SW Asia Miscellaneous
The two most important natural resources of SW Asia
What are natural gas and oil?
A Muslim place of worship
What is a mosque?
The country invaded by Iraq / Saddam in 1989, sparking the first Gulf War
What is Kuwait?
Another name for SW Asia
What is the Middle East?
The holiest place for Muslims (where Mohammad was born).
What is Mecca?
Fill in the blank: The 1947 UN _________ Plan
What is Partition?
The three religions born in the Middle East
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
The largest country in SW Asia
What is Saudi Arabia?
A major body of water in SW Asia.
What is the Red Sea (or Persian Gulf...or Mediterranean Sea...)?
City holy for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
What is Jerusalem?
Intifada means this
What is uprising?
One of the two majority Christian nations in SW Asia?
What is Georgia / Armenia?
The country home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai
What is the UAE (United Arab Emirates)?
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
What are the territories that make up Palestine?
The capital of Iran.
What is Tehran?
The terrorist group that invaded Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023
What is Hamas?
What are Sunni and Shia?
The only fully democratic nation in the Middle East.
What is Israel?
The physical feature which is made up of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, etc.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
The capital of Syria.
What is Damascus?
The artist who paints creatively on the wall separating Israel and the West Bank
Who is Banksy?
The pilgrimage to Mecca is called
What is the hajj (or the hadj)?
Smallest country in SW Asia
What is Bahrain?
The "choked up" waterway causing the rise in gas prices.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
The old capital of the Ottoman Empire
What is Constantinople?