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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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