1. Southwest Asia Review Game

2. Mediterranean Sea
What is the name of this body of water?

3. Rub al Khali Desert
What is the name of this landform?

4. What is the name of the strait at the southern end of the Persian Gulf?
Strait of Hormuz

5. Dead Sea
What is the name of this body of water?

6. What is the name of this country?
Turkey

7. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet in which county?
Iraq

8. The Suez Canal links what two bodies of water?
Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

9. Black Sea
What is the name of this body of water?

10. Arabian Sea
What is the name of this body of water?

11. Which bodies of water are connected by the Strait of Hormuz
The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf

12. What makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without having to sail around the continent of Africa?
The Suez Canal

13. What is the name of this country?
Afghanistan

14. In which country are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank located?
Israel

15. Suez Canal
What is the name of this body of water?

16. What river runs through Syria, Israel, and Jordan?
Jordan River

17. What river forms a boundary between Israel and Jordan?
Jordan River

18. Euphrates River
What is the name of this river?

19. Red Sea
What is the name of this body of water?

20. What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

21. Sinai Peninsula
What is the name of this landform?

22. Israel
What is the name of this country?

23. Tigris River
What is the name of this river?

24. What is the term for the removal of salt from water?
Desalination

25. Jordan River
What is the name of this river?

26. What meets the Euphrates River in Iraq?
Tigris River

27. Iraq
What is the name of this country?

28. Persian Gulf
What is the name of this body of water?

29. Iran
What is the name of this country?

30. What is the climate of Southwest Asia?
Arid

31. Strait of Hormuz
What is the name of this body of water?

32. Rub al Khali Desert
What is the name of this landform?

33. What 3 continents meet in the Middle East?
Africa, Asia, Europe

34. The murder of millions of European Jews during World War II
What was the Holocaust?
The murder of millions of European Jews during World War II

35. What is Zionism?
The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times

36. What is the most dominant ethnic group in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?
Arabs

37. What is the name of the agency that created the State of Israel as a homeland for the Jews?
The United Nations

38. How did Palestinians feel about the new state of Israel?
They rejected it as unfair to them

39. When the Ottoman Empire ended, Who drew up the Boundaries for the new country’s created ?
European Politicians

40. Who ruled Palestine before Israel gained it’s Independence?
United kingdom

41. When Israel was established, who is forced to relocate?
The Palestinian Arabs

42. U.S. troops are still fighting in which Middle Eastern Country?
Afghanistan

43. What event started Operation Desert Storm?
After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait

44. A person who had to leave their home as a result of war is known as what?
Refugee

45. Why did the U.S. get involved in the first gulf War?
Because Iraq invaded kuwait

46. Who is responsible for the 9-11 attacks?
Osama Bin Ladin

47. The U.S. went to war in 2003 against Iraq because?
The United States government saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, developing weapons of mass destruction

48. This is the official language of the Jewish people?
Hebrew

49. Zionism can be best described as ?
Jewish nationalism
Or the dream to return to Israel

50. The West Bank is between what two country’s?
Israel and Jordan

51. Why did the UN intervene In dispute between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 ?
Because the economies of many countries depend on oil, and Iraq’s actions threatened that supply.

52. What basic belief made Christianity different from Judaism?
Christians believed Jesus was the Messiah, or savior of man

53. What was the Camp David Accord?
Talks that led to an agreement between Israel and Egypt

54. What is the second largest sect of Islam?
Shiite Muslim

55. What ethnic group’s predominant language is Arabic, and the majority follows the teachings of Islam.
Arabs

56. Which religion do most people in Southwest Asia practice
Islam

57. What modern day country is the home to those who call themselves the Persians?
Iran

58. What ethnic group is found in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria?
Kurds

59. Abraham, the father of ancient Israel, believed in only one God
Abraham, the father of ancient Israel, believed in only one God. This concept is known as
Monotheism

60. What is the holy writing of Judaism?
Torah

61. The year 330 CE is what century?
4th century CE

62. Muslims pray how many times a day?5

63. The sacred book of the Muslims is called the
Quran

64. What is the birthplace of Islam?
Mecca

65. What is the largest type of Islam practiced?
Sunni

66. What issue led to the split between the Sunni and Shia in Islam?
They disagreed over who should lead the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad

67. In what country can people vote for local leaders and the countries president, but the true leader of the country chosen by the countries religious leaders?
Iran

68. In the Middle East, which country would be an example of a Federal Type of government?
Israel

69. The worship of a single god rather than many gods
What is the main belief that distinguished the Jewish faith from the others in the ancient world?
The worship of a single god rather than many gods

70. What is the title of the Shia religious leader of IRAN?
Ayatollah or Supreme Leader

71. Of the countries we studied, which is considered an Islamic Republic?
Iran

72. The Israeli legislator is called?
The Knesset

73. In what country can people vote for local leaders and the national legislator, but the Head of State and Nations leader are chosen by the national legislature?
Israel

74. In what country can people vote for local leaders but because the King has final authority the citizens play a very small role if any in running the government?
Saudi Arabia

75. What are the Five Pillars?
Five basic obligations that Muslims are supposed to meet in their lives

76. What is the leader of Iran known as?
The Supreme Leader or Ayatollah

77. Muslims pray at a
Mosque

78. A country ruled by a person that has complete and unlimited power
Autocracy

79. The central government holds most of the power in _________ government.
UNITARY

80. What is the legislative branch of government is responsible for ???
making and carrying out the laws

81. How is the leader of a Parlimentary Democracy chosen?
The Prime Minister is chosen by representatives in the legislator

82. A government based upon religious beliefs is BEST described as an
Theocracy

83. a country in which the powers of the central government are restricted and in which the states, colonies, or provinces have some self-government; ultimate power rests with the voters who choose their governmental representatives (India, United States, Germany,
Federal Republic

84. A small group of powerful leaders are in charge in this type of government…
Oligarchy

85. How is the leader of a Presidential Democracy chosen?
The president is chosen in a vote by the people.

86. A republic government based on the laws of Islam (Saudi Arabia, Iran)
Islamic Republic

87. Representative Democracy or Republic
What type of government citizens choose representatives to make and enforce the laws
Representative Democracy or Republic

88. What type of government controls most aspects of its peoples life.
Authoritarian

89. Human Resources Or Human Capital
People who can work, solve problems, and create businesses are called what?
Human Resources
Or Human Capital

90. Dams limit the amount of water going down stream to other countries.
Why are dams a good idea for solving water problems in the countries they are located in but not for other countries?
Dams limit the amount of water going down stream to other countries.

91. What type of government gives the king or queen complete control?
Absolute Monarchy

92. Constitutional Monarchy
What type of government gives the king or queen very little control, they are more of a figure head?
Constitutional Monarchy

93. What is a Political Trade Barrier that places a tax on incoming goods?
tariff

94. Who benefits from trade restrictions placed on imported goods?
Local companies that produce the same products as the imports-LIMITS competition

95. What are the three main Economic Questions?
What to produce/how much.
How to produce it.
For whom to produce it for.

96. Give examples of a natural trade barrier
Oceans, Rivers, Mountains, Deserts, etc.

97. In general, countries with high literacy rates …
Have strong economies

98. What natural resource is the source of many conflicts in the region.
Water

99. Laws based on the teachings of the Quran are known as what
Shariah Law

100. Why do countries have exchange rates?
In order to trade with one another

101. The 1973 Oil crisis was the outcome of what type of political trade barrier between OPEC and the US??
An EMBARGO

102. How do literacy rates in Southwest Asia differ for men and women?
Women have lower rates than men in most countries

103. A person who takes risks by starting a new business is called a/an
Entrepreneur

104. In a traditional system, what is exchanged for goods and services?
Other goods and services