This ethnic group is the most numerous in Southwest Asia (The Middle East).
Arabs
100
What is the holy writing (book) of Judaism?
Torah
100
These two waterways come together to form the border between Kuwait and Iran.
Tigris & Euphrates rivers
100
This Middle Eastern country is located to the northwest of Iraq and is the country in which the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers begin.
Turkey
100
The building of these has created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia (the Middle East).
dams
200
This modern country is the home to those who call themselves Persians.
Iran
200
What is the holy writing (book) of Islam?
Quran?
200
The Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea are connected by this waterway.
Strait of Hormuz
200
This is the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia
200
BONUS POINTS: 300
BONUS POINTS: 300
300
BONUS POINT: 5,000
BONUS POINT: 5,000
300
Bonus Points: 200
Bonus Points: 200
300
These two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal.
Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
300
This small country is bound by the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and was created in 1948 by the UN as a homeland for the Jewish people.
Israel
300
People living along the rivers of Southwest Asia have built canals, qanats, and water wheels to use the water for this purpose.
irrigation
400
YOU LOST YOUR TURN!
YOU LOST YOUR TURN
400
YOU'VE BEEN SKIPPED!
YOU'VE BEEN SKIPPED!
400
The Suez Canal is so important to international shipping because it makes it possible to get to this sea from the Arabian Sea without having to sail around Africa.
Mediterranean Sea
400
The two largest rivers in the region flow through this country.
Iraq
400
The use of these have led to the build-up of salt levels in the soil and have contaminated water supplies in Southwest Asia.
chemical fertilizers
500
This is the religion of most of the Arabs and Kurds in Southwest Asia (the Middle East).
Sunni Muslim
500
Bonus Points: 100
Bonus Points: 100
500
This body of water is very important because it is one of the main ways oil is shipped from the Middle Eastern countries.
Persian Gulf
500
This area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea is overseen by Israel and is occupied predominantly by Palestinians.