Middle East Important Figures
Revered as a central patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, he is often called the father of monotheism.
1: Abraham
2: Moses
3: Noah
4: David
These two major rivers start in Turkey, flow through Iraq, and empty into the Persian Gulf.
1:Tigris and Euphrates
2:The Nile and Jordan
3:The Danube and Volga
4:The Indus and Ganges
Making up the majority of the population in countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, this is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East.
1:Arabs
2:Persians
3:Kurds
4:Turks
This man-made waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
1:Suez Canal
2:The Panama Cana
3:The Strait of Hormuz
4:The Bosporus Strait
This absolute monarchy is ruled by the House of Saud and contains Islam's two holiest cities.
1:Saudi Arabia
2:Jordan
3:Oman
4:Qatar
According to Islamic tradition, he is the founder of Islam and the final prophet.
1:Muhammad
2:Abraham
3:Jesus
4:Moses
At roughly 1,740 miles long, this is the longest river in Southwest Asia
1:Euphrates River
2:The Tigris
3:The Nile
4:The Jordan
This Indo-European ethnic group forms the majority of the population in Iran and speaks Farsi.
1:Persians
2:Arabs
3:Turks
4:Kurds
These two historic rivers form the cradle of Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq
1:Tigris and Euphrates
2:The Nile and Jordan
3:The Indus and Ganges
4:The Danube and Volga
This country's constitution grants its king wide-ranging executive and legislative powers, including the right to appoint the Prime Minister and dissolve parliament.
1:Jordan
2:Saudi Arabia
3:Qatar
4:United Arab Emirates
This Persian king of the Achaemenid Empire built a massive empire and is known for freeing Jewish exiles from Babylon.
1:Cyrus the Great
2: Darius 1
3: Xerxes 1
4: Artaxerxes 1
Dams built on the Euphrates River in this country have significantly reduced water flow downstream into Syria and Iraq.
1:Turkey
2:Iran
3:Jordan
4:Egypt
Primarily located in modern Turkey, this ethnic group speaks a Turkic language and traces its roots back to Central Asia.
1:Turks
2:Kurds
3:Persians
4:Arabs
This narrow strait connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean).
1:Strait of Hormuz
2:The Suez Canal
3:The Bab al-Mandeb
4:The Bosporus Strait
This country is the region's only parliamentary republic where the Prime Minister serves as head of government and the Knesset serves as the unicameral legislature.
1:Israel
2:Lebanon
3:Turkey
4:Jordan
This long-serving leader of Iraq was ousted during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
1:Saddam Hussein
2:Nuri al-Said
3:Faisal II
4:Jalal Talabani
While technically flowing through North Africa rather than Southwest Asia, this historic river is frequently grouped with Middle Eastern geography for its ancient cradle-of-civilization status.
1:Nile River
2:The Tigris
3:The Euphrates
4:The Jordan
Often described as the largest ethnic group in the world without their own independent state, they primarily live in a region spanning Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
1:Kurds
2:Persians
3:Turkmen
4:Armenians
This type of climate covers the vast majority of the Middle East
1:Arid
2:Mediterranean
3:Humid Subtropical
4:Tundra
Since its 1979 revolution, this nation has operated as a unique Islamic theocracy where ultimate power resides with a Supreme Leader rather than the elected president.
1:Iran
2:Iraq
3:Saudi Arabia
4:Syria
Which 12th-century Muslim military leader and Sultan of Egypt and Syria is famously known for recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187?
1:Saladin
2:Baibars
3:Richard The Lionheart
4:Nur ad-Din
This ancient region—whose name means "land between the rivers"—was shaped by the Tigris and Euphrates.
1:Mesopotamia
2:Anatolia
3:Persia
4:The Levant
This Afro-Asiatic language family includes Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic, making it the most widely spoken language family in the Middle East.
1:Semitic Language Family
2:Indo-European languages
3:Turkic languages
4:Dravidian languages
This country borders the Red Sea and is the last alphabetically among the six nations that border the Red Sea.
1:Yemen
2:Sudan
3:Egypt
4:Djibouti
This specific branch of Islamic law serves as the primary basis for legislation in the legal systems of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Yemen.
1:Sharia Law
2:Fiqh Law
3:Hadith Law
4:Fatwa Law