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100

Israel

Jerusalem

100

Long-time prime minister of Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu

100

This island country is the smallest in the MENA region.

Bahrain

100

Most of the states in MENA are _____majority in terms of Islam

Sunni

100

What is the name of the oil-affiliated intergovernmental organization several members of MENA are members of that shapes the value of oil?

OPEC

200

Iraq

Baghdad

200

Palestine is made up of these two territories today:

Gaza Strip and the West Bank

200

The House of Hashem continues to rule in this small Mashriq state.

Jordan

200

States like Iraq, Iran, and Bahrain are ____ majority states in terms of Islam

Shi'a

200

Started in 1945 this regional organization has had limited impact due to binding decisions only applying to those that vote yes.

Arab League

300

Iran

Tehran

300

There have been two _____ or rebellions/uprisings of Palestinians against Israel. Once in 1987 and again in 2005, each lasting several years. 

Intifada

300

A(n) _____ is an Arab leader that is typically the head of a tribe, family, or particular village or community. The British worked closely with these local leaders in establishing control in several countries.

Sheikh (Shaykh)

300

The holiest site in Islam

Mecca

300

Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwiat, and Bahrain are members of this small organization.

Gulf Cooperation Council

400

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

400

____ was a Zionist paramilitary organization in British Mandate Palestine from 1920 until the creation of the modern state in 1948 formed to protect Jewish settlements.

Haganah

400

_____ is the period known as the “Catastrophe” when Arab Palestinians are exiled from their homes, their property is confiscated and destroyed by Jewish settlers, and marks the end of the State of Palestine.

al-Nakba

400
The House of Saud formed an early alliance with the leader of this Islamic branch which continues to shape politics in the country today.

Wahhabism

400

Over fifty countries are members of this IGO that focuses not on politics but on religion. Almost every MENA state is a member.

Organization of Islamic Cooperation

500

Jordan

Amman

500

Name a MENA country that has engaged in a war with Israel since the creation of the state in 1948.

Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

500

Lebanon has a(n) ______ form of government in which political power is shared across religious groups.

Consociational 
500

The third holiest site in Islam

al-Aqsa Mosque in the West Bank

500

Military arm of the GCC

Peninsula Shield Force