Land Conflicts
This geographic feature made the Saudi–Yemen border difficult to control because tribes historically moved freely through it.
What are mountainous regions?
Saudi Arabia is one of the founding members of this oil organization.
Why did Pan-Arabism become a thing?
To unite the Middle Easterners together against the Ottomans and European colonization
What city is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
This Saudi leader pushed southward in the early 1900s while unifying Arabia, leading to conflict with Yemen.
Who was Ibn Saud?
Saudi Arabia has the world’s largest exports of this resource.
Oil
What country has always been at the heart of the pan-Arabism movement, and is called the creator by many?
Syria
Saudi Arabia is home to this religion’s two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina.
Islam
This year marks the outbreak of a full-scale war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen over disputed border territories.
What is 1934?
Saudi Arabia partnered with this country to become a superpower in OPEC.
Russia
Late 1800s (19th century)
What is the largest desert that covers much of Saudi Arabia?
The Arabian Desert
This 1934 treaty ended the war and recognized Saudi control over Jizan, Asir, and Najran.
What is the Treaty of Taif?
Saudi Arabia often cuts or raises oil output to control these.
Oil prices
What is the name of the counter movement created to Pan-Arabism
Pan-Islamism
This animal, once endangered, is a national symbol and has been reintroduced into the wild in Saudi Arabia.
The Arabian oryx
This treaty, signed in 2000, finally defined the modern border between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
What is the Treaty of Jeddah?
Saudi Arabia often acts as the “swing producer” in OPEC by doing this.
Increasing or decreasing oil production to stabilize prices
What was the name of the Egyptian leader that countered Saudi Arabia?
Gamal Abdel Nasser
What natural resource has made Saudi Arabia one of the wealthiest countries in the world?
Oil