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Its the most valuable natural resource to the economies of the Persian Gulf.
What is oil?
100
Once called Constantinople
What is Istanbul?
100
Islam's founder
Who is Muhammad?
100
Majority ethnic group of the Arabian Peninsula.
What are Arabs?
100
A group of Persian Gulf countries that together determine the amount of oil to export to the rest of the world.
What is OPEC?
200
Hindu Kush
What are the highest mountains in the Middle East - they are an extension of the Himalayas?
200
The people/culture that founded the first cities.
Who are Sumarians?
200
Islam's Holy Book
What is the Koran?
200
Major ethnic group in Turkey.
What are Turks?
200
The only official theocracy in today's Middle East.
What is Iran?
300
Rivers and Oases.
What are two sources of fresh water?
300
They spread their language and culture throughout the Middle East and North Africa after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 A.D.
Who are Arabs?
300
The teachings of Muhammad
What is Hadith?
300
Most common written language in the Middle East
What is Arabic?
300
Religious leaders in Shi'a Islam.
What is an ayatollah?
400
Body of water that flow from humid regions through dry regions
What is an exotic river?
400
Territories occupied by Israel from 1967 to today.
What are the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
400
Islamic laws
What is Sharia?
400
Major ethnic group of Afghanistan.
What are Pashtun?
400
These two nationalities share the island nation of Cyprus.
What are Greeks and Turks?
500
The land between the rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
500
A movement of European Jews to create a homeland in Palestine.
What is Zionism?
500
The name of Islam's holy month for fasting?
What is Ramadan?
500
Major ethnic group of Iran.
What is Persian?
500
Ethnic minority fighting for independence from Turkey.
Who are Kurds?