1. MIDDLE EAST REVIEW GAME

2. WHO LED THE ISLAMIC, OR IRANIAN, REVOLUTION? a) Shah Pahlevi b) Ayatollah Khomeini c) Saddam Hussein d) Menachem Begin

3. b) Ayatollah Khomeini

4. THE PERSIAN GULF WAR BEGAN WHEN WHICH COUNTRY INVADED KUWAIT? a) Iraq b) Iran c) Saudi Arabia d) Afghanistan

5. a) Iraq

6. NAME THIS WAR: 1980-1988, ENDED IN STALEMATE, FOUGHT OVER RELIGION, OIL, AND TERRITORY a) Persian Gulf War b) Iraq War c) Iran-Iraq War d) Afghanistan War

7. c) Iran-Iraq War

8. WHAT DID IRANIANS DEMAND DURING THE AMERICAN HOSTAGE CRISIS? a) The Shah be returned to Iran b) Israel be given back to Palestine c) The Shah be killed d) Iraq give up control of Kuwait

9. a) The Shah be returned to Iran

10. WHAT ORGANIZATION UNITED OIL- PRODUCING COUNTRIES TO BREAK WESTERN INFLUENCE? a) OPEC b) PLO c) OTYL d) Oil League

11. a) OPEC

12. WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATION CREATED IN 1964 THAT PUSHED FOR THE FORMATION OF AN ARAB PALESTINIAN STATE? a) Palestine Liberation Organization b) Hamas c) Gaza United d) Zionist Front

13. a) Palestine Liberation Organization

14. WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLO, WHICH CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL a) Yasir Arafat b) Gamal Nasser c) Anwar Sadat d) Menachem Begin

15. a) Yasir Arafat

16. WHICH EVENT RESULTED IN ISRAEL ANNEXING THE SINAI PENINSULA, THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, JERUSALEM, AND THE WEST BANK? a) Yom Kippur War b) 1948 War c) Six-Day War d) Suez Crisis

17. c) Six-Day War

18. SIXTH PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. HELPED NEGOTIATE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS. a) Yasir Arafat b) Anwar Sadat c) Jimmy Carter d) Menachem Begin

20. WHAT WAS THE WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE LAUNCHED BY PALESTINIANS IN THE 1980S? a) Intifada b) Jihad c) Hamas d) Diaspora

21. a) Intifada

22. WHAT SIGNED AGREEMENT ENDED 30 YEARS OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL? a) Oslo Accords b) Camp David Accords c) Hamas d) Intifada

23. b) Camp David Accords

24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A REFORM OF ATATURK MUSTAFA KEMAL? a) Abolishing the fez b) Denying women the right to vote c) Replacing Islamic laws with a civil code d) Translating the Qur’an into Turkish

25. b) Denying women the right to vote

26. WHAT IS THE CURVED REGION IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH RICH SOIL FOR FARMING? a)Palestine b) Sumer c) Fertile Crescent d) Gaza Strip

27. c) Fertile Crescent

28. WHAT WAS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION TO SETTLE IN MESOPOTAMIA? a) Akkadian b) Babylonian c) Sumerian d) Hittites

29. c) Sumerian

30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN ISSUE SUMERIANS FACED? a) no natural barriers b) constant invasions by nomads c) limited natural resources d) unpredictable floods and droughts

31. b) constant invasions by nomads

32. WHAT IS SARGON OF AKKAD KNOWN FOR? a) Creating the world’s first bureaucracy b) Writing the first set of laws c) Creating the first empire d) Building a great temple

33. c) Creating the first empire

34. WHO WAS THE BABYLONIAN RULER KNOWN FOR HIS SERIES OF CODES? a) Umayyad b) Hammurabi c) Yasir Arafat d) Muhammad

35. b) Hammurabi

36. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUMERIANS? a) Ziggurat b) City-State c) Cuneiform d) Bedouins

38. WHAT DO WE CALL A SERIES OF RULERS FROM A SINGLE FAMILY? a) Empire b) Clan c) Dynasty d) Royal Family

39. c) Dynasty

40. THE IDEA THAT JEWS SHOULD SETTLE IN PALESTINE IS CALLED WHAT? a) Zionism b) Intifada c) Monotheism d) Jihad

41. a) Zionism

42. WHO LED THE ISRAELITES OUT OF SLAVERY? a) Abraham b) Muhammad c) Umayyad d) Moses

44. WHAT WAS THE DIASPORA? a) When the Arabs were kicked out of Palestine b) When Judah and Israel were divided c) It was a Jewish word for the Holocaust d) When the Romans kicked the Jews out of Palestine

46. WHO IS THE LAST AND GREATEST PROPHET OF ISLAM? a) Muhammad b) Abraham c) Ali d) Allah

47. a) Muhammad

48. WHAT BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL PEOPLES, NATIONS, OR PREVIOUSLY INDEPENDENT STATES UNDER THE CONTROL OF ONE RULER? a) Empire b) Dynasty c) Continent d) Civilization

49. a) Empire

50. THIS WORD MEANS “ONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED.” IT IS A PERSON WHO PRACTICES ISLAM. a) Muslim b) Sunni c) Shi’a d) Shari’a

51. a) Muslim

52. WHAT IS THE JEWISH HOLY BOOK? a) Torah b) Bible c) New Testament d) Old Testament

53. a) Torah

54. _____ IS A CITY AND THE LAND SURROUNDING IT. IT FUNCTIONS LIKE AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY. a) City-state b) Civilization c) Kingdom d) Dynasty

55. a) City-state

56. THIS IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR MUSLIMS. a) Temple b)Mecca c) Mosque d) Hajj

57. c) Mosque

58. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PILLAR OF ISLAM? a) Alms b) Prayer c) Service d) Faith

59. c) Service

60. WHICH GROUP OF MUSLIMS ARE MORE FUNDAMENTALIST AND BELIEVE THAT MUHAMMAD’S SON-IN-LAW SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED HIM? a) Shi’a b) Sunni c) Sufi d) Abbasid

61. a) Shi’a

62. WHICH SMALL GROUP OF MUSLIMS CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE OF POVERTY? a) Sufi b) Sunni c) Shi’a d) Caliphate

63. a) Sufi

64. WHAT IS THE JOURNEY TO MECCA THAT MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE? a) Hajj b) Mosque c) Great Pilgrimage d) Alms

65. a) Hajj

66. THIS IS A MUTUAL PROMISE BETWEEN GOD AND THE FOUNDER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. a) Promise b) Covenant c) Convent d) Sabbath

67. b) Covenant

68. WHAT DOES “SUNNA” MEAN? a) Muhammad’s example b) Allah’s example c) Follower of Allah d) Muhammad’s law

69. a) Muhammad’s example

70. WHAT DO WE CALL A SUCCESSOR OF MUHAMMAD; LEADER OF MUSLIMS? a) Caliph b) Jihad c) King d) Imam

71. a) Caliph

72. WHICH GROUP OF MUSLIMS FOLLOW MUHAMMAD’S EXAMPLE AND ARE THE MAJORITY? a) Sunni b) Shiite c) Sufi d) Sunna

73. a) Sunni

74. WHICH TERM MEANS “SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH” a) Muhammad b) Islam c) Judaism d) Palestinian

75. b) Islam

76. WHAT WAS THE MIGRATION FROM MECCA TO YATHRIB(MEDINA), LED BY MUHAMMAD? a) Hijrah b) Hajj c) Mecca d) The Great Migration

77. a) Hijrah

78. WHAT IS THE QU’RAN? a) Muslim holy mosque b) Muslim holy book c) Muslim set of laws d) Muslim leader

79. b) Muslim holy book

80. WHAT BODY OF LAW REGULATES FAMILY LIFE, MORAL CONDUCT, AND BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LIFE OF MUSLIMS? a) Shari’a b) Sunna c) Sunni d) Sufi

81. a) Shari’a

82. WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE? a) Baghdad b) Damascus c) Mecca d) Umar

83. b) Damascus