Early Empires
Religious Development
Colonization and the Mandate System
OPEC, Iran, and Terror
Miscellaneous
100

The "Land between two Rivers"

What is Mesopotamia

100

The Three Abrahamic faiths, all of which originated in the Middle East.

What is Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
100

The Two Countries that got Mandates in the Middle East after World War One

Who are France and Britain

100

The Middle East holds approximately 80% of the world's supply of this valuable resource.

What is Oil

100

The two rivers that define the boundaries of Mesopotamia

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers

200

The Early Empire responsible for the invention of the Wheel.

What is Sumer

200

The spread of an idea or cultural practice from one place to another, or from one place to many places

What is diffusion

200

This country does not acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of 1915-16

What is Turkey

200

The organization of primarily Middle Eastern countries, that works to control the price of Oil

What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

200

A modern day terrorist group based out of the Gaza Strip and opposing Israeli control of Palestine.

What is Hamas

300

The Earliest written set of Laws, famous for its "Eye for an Eye" principle.

What is Hammurabi's Code

300

The spread of people from their original homeland, often associated with minority groups that flee oppressive regimes

What is Diaspora
300

The Agreement that set up the Mandate System in the Middle East, written in secret to keep it from the Arabs.

What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement

300

The system of government set up by Ayatollah Khomeini after the Iranian Revolution in 1979

What is a Theocracy (Sultanate)

300

A secret letter sent to Lord Rothschild proposing the formation of a Jewish State in British Mandated Palestine

What is the Balfour Declaration
400

The success of this empire was shown as a product of its beaurocratic system and its cultural influence.

What is the Persian Empire
400

The two main religious sects of Islam, formed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad

What is Shia and Sunni Islam

400

The Ideology that advocates for the return of Jews to their homeland in Israel

What is Zionism

400

A term for a holy war initiated by a muslim group

What is a Jihad

400

The earliest system of writing, created by the Sumerian empire and performed by carving glyphs into stone tablets.

What is Cuneiform Writing

500

This Empire is most well known for being the earliest multiethnic empire, and covered most of Mesopotamia

What is the Akkadian Empire
500

The city that serves as an Apex of the three Abrahamic faiths, holding significant landmarks such as the Dome of the Rock, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the West Wall

What is Jerusalem

500

These are the two possible solutions for the Israel-Palestine Conflict

What are the One State Solution and the Two State Solution

500

The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians in the pursuit of political aims.

What is Terrorism

500

The number of Armenians victimized by the Turks during the Armenian Genocide of 1915-16

What is about 1.2 Million

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