This man followed a command from God to leave his homeland and is generally credited with starting Judaism.
Who is Abraham?
100
This is the name given to good soil between Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, where one of the earliest civilizations emerged.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
A method of bringing water to dry land
What is irrigation?
100
This is a group nations, mostly from the Middle East and North Africa that work together to control prices and production of petroleum?
What is O.P.E.C.?
100
This country actively encourages women to work outside the home and serve in the military.
What is Israel?
200
Belief in One God
What is monotheism?
200
This ancient ruler created a list of rules and laws that was on display throughout his kingdom. It is considered the ancient ancestor of our legal system.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
Rivers in SW Asia enrich the soil by doing this.
What is depositing fertile silt from the Turkish Highlands?
200
An ethnic group of people who live in Armenia, Georgia, Iran , Iraq and several other countries. They are seeking to form their own country.
Who are the Kurds?
200
This was the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel.
What is Egypt?
300
This list of ten laws was supposedly given from God to Moses on Mt. Sinai
What is the ten commandments
300
Burial place for the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt?
What is a pyramid?
300
This country is generally cooler and has more grasslands than other countries in the region.
What is Turkey?
300
Armed conflicts between Jews and Arabs in 1948, 1967, and 1973.
What are the Arab-Israeli Wars?
300
This word best describes the Muslim Brotherhood.
What is extremist?
400
This is the pillar of Islam that requires followers to visit Mecca.
What is the Haaj?
400
Humans were this before they settled down and built cities.
What is Hunter-Gatherers?
400
This dam was built to control the flooding of the Nile River.
What is the Aswan Dam?
400
This was the main purpose in building the Suez Canal.
What is to increase trade?
400
In the days of Sultans, this elite group served as soldiers.
What are Janissaries?
500
What were the four core teachings of Jesus?
What are faith, hope, justice and love?
500
An early, wedged-shaped form of writing developed in Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
500
This is the dominant primary product of the Middle East.
What is oil?
500
This man is considered the founder of modern Turkey and is responsible for ushering in reforms that helped westernize Turkey
Who is Mustafa Kemel?
500
The term used to describe when a country is placed under the control of another country by international agreement.