Old People
What is the name of the world's first writing system?
Cuneiform
What are the dietary laws of Judaism?
Kosher
What is the most important resource in the Middle East?
Oil
What is Polytheism?
Believing in multiple gods
What is a scribe?
Someone who writes things down
What were the world's first civilizations named?
Mesopotamia/Sumer and Egypt
What is the name of the holy city of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?
Jerusalem
What was the name of the Iraqi dictator who was blamed for 9/11 (even though he didn't actually do it)?
Saddam Hussein
What is the name of the large, curved area of farmland that housed the first civilizations of the world?
The Fertile Crescent
What is the weird challenge that occurred during the 1920s that we talked about yesterday?
Pole Sitting
What allowed us to learn how to read hieroglyphs?
The Rosetta Stone
What is Palestine?
A de jure Islamic state that lies within Israel
What is the name of the terrorists who took over Afghanistan?
Why were canal's invented?
To prevent floods and to bring water to crops
When was the first meme created?
1921
What is the name for the world's first law system that got written down?
Hammurabi's Code
What is the movement among Jews to create a Jewish state called Israel?
Zionism
What are the two main branches of Islam?
Shia and Sunni
What was the name of the religion founded in the Middle East in the city of Mecca?
Islam
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between Two Rivers
What are the two major areas of the Fertile Crescent?
The Nile River Valley and Mesopotamia
What is a nomad?
A person that does not have a permanent home?
What is the name of the group of terrorists who took over Afghanistan?
The Taliban
What is the Silk Road?
A long trade route from China to Europe that is considered the most important trade route of all time
Who owned the 6th Largest Navy in the 1990s?
Pepsi