Definitions
Religion
Physical geography
Definitions cont.
Assorted
100
a resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its supply
What is a strategic commodity
100
Branch of Islam with the most followers
What is Sunni
100
River that lies between Israel and Jordan
What is Jordan River
100
slowly releasing water for crops
What is drip irrigation
100
Which empire fell apart after WWI?
What is Ottoman
200
Land between rivers
What is mesopotamia
200
Religion that the Western Wall is most important to
What is Jewish
200
name of landlocked salt lake
What is the Dead Sea
200
strict extreme Islamic group in the Middle East that has imposed rigid rules on society.
What is taliban
200
Three monotheistic religions in Jerusalem.
What is Islam, Judaism, Christianity
300
Islamic place of worship
What is a mosque
300
Main difference between Jews and Christians
What is Jews believe that the son of God has not come, Christians do.
300
The three continents that intersect in the Middle East
What is Europe, Asia, Africa
300
type of government that has religion at its center.
What is theocratic
300
Where did Operation Enduring Freedom take place?
What is Afghanistan
400
largely unskilled workers that are brought in to fill job openings that the region's native people find culturally or economically unacceptable.
What is guest workers
400
Why has control of Jerusalem been a source of contention between Muslims and Jews?
What is both find Jerusalem religiously significant
400
Most important commodity in the Middle East
What is water
400
PLO stands for..
What is Palestinian Liberation Organization
400
Most famous desert in the region
What is Rub al-Khali
500
movement that began in the 19th century to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
What is zionism
500
5 pillars of Islam
What is faith, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, charity
500
Two rivers that make up Mesopotamia
What is Euphrates and Tigris
500
OPEC stand for
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
500
the three challenges in the way that oil profits are used
What is infrastructure, education, agriculture
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