Geography
Man-made waterway in the Middle East
What is the Suez Canal?
Country with a Presidential Democracy
What is Turkey?
Primary religion of the Middle East
What is Islam?
Reason that the Middle East has been a region of conflict
What is strategic location/resources?
The creation of Israel led to
What is ongoing conflict?
Reason region is called the Middle East
What is it is located at the intersection of Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Country with a parliamentary republic system
What is Israel?
Language predominately spoken
What is Arabic?
Conflict that involved a coalition force liberating Kuwait in 1991
What is the Gulf War?
Anti-Semitism
What is hatred of Jews?
country known for having largest oil reserves
What is Saudi Arabia?
Government type for Saudi Arabia
What is absolute monarchy?
Largest ethnic group in the Middle East
What is Arabs?
War in 2003 that led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein
What is the Iraq War?
What is Britain?
Lowest point on Earth
What is the Dead Sea?
What is to control the petroleum policies among member countries?
Ethnic group associated with Iran
What is Persians?
War in 1967 between Israel and neighboring Arab countries
What is the Six-Day War?
Loser of WWI that lost control of Palestine
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Main physical feature of the region
What is desert?
Date of the state of Israel's creation
What is 1948?
Importance of Jerusalem to the Jewish faith
What is Jews believe that God promised Jerusalem as their homeland thousands of years ago?
President who tried to plan for peace in 1978
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Prophet Muhammad rose to heaven from this place
What is Jerusalem?