Geography
Terms
Religions
OPEC
Mesopotamia
100
The large sea to the west of Saudi Arabia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
The belief of one god.
What is monotheism?
100
The first major religion founded in the Middle East.
What is Judaism.
100
The United States imports ________ oil than we produce.
What is 'more'?
100
The first set of laws that was written down in Mesopotamia.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
200
It is north of Yemen and Oman.
What is Saudi Arabia?
200
Sumeria had several of these, such as Ur.
What is a city-state?
200
The religion that was founded by Muhammad.
What is Islam?
200
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
What are the founding countries of OPEC?
200
The first form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
300
Where are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What is Iraq?
300
The first civilizations were established in this area.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
The holy book of the religion is the Bible.
What is Christianity.
300
There are 12 member countries.
How many countries are currently members of OPEC?
300
Cities that were part of a civilization that ruled themselves and the area surrounding the city.
What is a city-state?
400
The country labeled with a 'C'.
What is Afghanistan?
400
This organization controls 2/3 of the world's oil.
What is OPEC?
400
The holy book of Judiasm.
What is the Torah?
400
In 1973, Arab OPEC member nations refused to ship oil to the U.S. and several other western countries to protest our support of Israel and Syria in a war against Egypt, causing the .....
What is the 1973 Energy Crisis?
400
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where Mesopotamia was located.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
500
The country south of Afghanistan and labeled with a 'D'.
What is Pakistan?
500
This are is also know as Southwest Asia.
What is the Middle East?
500
The belief in just one god.
What is monotheism?
500
The U.S. imports _______ oil than we produce.
What is 'more'?
500
A government that rules over different groups of people or territories.
What is an empire?