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100

Iraq's official language

What is arabic?

100

Saudia Arabia's kind of government

What is a monarchy?

100

Dry streambeds in the desert are known as

What are wadis?

100

The holy book of Islam

What is The Qur'an?

100

This country in the region is rich in mineral deposits.

What is Iran?

200

The former president of Iraq before the US entered war with them

Who is Suddam Hussein?

200
Islam influences Saudi Arabia by

What are clothing, wmoen's activities?

200

Means "land between the rivers"

Mesopotamia

200

This Muslim group believes in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teachings.

Who are the Sunni?

200

This group is known to have built the first known cities in Mesopotamia.

Who are the Sumerians?

300

Established what type of government in 2005

What was democracy?

300

Reasons for Saudia Arabia's high unemployment rate

What are high population growth rate, many young Saudis choose to study religion instead of technical subjects their economy requires?
300

Kind of leaders that have authority over their people in a theocracy

What are Religious Leaders?
300
In the 1500s Mesopotamia became part of this empire.

What is the Ottoman Empire?

400
Suddam Hussein became president in 1979 and was part of what party

What is the Baath Party?

400

Persian title for king.

What is Shah?

400

This empire ruled the region around present-day Iran in 500 BC.

What is the Persian Empire?

500

60% of Iraqis are from this Muslim group

What is Shia?
500

A wet, fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface.

What is an Oasis?

500

Regions 4 major land forms.

What are rivers, plains, plateaus, and mountains?