Abrahamic Religions
The empire which crucified Jesus.
What is the Roman Empire
The main purpose of the Crusades was to do what?
Establish Christian kingdoms in the Holy Land.
The land known as "Between Two Rivers", where the earliest forms of writing and civilization formed.
What is Mesopotamia?
Name two of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Prayer, Fasting, Charity, Pilgrimage, Belief
In which Crusade did the Christian Crusaders take control of Jerusalem?
The First Crusade
This is the most important resource found in most countries in Southwest Asia?
What is oil?
The Empire that spread Islam and the Arabic language throughout Southwest Asia and North Africa.
The Arab Empire.
Who was the Muslim general who took control of Jerusalem back from the Christians?
Saladin
These two groups share one territory and cannot agree on how to govern it. One believes their god gave them this land, and the other lived here until World War II.
Palestinians and Israelis.
Sunni & Shia are the two major groups of which religion?
Islam.
Describe the change over time in the relationship between the Roman Catholics and the Byzantine Empire.
At the start of the 1st Crusade, they were allies. However, they went to war during the 4th Crusade.
List one long term effect of the Iraq War of 2003
Removal of Saddam Hussein from power or increased conflict between Sunni and Shia groups.
Which faith believes in the prophets of all three Abrahamic religions?
Islam.
Contrast the treatment of people conquered by the Arab Empire compared to the treatment of people conquered by Christian Crusaders.
Though the Arab Empire encouraged people to convert to Islam, they would not force people to do so. However, the Crusaders killed many people simply for being Jewish or Muslim.
Many conflicts and Empires occurred in Southwest Asia due to what fact about its geography?
Its position at the meeting point of Asia and Europe.