Mesopotamia
Physical Geography
Events since WWII
Cultures
Religions
100

Rivers that supplied the ancient Mesopotamians with a stable water source.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

100

This resource, which is found mostly near the Persian Gulf, makes many Southwest Asian nations wealthy.

What is oil (petroleum)?

100

World War II based event that urged the movement for a Jewish state.

What is the Holocaust?

100

Largest ethnic group within Southwest Asia.

Who are the Arabs?

100

This is the most dominant religion in Southwest Asia.

What is Islam?

200

Name of the writing system of the ancient Mesopotamians.

What is cuneiform?

200

These rivers of Southwest Asia are often considered parts of the same river system.

What is the Tigris and Euphrates?

200

The United States invaded Afghanistan after this terrorist event.

What is the attacks on 9/11?

200

Most widespread language in Southwest Asia.

What is Arabic?

200

Names of the branches of Islam.

What are the Sunni and Shia?

300
Present-day country where ancient Mesopotamia once occupied. 

What is Iraq?

300

A lack of this resource has shaped the history of Southwest Asia.

What is fresthwater?

300

Name of the pro-democracy protests within Southwest Asia where governments changed in the 2010s.

What is the Arab Spring?

300
Name for the main ethnic group from Turkey.

Who are the Turks?

300

This is refraining from eating or drinking during a specific period.

What is fasting?

400

The shift from hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural societies allowed for this type of lifestyle.

What is more settled or permanent?

400

This is the type of climate that dominates Southwest Asia.

What is dry or arid?

400

Event that resulted in Arab countries invading Israel in 1948.

What is Israel's declaration of independence?

400

The following region has slightly more people than those in the United States.

What is Southwest Asia?

400
Name of the holy month of fasting for Muslims.

What is Ramadan?

500

This is the name of a society within Southwest Asia.

Who are the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, or Babylonians.

500

The Dead Sea and the Caspian Sea both share this characteristic.

What is they are both landlocked seas?

500

Country that controls parts of the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem.

What is Israel?

500

This explains how Southwest Asians mostly identify themselves as people.

What is with their ethnic group/tribe?

500

This is the name of the first teacher of monotheism by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Who is Abraham?