Physical Geography
What are the two rivers that create the Fertile Crescent?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
What is the name of the headscarf that hides the neck, ears, and hair (widespread in muslim world)
What is a hijab?
What does OPEC stand for?
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
Who considered the Levant "promised land" from God?
What is The Hebrew People?
How did the USSR fight when they invaded Afghanistan?
What is Guerilla warfare?
Which Middle Eastern country is the biggest?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What are the three main ethnic groups in the Middle East?
What are the Kurds, Jews, and Arabs?
When and where was oil first discovered in the Middle East?
What is 1908 and Persia (now Iran)?
What is the IDF?
Israeli Defense Forces, where citizens must serve for a minimum of 2-3 years.
Who supported Iran and who supported Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War 1980-88?
United States supported Iraq and the USSR supported Iran.
What are the names of the peninsulas in the Middle East?
What are the Arabian Peninsula and Sinai Peninsula.
What ethnic group makes up the majority of the population in the Middle East?
What are Arabs?
The Middle East received foreign investment from what two countries, after the discovery of oil?
What is Europe and North America?
Why was Israel created?
To create a seperate nation for Hebrews and Jews.
Who were the countries involved in the Persian Gulf War?
What is Kuwait and Iraq?
What is the main biome of the Middle East?
What is the desert?
What two Middle Eastern countries traditionally have strict dress codes for women only?
What is Iran and Afghanistan?
When did mass production of oil start in the ME?
What is 1945?
What is the White Revolution?
A land reform, gave women the right to vote, promoted education, and massive government financed projects.
When was Osama bin Laden killed?
What is May 2, 2011?
Name the 4 main landforms found in the Middle East
Steppes, mountains, Rivers, and Gulfs
What is the cost of education in most Middle Eastern nations?
Which 5 countries in the Middle East have the most oil ?
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, and United Arab Emirates?
What did the Shah do?
An autocratic who created political tension & policies divided people.
What are the political impacts after the Middle Eastern Wars?
Free elections, and women got the right to vote for the first time