1900-present day
This 1916 arrangement between France and Britain is often cited as a root cause for today's problems in the Middle East.
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
This country was in many ways the face of the Arab Spring after demonstrations in Tahrir Square helped lead to the ousting of long-time president Hosni Mubarak.
What is Egypt?
This key export is a major reason why the Middle East is globally important.
What is oil? (Petroleum, fossil fuels also acceptable)
Due to a current civil war, this country is currently barred from sending delegates to League of Arab States conferences.
What is the Syrian Arab Republic? ("Syria" is also okay)
Egypt
What is Cairo
This war, fought between Egypt, Jordan, and Syria against Israel, ended very quickly and decisively in favor of Israel after less than a week of fighting.
What is the Six Day War? (also correct: June War, Arab-Israeli War of 1967, War of 1967, Third Arab-Israeli War)
The SNC is seen by the League of Arab States as the true representatives of this country's people, and will be replacing the current government for the purposes of the conference.
What is Syria?
The major economic industry of Egypt.
What is tourism?
Only two Arab states have normalized diplomatic relationships with Israel--Egypt and this Kingdom.
What is Jordan?
Lebanon
What is Beirut?
An alleged dispute over oil drilling led to the 1990 invasion of this country by its larger neighbor to the north triggered the First Gulf War.
What is Kuwait?
Two Intifadas took place in this Arab League Member State with the intent of "shaking off" people from occupied territory between 1987 and 2005.
What is Palestine?
In preparation for the 2022 World Cup, this Gulf State came under criticism for the Kafala system, which Amnesty International claims is "basically slavery".
What is Qatar?
The "Switzerland of the Middle East," this country tends to remain neutral and has acted as a mediator for issues dealing with Iran.
What is Oman?
Saudi Arabia
What is Riyadh?
Pan-Arabism in the mid-20th century culminated in multiple attempts to create this.
What is a unified Arab state? (Count as correct if Arab Union, United Arab Republic, etc are mentioned as examples of these states)
Abdelkader El Djezairi is a national hero of this North African country for his fight against French colonialism.
What is Algeria?
This group of 6 Arab countries is largely made up of wealthy states who are trying to lessen economic dependence on oil.
What is the Gulf Cooperation Council? (300 pts for "GCC", 100 pts for something along the lines of "Gulf States")
This country is in many respects a puppet state to its neighbor Saudi Arabia
What is Yemen?
Djibouti
What is Djibouti?
Between 1975 and 1990, this city was partitioned between Christians and Muslims due to civil war.
What is Beirut?
The arrest of 9 female activists led to a diplomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and this North American country.
What is Canada?
Saudi Arabia and Jordan announced plans to cooperatively build NEOM for $500 billion dollars and running on renewable energy. NEOM will be a mega-what?
What is city?
This East African Arab League observer state officially declared peace with Ethiopia in July, after two decades of war.
What is Eritrea?
Bahrain
What is Manama?