Shooting Kabul
Geography/Maps
Environmental Issues
Where people live, work, and trade
Religious and Ethnic Groups
100
What country do Fadi and his family flee from?
Afghanistan
100
What country is labeled as number 1
Syria
100
What physical feature do most people in the Middle East live near?
Rivers
100
What is the most common landform in the Middle East?
Deserts
100
The Torah is the sacred text of what religion?
Judaism
200
Who gets left behind when the family leaves?
Mariam
200
This is a main source of water for Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, and parts of Syria.
The Jordan River
200
This is one of the ten most water scarce countries in the world. Citizens here can only get water two days a week.
Jordan
200
Nomadic people that have lived in the deserts of SW Asia for thousands of years. They live in tent camps and huts.
Bedouins
200
What is the sacred text of Islam?
The Quran
300
Why was Fadi ashamed as he went through the lunch line at school for the first time?
He had to use a free lunch card.
300
What is the name of the river in this picture:
The Euphrates River.
300
Southwest Asia's biggest pollution problems come from these three things.
Human sewage, agricultural runoff, and industrial waste.
300
How have people in the deserts of SW Asia usually made their living?
Trading animals and hand-made items.
300
These are examples of what type of groups:
-Kurdish
-Arabic
-Persian
-Turkic
-Assyrian
Ethnic Groups
400
What are two things that Fadi keeps in his backpack?
The honey tin and a book (The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler)
400
The area that covers Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank was once known as what?
Palestine
400
Why did the construction of a dam on the Euphrates River in Turkey cause conflict in SW Asia?
The dam has limited the supply of water in other countries
400
The Middle East is a trade hub between what continents?
Asia, Africa, and Europe
400
These are four of the most important requirements of what religion?
- Give charity to the needy
-Make a pilgrimage
-Fasting during the holy month
-Pray five times a day
Islam
500
What is the name of Mariam's Barbie doll and who gave it to her?
Gulmina was given to Mariam by Noor.
500
The birthplace of the ancient civilization of Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria. It is a source of water for Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
The Euphrates River
500
What advantage does Turkey have over other countries in Southwest Asia with regard to the distribution of water?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are formed there.
500
What is the climate like in most of SW Asia?
Hot and arid
500
This Muslim group believes that only the heirs of the fourth caliph, Ali, are the legitimate successors of Mohammed.
Shi'ah