CULTURE
This religious group consider Mecca a sacred place
Islam
Religious group
The Persian people of Iran practice Islam, and speaks which language?
Farsi/Persia
SW Asia was ruled by which empire until 1992..
World War I
This ethnic group lost most of their land after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and did not get their own territory when Europeans partitioned the Middle East.
Kurds
One of the oldest religion that began around 1800 BCE when God spoke the Abraham
Judaism
This ethnic group were divided between Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq and vulnerable to extreme persecution. This ethnic group speak the language of ....
Kurdish
This form of government allowed Great Britain and France to control SW Asia during WWI and after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The League of Nations
Persians is the largest ethnic group found in Iran. Why?
Double Jeopardy?
Which event caused Persian or Persians to loose their land?
Partition by Great Britain and France/Fall of the Ottoman Empire
What are the 3 major ethnic groups found in SW Asia?
Arabs, Kurds, and Persians
What are the two major Muslim sects found in SW Asia?
Shia and Sunni Muslims
The Turks ethnic group once stretched from Turkey, parts of southeastern Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. Majority of the Turks practice Islam. What is their native language?
Turkish
Conflict in the Middle East, and the overall purpose of partitioning this country is based on what resource?
Oil
Which waterway is a hotspot for pirates and constant conflict?
Strait of Hormuz
This ethnic group was a small warrior bands that raided villages on the Byzantine frontier and eventually developed into one of the largest and longest standing empires in the world.
Ottoman Turks
Who do Christians believe Jesus is?
The son of God
TRUE OR FALE
The Kurds is an ethnic group of people who speak Arabic and Kurdish and consider themselves Arabic.
False - they identify as Kurds
During WWI the Ottoman Empire sided with which central powers?
Double Jeopardy?
The Ottoman Empire lost the war to the Allied Powers, which allowed the League of Nations to create control for two European countries called?
Germany and Austria-Hungary
Mandate system
Great Britain and France draw these to carve out their territory of SW Asia, leading to ongoing conflict between ethnic groups.
Artificial borders
The Sunni and Shia Muslims were religious rivals and forced to live together in which country?
Iraq
What is the original religious belief of the Persian people?
Zoro or Zoroastrianism
Majority of the Kurds occupy this land... and their goal is to name it Kurdistan
Turkey or Turkiye
Name the four major bodies of water that borders SW Asia.
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Arabia Sea, and Persian Gulf.
The Holocaust granted passage of the Jewish people to Israel. This relocated the Arab people to which two divisions of Israel?
Double Jeopardy?
What is the original name of Israel?
The Gaza Strip and West Bank
The original name of Israel is Palestine