Vocabulary
Riverbeds the remain dry except during the rainy seasons.
Wadi
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For which religions is Jerusalem a holy city?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Land was promised to this group after World War I but it was never given to them.
The Kurds
Name 4 out of the 8 countries that border the Persian Gulf.
Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Oman.
After the death of Muhammad, Muslims divided into two main branches called...
The Sunni and the Shi'ite
What are the two most important resources in the region?
Water and oil
Which nation is the poorest in the region?
Afghanistan
By 1992, Saudi Arabia was producing four million tons of what per year?
Grain
What rivers run through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq before emptying into the Persian Gulf?
Tigris River & Euphrates River
Hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee.
This are is internationally recognized as Syrian territory occupied by Israel
Golan Heights
Where are the major oil fields in the region located?
Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf
The Jewish nation-states was created in
1948
Based on the current estimates of the remaining oil reserves, how many more years until we will run out of oil?
47 years
Nicosia is the capital of which country?
Cyprus
A resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply is known as...
Strategic Commodity
Where in the region are well-watered lands found (2)?
River valleys and coastlands.
A movement to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland.
Which lands are claimed by Arab Palestinians (3)?
Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip
What body of water separates the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf?
Strait of Hormuz
This group was formed to regain the land of Israel for Palestinian Arabs.
Palestine Liberation Organization
Which nation developed drip irrigation?
Israel
The holiest site in Jerusalem
The Western Wall
the name of the Queen of Jordan in 1995
Queen Noor (Noor Al-Hussein)
What are the 4 nations that border Jordan?
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Israel.