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Question 0

Israel capital

Answer 0

Jerusalem

Question 1

Syria capital

Answer 1

Damascus

Question 2

Afagan capital

Answer 2

Kabul

Question 3

Jordan capital

Answer 3

Amman

Question 4

Iraq capital

Answer 4

Baghdad

Question 5

Turkey capital

Answer 5

Ankara

Question 6

20% of turkey’s people

Answer 6

The Kurds

Question 7

Majority of turkey peoples

Answer 7

Are Muslims

Question 8

Turkey Official language

Answer 8

Turkish but Kurdish and Arabic is often spoken

Question 9

Desert people in Syria

Answer 9

Are called bedouins

Question 10

Paris of the Middle East

Answer 10

Beirut

Question 11

Istanbul

Answer 11

The only city located on two countries- Asia and Europe. Once called Byzantium and Constantinople

Question 12

Where does Jordan get her water from?

Answer 12

The Jordan river valley

Question 13

Where is the Dead Sea?

Answer 13

Between Israel and Jordan and is the saltiest body of water ever and lowest elevation

Question 14

Desert in south Israel

Answer 14

Negev

Question 15

Israel produce

Answer 15

Citrus fruits

Question 16

Holocaust

Answer 16

Mass imprisonment and slaughter of European Jews

Question 17

Cause for spike in Israel’s people

Answer 17

The law of return

Question 18

20% of Israelis are

Answer 18

Palestinians (mostly Muslim but can be Christian)

Question 19

90% of Israel people live in

Answer 19

Urban areas

Question 20

Israel’s government

Answer 20

Knesset

Question 21

Main desert in Saudi Arabia

Answer 21

Rub’ al Khali

Question 22

What are wadis

Answer 22

Dry riverbeds filled by rainwater from downpours(rare)

Question 23

Saudi Arabias main export

Answer 23

Oil

Question 24

What is a caliph

Answer 24

Political and religious leaders that once existed in Saudi Arabia

Question 25

Family that rules Saudi Arabia

Answer 25

The saud family

Question 26

Persian gulf states

Answer 26

Kuwait Bahrain qatar and United Arab Emirates

Question 27

Oman

Answer 27

is mostly desert | Main export: dates bananas camels cattle and oil

Question 28

Yemens economy

Answer 28

Little oil and mostly herds sheep and cattle

Question 29

Alluvial plain

Answer 29

Area built up by fertile soil left by river floods

Question 30

Iraqs old dictator

Answer 30

Suddam Hussein

Question 31

Embargo

Answer 31

Order that restricts trade on another country

Question 32

Who invade Iraq in 2003

Answer 32

United States and British forces

Question 33

Who did Iraq invade in 1990

Answer 33

Kuwait, it was a dispute over oil

Question 34

Mountains in Iran

Answer 34

Elbrus and Zagros

Question 35

Who once ruled Iran

Answer 35

Shahs, or powerful Persian empire kings

Question 36

Irans government

Answer 36

Islamic republic

Question 37

Afghan ethic groups

Answer 37

Tajiks and Pashtuns

Question 38

Taliban

Answer 38

Group of fighters educated in Islamic schools in Pakistan. They have very strict laws based on their view of Islam