Southwest Asia is the area that connects these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
100
Three religions that began in Southwest Asia.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
100
Israel was created for this religious group to have their own nation.
Who are the Jews?
100
Small country on an island below Greece.
What is Cyprus?
100
Capital of Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
200
Two large and famous rivers that run through the center of modern Iraq.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
Ancient culture that had an empire throughout the area and is now modern Iran.
What is Persia?
200
Describe one way Turkey is more “European” than many of its Middle East neighbors.
Many answers, teacher's discretion.
(examples, Roman alphabet, European style school systems)
200
Country that is farthest Northwest in the region.
What is Turkey?
200
Name three wildlife species that live in this region.
Many answers, teacher's discretion.
(examples: Fennec Fox, Asiatic Cheetah, Long-Eared Owl)
NOT POLAR BEARS
300
Name one climate of this region besides the Desert.
Steppe, Highland, or Mediterranean.
300
The term for an Arabic Nomadic people.
What are Bedouin?
300
Kind of climate that covers most of Saudi Arabia.
What is Desert?
300
Large country with beaches on both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What is Saudi Arabia?
300
Capital of Iran?
What is Tehran?
400
Meaning of the word Mesopotamia.
What is "land between the rivers"?
400
Name three inventions/ideas that started in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What are... many answers possible, teacher's discretion.
(examples- wheel, irrigation, written laws)
400
The two ethic groups that live on Cyprus.
Who are Greeks and Turks?
400
Small country between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
What is Kuwait?
400
One way the US has had an affect on the history of this region.
What are "sending soldiers to the region," "Western cultural Influences," or "supporting the creation of Israel."
(OR something similar at teacher's discretion.)
500
Two most common sources of income for this region as a whole.
What are Agriculture and Oil?
500
Constantinople was conquered and named Istanbul by this empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
Language spoken in Iran.
What is Farsi?
500
Small country on the Mediterranean Sea that shares a border with Jordan.