The Olden Days
(Ancient West Asia)
(Ancient West Asia)
The "Cradle of Civilization"
Mesopotamia
Ancient Iranian prophet
Zoroaster
Define: shah
Monarch/king
Who Destroyed the ancient city Persepolis?
Alexander the Great
American oil company that fuels World War I and II.
Standard Oil
Rivers that make up "the fertile crescent"
Tigris and Euphrates
Name of the first monotheistic God
Ahura Mazda
Secret agreement between France and Britain to divvy up Arab regions
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Palestinians call this event the "catastrophe"
Nakba
Secret Agreement to secure British and French trade routes
Sykes-Picot Agreement
The first city
Uruk
Two answers: the founder of Islam and his place of birth
Mohammad, Mecca
Governor of Persian Empire provinces
Satrap
Name the War - US intervenes and sends troops to fight against Iraq and protect oil interests
Gulf War
Oil company which makes more than Apple, Google, and ExxonMobil combined!
Saudi Aramco
Laid the foundation for the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths
Zoroastrianism
This group believes the leader should be in the Prophet’s bloodline
Shia
Palestinian name for Israeli occupants in the West Bank
settlers
Name the year: Iranian revolution + Saddam Hussein takes control of Iraq + Iranian Hostage Crisis
1979
Who Nationalizes oil industry and expels foreign corporate oil interests from Iran?
Mohammed Mossadegh
The first population to live in Ancient Sumer
Ubaid
Government under the rule of a Muslim leader
caliphate
An overthrow of government
coup d'état
Established America as the peace broker between Israel and Palestine
Oslo Accords
King who grants Standard Oil the right to do business in Saudi Arabia
King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud