Riverbeds that remain dry except during the rainy seasons
What is Wadis
100
Group that imposed strict rules on the people of Afghanistan
What is Taliban
100
Rivers that flow parallel to one another through Turkey, Syria and Iraq
What is Tigris and Euphrates
100
Government controlled by religious leaders
What is theocratic
100
When did the U.S. invade Iraq?
What is 2003
200
Mountains of Afghanistan
What is Hindu Kush
200
Live in Kurdistan
What is Kurds
200
Type of desert that results when moisture from the soil evaporates and chemical salts remain
What is salt flat
200
Two branches of Islam
What is Sunni and Shi'ite
200
War between Iran and Iraq started 1980 and ended _____
What is 1988
300
So salty only bacteria can live
What is Dead Sea
300
Found in a hole, imprisoned, and executed
What is Saddam Hussein
300
The landform that Iran and Iraq fought over
What is Shatt al Arab
300
Holiest city of Islam
What is Mecca
300
Allegedly had weapons of mass destruction and aiding terrorists. Also in violation of weapons inspections were justifications for the US starting this war
What is Iraq War
400
Also known as the Empty Quarter (desert)
What is Rub al Khali
400
Nomadic desert dwellers
What is Bedouins
400
Most famous peninsula in SW Asia
What is Arabian
400
Faith, Prayer, Fasting, Charity and Pilgrimmage are the 5 Pillars of ______.
What is Islam
400
Name of the illness many soliders obtained after the Persian Gulf War
What is Gulf War syndrome
500
Peninsula that Turkey occupies
What is Anatolian
500
leader of Iran during the Iran-Iraq War
What is Khomeini
500
Body of water that a war was named after
What is Persian Gulf
500
Judaism, Islam and __________ were founded in SW Asia
What is Christianity
500
Name of the plan that George HW Bush enacted to protect Saudi Arabia