Middle East Basics
Before the 1900s, most of the Middle East was ruled by which empire?
What is the Ottoman Empire?
List 3+ countries in the Middle East today.
What are Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar?
The group of major oil-producing nations in the Middle East that coordinate oil production to influence global prices is called...
Beginning in 2010, this was a movement in the Middle East where people protested against corrupt governments for democracy.
What is the Arab Spring?
The author of War Reporter, who recorded videos throughout the Syrian Civil War at the age of 15.
Who is Muhammad Najem?
The main natural resource that has caused foreign nations like the United States and Britain to get involved in the Middle East in the past 100 years is...
What is OIL?
Identify which country is NOT in the Middle East: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kenya, Syria, UAE.
What is Kenya?
The terrorist organization that was responsible for the 9/11 bombings of the U.S. World Trade Center was called...
What is al-Qaeda?
The President of Syria during the Syrian Civil War (last name is fine)
Who is Bashar al-Assad?
"Mukharabat," used by Najem in his book, translates to...
What are the "secret police?"
After World War I, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and these two European nations took control of their colonies in the Middle East.
What are Britain and France?
After World War II, the nation of _________ was created in the Middle East, designed to serve as a homeland for Jewish people.
What is Israel?
In 1990, Iraq invaded the oil-rich nation of __________, claiming it as Iraqi territory. In response, the U.S. jumped in to help defeat Iraq.
What is Kuwait?
To spark the Arab Spring, a street vendor in this country set himself on fire to protest the corrupt government in his nation.
What is Tunisia?
The Syrian Civil War began in the year of ________ and ended in the year of _________.
What is 2011 to 2024?