Geography
Economics
Religion groups & Ethnic groups
History
Map Skills
100

This is a long period of time when there is no rain.

What is a drought?

100
The group name for the countries that control the price and distribution of oil around the world.
What is OPEC?
100
The monotheistic religion based on the belief of YHWH, with the Torah as the holy book.
What is Judaism?
100
The war that ended the ruling of the _______ ______ was World War 1.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
100
Country above Syria
What is Turkey?
200

A Man-made structure that connects Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea

What is Suez Canal?

200
Turkey's economic system.
What is a mixed economy?
200
The monotheistic religion that believes in the god Allah, with the Quran as the holy book.
What is Islam?
200
______ and ______ divided the Ottoman Empire.
What is France and Britain?
200
Afghanistan is west of ____.
What is Iran.
300

This river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon, & Syria

What is Jordan River?

300
Limit on the amount of products imported from other countries.
What is a quota?
300
Iranian Muslims who speak the modern Persian language.
Who are the Persians?
300
The killing of Jews because they practice the religion of Judaism.
What is the Holocaust?
300
Saudi Arabia is _____ of Iraq.
What is south?
400

Which are connected by the Strait of Hormuz?

What is the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea?

400
Barrier that stops all trade.
What is an embargo?
400
Muslims that are originally from the Arabian peninsula and neighboring territories
Who are the Arabs?
400
The United States' main interest in Southwest Asia.
What is oil?
400
Mecca is in _____ ______.
What is Saudi Arabia?
500

Because of its harsh climate, which country has to rely on desalination plants to provide most of its citizens’ drinking water?

What is the Saudi Arabia?

500
Tax on imported goods.
What is a tariff?
500
A group of Muslims who live in a region that includes parts of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. They speak the Kurdish language.
Who are the Kurds?
500
Anti-Semitism means a prejudice against ____.
Who are Jews?
500
Dams block water from the ______ and _________ Rivers from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
What is the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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