Wars/Conflicts
When was the Suez Crisis?
What is 1956?
What event caused the United States to attack Afghanistan in 2001?
What is 9/11?
Who was the Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979?
Who is Shah Mohammad Pahlavi?
What year was the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) founded?
What is 1960?
What was Intifada?
What is Palestinian protests of Israeli troops?
What was the name of the holiday when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in 1973?
What is Yom Kippur?
What is the Yom Kippur War?
Who is President Nasser of Egypt?
What country's oil exports were limited by the U.N. in the 1990s?
What is Iraq?
What three countries united during the Suez Crisis and why did they unite?
What is Great Britain, France and Israel because their interests were at risk?
What and when was the Persian Gulf War?
What is when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991?
What country accused Iraq of supporting Al Qaeda?
What is the United States?
Who is the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization currently?
What is the name of the Saudi Arabian plan that was made to reduce the reliance on oil?
What is Vision 2030?
Who were the original six members of the Arab League?
What are Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria?
What was the 6 Day War and when did it happen?
What is when Israel seized control of the Gaza strip and when Israeli planes destroyed much of the Egyptian air force in 1967?
What Middle Eastern country is a key ally for the United States?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What was the name of the dictator of Iraq that came into power in 1979?
Who is Saddam Hussein?
What country in the Middle East had the largest oil reserves?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What were the two goals of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)?
What are (1) to eliminate Israel as a nation and (2) create a Palestinian homeland?
During the Iran-Iraq War, what was the name for the Iranians and what was the name for the Iraqis?
What are the Sh'ia (Iranians) and the Sunni (Iraqis)?
What European country controlled Palestine until 1948?
What is Britain?
What is the word for "Father of the Turks" and who was this person?
What is "Ataturk" and Mustafa Kemal?
What are the original five members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
What is Iran, Kuwait, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iraq?
What were the five Radical Islamic Organizations?
What are HAMAS, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS?