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A Troubled Century
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Egypt Today
Israel Today
Turkey Today
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This conflict occurred when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
What is the Persian Gulf War?
100
This is a pilgrimmage to Mecca.
What is a hajj?
100
Because of his support for peace with Israel, this man was assassinated in 1981.
Who is Anwar Sadat?
100
This is the Jewish New Year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
100
She was the Prime Minister of Turkey in the 1990s.
Who is Tansu Ciller?
200
These armed conflicts occurred between the Jews and Arabs.
What are the Arab-Israeli Wars?
200
This is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
What is Ramadan?
200
This extremist group insists that Egypt be governed by Islamic law.
What is the Muslim Brotherhood?
200
These people follow Jewish law strictly.
Who are Orthodox Jews?
200
He removed the Islamic government from Turkey.
Who is Mustafa Kemal?
300
This ethnic group lives in Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and several other countries.
What are the Kurds?
300
Used in the manufacture of many common products, these are things made from petroleum.
What are petrochemicals?
300
This word is another name for Egyptian peasants.
What is the fellahin?
300
This movement encouraged Jews to return to Palestine.
What is Zionism?
300
After working to westernize Turkey, Kemal became known by this name.
What is Ataturk?
400
This is a country placed under the control of another by international agreement.
What is a mandate?
400
This organization decides the price and amount of oil produced.
What is OPEC?
400
This man made Egypt a republic.
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
400
These are communal farming villages.
What is a kibbutz?
400
Mustafa Kemal organized this. It was Turkey's first legislative body.
What is the Grand National Assembly?
500
Jews began migrating to this region in the late 1800s.
What is Palestine?
500
Because oil is a raw material, it is an example of this.
What is a primary product?
500
This was built to control the flooding of the Nile.
What is the Aswan High Dam?
500
During this Jewish holiday, Jews fast and reflect on their sins.
What is Yom Kippur?
500
Greek soldiers sent this to trick the soldiers of Troy.
What is the Trojan Horse?