Geography
This region connects Asia, Africa, and Europe.
What is the Middle East?
The Palestinians have fought with this country for a long time.
What is Israel?
This natural resource has made many Middle Eastern countries very rich.
What is oil?
In many Middle Eastern countries, this form of government is ruled by a king.
What is a monarchy?
In some countries in the Middle East, women must wear this garment that covers the head.
What is a hijab?
This desert, one of the largest in the world, covers much of North Africa and parts of the Middle East.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This war in the early 2000s involved the United States invading a country to remove Saddam Hussein.
What is the Iraq War?
This organization includes countries like Saudi Arabia and controls oil production levels.
What is OPEC?
This country is known as the only democracy in the Middle East
What is Israel?
This country only allowed women to drive starting in 2018.
What is Saudi Arabia?
This important waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and is crucial for global trade.
What is the Suez Canal?
This event in 2011 led to protests and political changes across several Middle Eastern countries.
What is the Arab Spring?
This Gulf city is famous for its rapid development, skyscrapers, and tourism.
What is Dubai?
This branch of Islam is followed by the majority of Muslims worldwide.
What is Sunni (Islam)?
This country has been rated as the top country in the Middle East to promote gender equality
What is Israel?
This river is known as the cradle of Egyptian civilization
What is the Nile (River)?
This extremist group declared a “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria around 2014.
What is ISIS (Islamic State)?
Lebanon, Jordan, and Yemen
This political system combines religion and government, such as in Iran.
What is a theocracy?
This country has become the first Arab country to have a female head of government.
What is Tunisia?
This city is considered holy by three major religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
What is Jerusalem?
This country has experienced a devastating civil war since 2011, involving multiple international powers.
What is Syria?
This country is generally considered the strongest economy in the Middle East based on its GDP
What is Saudi Arabia
The three countries are the most populous in the Middle East
Egypt, Iran, and Turkey
This country allowed women to take part in elections in 2015.
What is Saudi Arabia