1. Southwest Asia Review Game

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

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

4. What is the name of this country?
Turkey

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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. What is the name of this country?
Afghanistan

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

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

13. What country is the Sinai Peninsula a part of?
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Israel
What is the name of this country?

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

22. Which Middle Eastern Country is located in both Europe and Asia?
Turkey

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

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

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

26. Iraq
What is the name of this country?

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

28. Iran
What is the name of this country?

29. What is the climate of Southwest Asia?
Arid

30. What is the name of the body of water with the highest salt volume in the world?
Dead Sea

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

32. What two countries share a border at the Sinai Peninsula?
Egypt and Israel

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

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

35. Iraq’s second largest ethnic group is?
Kurds

36. What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem

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

38. Jerusalem is sacred to which people
Muslims, Jews & Christians

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. 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

46. What is the holy writing of Judaism?
Torah

47. What did Muhammad believe the angel Gabriel was asking him to do?
Tell the word of God to the people

48. Muslims pray how many times a day?5

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

50. Judaism, the world's oldest major religion, originated in which modern country?
Israel

51. What is the birthplace of Islam?
Mecca

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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. This means food fit to be eaten, according to Jewish dietary laws
Kosher

57. What is the relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
All three believe in the same God – they just have different interpretations of God

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

59. Muslims pray at a
Mosque

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

69. Education, training, and healthcare all contribute to?
Human Capital

70. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

77. In general, countries with high literacy rates …
Have strong economies. Higher standard of living.

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

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

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

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

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

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