Religion
amnesty is when a person seeks what in another country?
safety
What desert forms a boundary between North Africa and the rest of the continent? Also the largest desert.
What is Sahara?
What country is having a civil war causing a massive amount of refugees because of their bad leader Bashar Assad? Most of these refugees are heading to Germany.
What is Syria?
What is the dominant language of NASWA?
Arabic
Which country in the Middle East is actually part of Europe and Asia?
Turkey
The western wall is the most holy spot in jerusalem for what religion?
Judaism
These mountains create a rain shadow on the eastern part of Iran.
What are the Zagros Mts.
What resource is plentiful in NASWA and what resource is scarce?
plentiful-oil scarce- water
The Crusades were a battle over the Holy Land. Which major religious city is important to all three major religions?
What is Jerusalem?
a person seeking safety from war, famine, or a natural disaster
What is a refugee?
Judaism is an ethnic religion because it is tied to a what?
place
What river breaths life into the most barren Egypt?
Nile River
What country produces the most oil in the entire world?
What is Saudi Arabia?
Zionism is the movement to create Israel which is a homeland for what group?
Jewish people
These are the two types of desert found in the Sahara?
erg- sandy reg- rocky
The suez canal connects what two seas?
Mediterranean and Red
What is the holiest city in Islam (the city Muslims pray towards)?
What is Mecca?
This group is a minority group and wants their own country. Who is this stateless nation?
Who are the Kurds?
What was the series of uprisings against dictators around the middle east in the early 2010s called?
The Arab Spring
refugees seeking safety in another country
What is asylum?
The two branches of this religion are Sunni (anyone can be the next leader) and Shia (someone related to Muhammed has to be the next leader)
What is Islam?
What region lies between the Tigris and Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq?
What is Mesopotamia?
Iran has this type of government where the religious and political leader are the same?
What is a theocracy?
Where did the Arab spring start?
Tunisia
What is the group of countries that control the production of oil
What is OPEC?