Conflicts
Resources
Religion
Deserts
Bodies Water
100
This 19th century began the movement of Jews back to their homeland.
What is zionism?
100
Damming of rivers to produce energy for its growing population.
What is hydroelectricity?
100
Faith, Hajj, Fasting, Prayer, and Charity are examples of this religious practice.
What is the 5 Pillars?
100
This desert is also known as the Empty Quarter.
What is the Rub al-Khali?
100
Passage built by Napoleon to allow ships to travel from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
200
This ethnic group took refuge in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after the 1948 war.
What is Palestinians?
200
Resource before it it processed.
What is crude oil?
200
The holiest city of Islam and the birth place of Muhammad.
What is Mecca?
200
The Dasht-e Lut and Dasht-e Kavir are examples of this type of desert.
What are salt flat deserts?
200
The two straits that will allow ships to sail from the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea.
What are the Dardanelles and Bosporus Straits?
300
U.S. led forces overthrew this Islamic fundamentalist group after the 9/11 attacks.
What is the Taliban?
300
Used to make oil, heating oil and bases for chemicals to produce plastic and fertilizers.
What is petroleum?
300
Worshiping one God.
What is Monotheistic?
300
This desert lies between the Syrian and Rub al-Khali deserts.
What is the An Nafud?
300
Supported ancient civilizations in the Fertile Crescent and flows from Turkey to Syria and Iraq.
What are the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers?
400
This ethic group is considered a stateless nation after WWI.
What is the Kurds?
400
Largest export in the SW Asia that countries rely on the most.
What is oil?
400
The ritual site of Islam in which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
400
Underground springs in the An-Nafud causes vegetation to grow.
What is an oasis?
400
Body of water that cannot sustain life due to much salt.
What is the Dead Sea
500
The horrific event that led to the mass migration of Jews and the creation of the state of Israel.
What is the Holocaust?
500
A treatment plant for water that is used for all basic needs for the people.
What is Wastewater?
500
The last remnant of the Temples of Solomon.
What is the Western Wall?
500
This desert lies North of the An Nafud desert and separates the coastal regions of Lebanon, Israel and Syria.
What is the Syrian Desert?
500
The strait that connects the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
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