Geography and Regions
The region where Christianity, Islam, and Judaism were founded
What is the Middle East
Competing nationalisms is a large contributor to this ongoing conflict that intensified on October 27, 2023
What is the Israel-Palestine conflict
Western media term for a series of uprisings in the Middle East in 2010–11
What is Arab Spring
The domination of European powers to control land, resources, and trade routes
What is colonialism
The region that includes parts of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Afghanistan/Pakistan territories
What is the Greater Middle East
The belief that Jews have the right to have a state in their ancestral homeland
What is Zionism
A term used to refer to the worldwide community of Muslims
What is Muslim World
The Kurdish people are an example of
What is a proto-state or an ethnic group
The Western half of North Africa is referred to as
What is Maghreb
This Islamist political group governs the Gaza Strip and is often at odds with both Fatah and Israel
What is Hamas
A term used to describe the 22 Arab-speaking countries
What is Arab World
The region responsible for some of the world’s first cities and empires
What is Fertile Crescent
The split between these two major Islamic sects originated from a disagreement over the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad
What are Sunni and Shi’a?
This term is used to refer to the total number of the world’s Muslim-majority countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe
What is Islamic World
Pre-colonial maps of the Middle East that did not have boundaries focused mostly on
What are spheres of influence
This 1948 war resulted from the rejection of the UN partition plan and the establishment of Israel
What is the Arab-Israeli war?
The tendency for wealth to leave poor countries rather than trickle down from the wealthy to the middle classes
What is capital flight