the Middle East.
Answers vary
Name one country on the Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar
What is the national religion of Israel?
Judaism
What was Iran called before it was known as Iran?
Persia
What is the majority religion of most countries in the Middle East?
Define the word "nomad" or "nomadic".
Not living in permanent settlements, a group of transient people moving from one place to the next.
What is the religion in Palestine?
Islam/Muslim
True or false: Iran is a secular society.
False, it is a theocracy
True or false: More than half the world's oil is in the Middle East
True
Name one country that is a member of OPEC.
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Libya, Algeria, Venezuela, Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo
Passed by the British foreign secretary, officially established Israel as the Jewish homeland.
What was the name of the leader who led the revolution for Iranian independence?
Reza Shah Pahlavi
What major city in the Middle East is considered holy in 3 major world religions?
Jerusalem
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Define Zionism.
Belief in a Jewish homeland.
Who was the first Islamic ruler of Iran?
The Ayatollah Khomeini
What was the name of the man who established the Republic of Turkey?
Ataturk
What is the name of the nomadic tribes that live in the Arabian Peninsula?
Bedouins
Why did the Arabs and the Israelis enter into conflict?
Israel was established in pre-existing Palestine, Palestinians were displaced. Both groups wanted control of Jerusalem
Name one factor that caused dispute in the Iran-Iraq war.
Territory, religion, politics