General Knowledge
Oil and Water
Ancient Civilizations
Religion
Conflict
100
North Africa and Southwest Asia is an example of a __________ region.
What is cultural.
100
What does the word scarcity mean?
What is when there is not enough of something to fit your needs.
100
Mesopotamia developed between what two rivers?
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates.
100
How many gods does a monotheistic believe in?
What is one.
100
True or False, the state of Isreal is older than Palestine.
What is false.
200
A quote is an example of what type of source?
What is a primary source.
200
What does the term abundance mean?
What is when there is more than enough to fit your needs.
200
What environmental factor lead to an agricultural lifestyle for the people of Mesopotamia?
What is fertile soil.
200
What are the three main monotheistic religions?
What are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
200
Why do Israeli people believe they have a right to the land in the conflict zone?
What is because it is their holy land.
300
Your textbook is an example of a ________ source.
What is secondary.
300
Is there a scarcity or abundance of water in SW Asia?
scarcity
300
What river was important to the Egyptians?
What is the Nile.
300
What is the main religion of N. Africa and SW Asia?
What is Islam.
300
What is the common religion amongst Palestinians?
What is Islam.
400
What elements of culture do Southwest Asia and North Africa share in common?
What are religion, language, and history.
400
Oil has lead to ___________ profit in SW Asia and N. Africa from the late 1900s to today.
What is economic.
400
Who invented the wheel?
Who are the Sumerians.
400
What is the holy city of the three main monotheistic religions?
What is Jerusalem.
400
The loss of land belongs to what ESPN factors?
What are political and environmental.
500
Who invented paper?
Who are the Ancient Egyptians.
500
What environmental factor has lead to conflict in SW Asia?
What is water scarcity.
500
What is irrigation?
What is changing your environment to bring water to dry land.
500
Name the holy books of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
What are the Kora, the Torah, and the Bible.
500
Where were the Palestinians sent when Israeli settlers came in the 1940s?
What are refugee camps.