Capitals
Capital of Saudi Arabia
What is Riyadh
The Suez Canal connects to these seas
Mediterranean and Red Sea
The former dictator of Iraq
Who is Saddam Hussein
Cause of the Iraq war in 1990
What is Iraq invading Kuwait
The smallest country in the Middle East
What is Bahrain
Capital of Bahrain
What is Manama
The 2 peninsulas in the Middle East
What are the Arabian and Sinai peninsulas
President of Syria
Who is Bashar al-Assad
Cause of the Iraq war in 2003
What is searching for weapons of mass destruction
A stone tablet that made it possible to decode the hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
Capital of Turkey
What is Ankara
The 2 rivers running through Iraq
What are the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
Rich founder of al-Qaeda
Who is Osama Bin Laden
The date that Hamas attacked Isreal
When was Sat, Oct 7, 2023
City that is important to all 3 major Middle Eastern religions
What is Jerusalem
Capital of Oman
What is Muscat
The other name for the Empty Quarter
What is Ar Rub Al Khali
1979 ruler of Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Who the US is fighting in Syria
Who are Assad and ISIS
Opec stands for this
Capital of Palestine
What is Ramalla
The mountains on the north side of Iran
What are the Zagros mountains
Prime Minster of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
This man coined the term "War on Terror"
George W. Bush
Prior to WW1, this group ruled over the Middle East for over 300+ years