Oil
Israel / Palestine
Religion
US Intervention and 9/11
Geography
Fun Facts History
100
Name 2 uses for oil.
EX: plastic, polyester, gasoline, Teflon (pots and pans), transport (boats, planes, etc)
100
What religion do Palestinians practice?
Islam
100
What are the Abrahamic religions?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
100
What country did the US invade after 9/11?
Afganistan
100
What is number 2
Egypt
100
What sweet substance flooded Boston in 1919?
Molasses
200
What is OPEC?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group of countries that work together to fix oil prices.
200
What country does the US fund/support in this conflict?
Israel
200
What is the Islamic spiritual journey called?
The Hajj
200
Name two reasons why people join terrorist organizations (like Al-Qaeda)
Can list any of these reasons:
- Anti-intervention
- anti-Israel sentiment
- unemployment
- Strong likable leaders
- Twisted religious message
- Social Media
- Belonging (like joining a gang)
- Competing for power
200
What is number 5
Israel / Palestine
200
During a WW1, the trench fighting stopped between the British and the French for one day. What was that day?
December 25, also known as Christmas Day
300
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
Drawing of the boarders in the middle east by French and British
300
What claim does Israel (Jewish people) have to the land?
They say it was promised to them by God (Yahway)
300
What do Jewish people believe about the prophet/messiah?
The messiah, who will save/uplift the Jewish people, has not yet come to earth.
300
Name the presidents who were in office during the war in Afghanistan.
Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden
300
What is number 4?
Afghanistan
300
What animal screamed throughout the dust bowl because townspeople were going out in clubbing parties to kill them?
Jackrabbit
400
What is the OPEC Oil Embargo?
The 1973 prohibition of selling oil to the US and Europe was due to their support of Israel in a global conflict. This tanked the US economy and made gas very expensive.
400
Why did the UN grant land to Israel in the late 1940s?
Guilt over the Holocaust/WW2.
400
In what city does the Hajj take place?
Mecca
400
What was the militant group of Afghan fighters called that morphed into Al-Qaeda?
The Mujahideen
400
What is number 3?
Iran
400
What food did people think was poisonous after first discovery?
Tomatos
500
Name the British company that controlled Iranian Oil.
The Anglo-Iranian Company or the British Petroleum Company (later BP)
500
What international agency granted land to Israel?
The United Nations (UN)
500
What is the holy black box that Muslims pray around during their spiritual journey called?
The Kaaba
500
What is an IED?
An Improvised Explosive Device
500
What is number 1?
Saudi Arabia
500
What were tablecloths first invented for?
big communal napkin