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Geography & Culture Vocab Religions of the ME Islam 101Conflicts in the ME Grab Bag World Cultures Review

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 Crescent Northern Tier Arabian Peninsula Nile River Valley The 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

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 worlds 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 Place A Wager

Name three concepts/traditions the three major Middle Eastern Religions have in common? C 400

a. All are monotheistic b. All have a holy book c. All have a place of worship d. Jerusalem is an important holy city for all three e. 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 Quran 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 lifetime D 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 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

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Modern Day History Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Name one example of an economic, demographic, and social/political cause of the Arab Spring. Click on screen to continue

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 Click on screen to continue

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