Ancient History
Oil
Central Asia
The Modern Middle East
Trivia
Geography
200
What are two things that were traded on the silk road?
Silk, species, precious metals, religions, technologies such as gunpowder and paper, as well as things such as algebra.
200
What are three things made from oil?
Plastic products – bottles, containers, toys, packaging.
Gasoline– fuel used in cars and many vehicles.
Asphalt – used to pave roads and highways.
Synthetic fabrics – materials like polyester and nylon used in clothing.
Paint – many paints use petroleum-based chemicals and solvents.
200
Why is the Aral Sea shrinking?
Water is being diverted for agriculture.
200
Much of the wealth in the middle east comes from this resource.
Oil
200
Name the last 3 presidents of the USA
Trump, Biden, Obama
200
What is the climate like in the middle east?
Arid / Semi Arid
400
What does "an eye for an eye" mean, and where does the saying come from?
That the punishment for doing harm will be that harm is done to you.
Hammurabi's code
400
Describe how oil is created
400
Most of the land in Central Asia is _______ a term for dry, flat, grasslands.
Steppe
400
The USA is currently at war with which nation?
Iran
400
There are two teams that play at Madison Square Gardens, name 1. (double points if you can name both)
Rangers, Knicks
400
What geographic feature is at #5?
The Persian Gulf
600
Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
600
This nation has the largest oil reserves in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia
600
Before it began to shrink, the Aral sea was the _____________________ largest lake in the world.
Fourth
600
What language is most common in the middle east?
Arabic
600
Weighing up to 2,000 pounds, this is the largest mammal in North America.
Bison
600
This strait is at the entrance of the Persian Gulf.
Strait of Hormuz
800
Name BOTH reasons that silk road stopped being used.
-It became unsafe as the empires that protected it fell apart.
-New sea routes were safer and more efficient.
800
In which middle eastern nation was oil first discovered?
Iran
800
With the exception of Afghanistan, every nation in Central Asia was part of ____________________ until 1991.
The USSR
800
What is the most common religion in the Middle East? What do you call people who practice that religion?
Islam, Muslims
800
In which Minnesota town was Winona Ryder Born?
Winona
800
What geographic feature is at #2?
The Suez Canal
1000
Hammurabi was not the king of Mesopotamia, he was king of a empire within Mesopotamia. What was it?
Babylon
1000
What is OPEC?
A group of oil producing nations that work together to manage the price and supply of the words oil.
1000
There are 6 nations in central Asia. Name at least 5 of them.
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
1000
What country did Iran go to war with in the 1980's?
Iraq
1000
What year did the first iphone come out?
2007
1000
Name 5 countries on the Arabian Peninsula
Yemen, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman