14 questions
What three religions began in the Middle East?
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
This city is considered holy for many religions.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Bombay, India
Jerusalem, Israel
Tokyo, Japan
Who are the main groups fighting in Israel?
Palestinian Arabs
Egyptian Muslims
Christians
Israeli Jews
The Arab Spring was a series of uprisings where people wanted:
oil money
democracy and freedoms
the freedom to bear arms
ISIS to leave their country
What important natural resource can be found throughout the Persian Gulf area?
water
oil/petroleum
diamonds
arable cropland
What is this area called that allows 20% of the world's oil to be shipped out of the Persian Gulf?
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Indian Ocean
Strait of Hormuz
What is the name of the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Which Middle Eastern country is in both Asia and Europe?
Turkey
Romania
Somalia
Israel
This summer in Saudi Arabia, this group that has had few rights will be given the right to drive motor vehicles.
Jews
Shia Muslims
Sunni Muslims
women
This country has one of the lowest "freedom" scores in the world. Millions of refugees have fled the raging civil war.
Jordan
North Korea
Israel
Syria
These Palestinian territories are inside the borders of Israel.
Gaza Strip
Bethlehem
West Bank
Golan Heights
This war happened on June 5-10th, 1967, and resulted in Israel capturing the Old City of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and other areas.
Islamic Revolution
Six-Day War
Korean War
Iranian Hostage Crisis
The Middle East and other areas were held for about 700 years by this empire, which collapsed as a result of World War I.
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire
The source of a major conflict in the Middle East is the 1947 U.N. decision to give an area known as Palestine to Jews leaving Europe after the...
Treaty of Versailles
Holocaust
pogroms targeting them