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How many countries are in Southwest Asia?
15
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What is the largest country in Southwest Asia? What is the smallest country?
Saudi Arabia; Bahrain
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Which rivers run through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq?
Euphrates; Tigris
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Where does oil and natural gas come from?
deceased plants and animals
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What nomadic Arab tribe lives in the deserts if Southwest Asia?
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When did the demand for petroleum explode?
In the late 1800s
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How many years ago was petroleum deposits formed?
millions of years ago
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What percent of the Dead Sea is salt?
35%
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What desert is also known as the Empty Quarter?
Rub al-Khali
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Name the three richest countries in Southwest Asia in order.
- 1.Saudi Arabia
- 2.Kuwait
- 3.Bahrain
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What are the two primary groups of Islam?
Shi'ite and Sunni
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What Islamic group believes that their leaders are those who are voted by members of the Islam communities?
Sunni
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What Islamic group believes that their leaders have those who are from direct lineage of prophet Muhammad?
Shi'ite
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What Islamic group believes that the Mahdi is already here?
Shi'ite
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What Islamic group believes that the Mahdi is yet to come to earth?
Sunni
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Which two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal?
The Medditeranean Sea and the Red Sea
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What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
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How many times a day do Muslims have to pray and where do they face?
Five; Mecca
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What is an Islamic place of worship?
mosque
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What is the Islamic holy month?
Ramadan
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All Muslims are responsible to make at least one pilgrimage or ____ to _____ at least once in there lifetime.
hajj; Mecca
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What climates are found in Southwest Asia?
- Deserts
- Semiard
- Mediterranean
- Humid subtropical
- Highland
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What is OPEC?
It is an organization established to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products.
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What is the earliest monotheistic religion?
Judaism
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What are the three holiest cities to Muslims?
- 1.Mecca
- 2.Jerusalem
- 3.Medina
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What is the PLO?
A movement formed to regain land for Palestinian
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What is the goal of Zionism?
Its goal was to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine
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What is the significance of the Dome of the Rock?
This is the spot that the Muslims believe Muhammad rose into heaven
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What is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Years
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What is Mihrah?
A recessed wall that marks the direction of Mecca
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What did Moses do?
Brought freedom for the Jews
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What is ethnicity?
A method of classification based upon a common trait of the population, such as a common heritage, a common culture, a shared language or dialect
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What is religion?
A belief in or the worship of God or gods.
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What sea lies between Jordan and Israel?
Dead Sea
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What early civilizations developed in Iraq along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Babylonia, Assyria, and Chaldea
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What is one of the poorest countries in the world?
Afghanistan
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What country established free education for all children through the university level.
Kuwait
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What is a resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady supply?
strategic commodity
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Another name for unskilled laborers recuited from South and East Asia to fill jobs in the Middle East
guest worker
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What is a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River which is now controlled by Israel?
West Bank
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What is a territory along the Mediteranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula?
Gaze
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