Trash Ball Review Geography and Culture of the Middle East
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Saudi Arabia
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Iran
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Turkey
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Persian Gulf
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Suez Canal
Question What is desalination?
Answer Removing salt from salt water
Question Why doesn’t every country in the Middle East have a desalinization process?
Answer It very expensive
Question What are the two most valuable resources in the Middle East?
Answer Natural Gas and Oil
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Jordan
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Arabian Sea
Question What does OPEC stand for?
Answer Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Question Name three countries that are part of OPEC.
Answers can vary USA Saudi Arabia Venezuela Iran Iraq Kuwait UK
Name this area in Israel
Gaza Strip
Question What is the holy book of Judaism?
Answer Torah
Question Why was Christianity finally accepted by the Roman Empire?
Answer Constantine finally realized that there were a lot of Christians and he converted himself to Christianity.
Question Which prophet was the angel of Gabriel speaking to and what did he tell him to do?
Answer Muhammad; the angel was telling him to preach the word of Allah (God)
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Afghanistan
Question What is monotheism?
Answer Belief in one supreme god
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Red Sea
Question Name the three rivers in the Middle East.
Answer Tigris Euphrates Jordan
Question In what country do the Tigris and Euphrates meet?
Answer Iraq
Question Why do people not live in Northern Saudi Arabia, southwest Iraq, and southeast Jordan?
Answer They are all desert areas.
Question What is the purpose of OPEC?
Answer To control the oil in the world’s market
Question What language do the Kurds speak?
Answer Kurdish
Question What is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East?
Answer Arab
Question If you are a Persian, which country do you live in?
Answer Iran
Question The disagreement over who would lead the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad led to…
Answer The split of Islam into 2 groups: Sunni and Shia