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I am the scarcest resource in the Middle East

A 100

Water

A 100

I am a resource that is very unevenly distributed

in the Middle East

A 200

Oil

A 200

These people are nomadic herders

A 300

Bedouins

A 300

Which landform is prominent throughout

the Middle East?

A 400

Deserts

A 400

List 3 of the 5 main regions in the Middle

East

A 500

Fertile CrescentNorthern Tier

Arabian Peninsula Nile River ValleyThe Maghreb

A 500

The belief in one god

B 100

Monotheism

B 100

This is when the male runs the family.

B 200

Patriarchy

B 200

B 300

This term means “God” in Arabic

Allah

B 300

This is the term for a weapon which can kill

millions of people. The US invaded Iraq in 2003

because it was thought that Saddam Hussein was

making these.

B 400

B 400

Weapons of Mass Destruction

(WMD)

This term means “successor.”

B 500

Caliph

B 500

The place of worship of Christians

C 100

Church

C 100

21% of the world’s population practices this

religion

C 200

Islam

C 200

C 300

The term for the scattering of Jews from Israel after the war

with Rome

Diaspora

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

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Name three concepts/traditions

the three major Middle Eastern

Religions have in common?

C 400

a. All are monotheisticb. All have a holy bookc. All have a place of worshipd. Jerusalem is an important holy

city for all threee. Their historical traditions

build off of one another

C 400

What does Jesus stress in his religious preachings?

C 500

Love and forgiveness

C 500

This is considered the word of God as spoken to Muhammad through

the angel Gabriel.

D 100

The Qur’an

D 100

This man is considered to be the final prophet

of Islam

D 200

Muhammad

D 200

Islam translates to mean _________________.

D 300

Submission

D 300

What does the Quran say about dressing for both

men and women?

D 400

Both men and women should dress modestly

D 400

List the 5 pillars of Islam

D 500

1.Proclamation of Faith

2.Prayer 5 times a day facing Mecca

3.Alms (giving to charity)

4.Fasting during Ramadan

5.Making the Hajj to Mecca once in your

lifetimeD 500

This person was killed by his own people in

October 2011 and was the dictator of Libya.

E 100

Who is Muammar Gaddafi?

E 100

In 1991, the United States attacked Iraq

because Saddam refused to withdraw from which Middle Eastern country?

E 200

Kuwait

E 200

This document supported a Jewish

homeland in Palestine

E 300

Balfour Declaration

E 300

The roots of the Arab- Israeli conflict is due to conflict over ____________.

E 400

Ownership of Palestine

E 400

This country is where the Arab Spring began.

E 500

What is Tunisia?

E 500

This is the largest ethnic group in the

Middle East

F 100

Arabs

F 100

These people started a rebellion in Iraq in the

1970s and it was crushed in 1975.

F 200

Kurds

F 200

What two religious groups are fighting over control

of the government in Iraq?

F 300

Sunni and Shia Muslims

F 300

F 400

This term is fancy handwriting.

Calligraphy

F 400

Describe what Rowyan is.

F 500

Rowyan is a dancing raindrop, who was designed to help the

illiterate people of Yemen understand the need to

conserve water.

F 500

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Modern Day History

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Name one example of an economic,demographic, and social/political cause

of the Arab Spring.

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Economic: 1. investors fled the stock market in favor of buying commodities, including food crops

and fuel. This demand led to higher commodity prices. 2. Oil spills 3. High unemployment

Demographic: 1. Young people were a majority. 2. Young Arabs were far more likely to be highly

educated and technologically savvy 3. Young people were more affected by unemployment

Political: 1. Political repression. 2. Constant state of emergency with no rights

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