Culture
Physical Features
Government
Southwest Asia
North Africa
100
A Christian minority group in Eygpt
What are the Copts?
100
These are grown along the Nile River
What is cotton, olives, and citrus fruits?
100
Religion and government are seperate
What is secularism?
100
These people consider Jerusalem their capital.
Who are Jews and Christians?
100
This has led to embargoes in North Africa.
What are Humanitarian violations?
200
The religion of most people in North Africa
What are Islamic Arabs?
200
Aswan Dam
What is the thing that caused the Nile River to be polluted?
200
An Islamic political party
What is The Muslim Brotherhood?
200
This word has two meanings and one of the meanings is terrorism.
What is jihad?
200
The largest city in Africa.
What is Cairo?
300
The Quran, Mecca, and Muhammad all deal with this
What is Islam?
300
Suez Canal
What is something that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?
300
These two countries produce 1/4 of the world's oil.
What is Saudi Arabia and Iraq?
300
This is very very important to this region.
What is international trade?
400
2 types of Muslims
What are Sunni and Shia Muslim?
400
Where the Nile River starts.
What are the Ethiopia Highlands?
400
This country has an autocratic government.
What is Palestine?
400
This country ran out of money in the 1900s.
What is Iran?
400
It gives the average income, literacy rate, life expectancy, and healthcare.
What is HDI?
500
People who believe that the Islamic teachings should be used, but not taken literally.
What are Islamists?
500
A crucial thing that helps the shipping of oil from the Middle East.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
500
An Iraqi leader who was part of the Baath party
Who is Saddam Hussein?
500
Iran is this type of government.
What is theocracy?
500
This is caused by overgrazing and deforestation.
What is desertification?
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