Middle East

Question 1

In Islam there is also another controversial belief/practice:

Answer 1

jihad

Question 2

an ancient building at the center of Islam’s most
holy mosque in Mecca

Answer 2

Ka’bah

Question 3

Fast from dawn to dusk each day during the month of

Answer 3

Ramadan

Question 4

The Five Pillars of Islam:

Answer 4

1. The Profession of Faith
2. Daily Prayer
3. Fasting
4. Almsgiving/charity
5. Pilgrimage

Question 5

Muslims believed that the leader should come from
Muhammad’s original tribe

Answer 5

Shia

Question 6

Muslims thought that any worthy Muslim could rule

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Sunni

Question 7

the second most holy scripture in Islam

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Hadith

Question 8

Islam “Bible”

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Quran

Question 9

Muhammad was born in

Answer 9

Mecca

Question 10

Origin of Islam
Founder:

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Muhammad

Question 11

three major monotheistic religions:

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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Question 12

Saudi Arabia

Answer 12

Largest and most influential country in the Middle East. Birthplace of Islam

Question 13

a strict ultra-conservative sect of Sunni Islam

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Wahhabism

Question 14

Women’s Rights

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Forbidden to drive until 2018. Public dress must cover everything beneath the neck except hands and feet. Marital rape is not illegal

Question 15

Yemen

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The least developed country in the Middle East

Question 16

Biggest cash crop in Yemen

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a addictive stimulant thats leaves are chewed

Question 17

an Islamic terrorist group
founded by Osama bin Laden

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Al-Qaeda

Question 18

Emirates of the Persian Gulf
Four countries:

Answer 18

United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and
Kuwait

Question 19

Largest state in UAE

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Abu Dhabi

Question 20

Largest city in UAE

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Dubai

Question 21

Richest country in the Persian Gulf region thanks in large part to
their oil reserves

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UAE

Question 22

In 1960 it joined Saudi Arabia and other oil exporting countries of the
region to form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC)

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Kuwait

Question 23

led Iraq invaded Kuwait claiming
both that it had exceeded OPEC production limits and that it was a
territory that rightfully belonged to Iraq

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Saddam Hussein

Question 24

A coalition of nations led by the US responded to Saddam Hussein

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Persian
Gulf War

Question 25

most important rivers in the Middle East,

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Tigris and Euphrates

Question 26

an ethnic group divided amongst several countries which has long fought for independence

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Kurds

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took over in 1979 and until the invasion of Iraq by the US in 2003, brutally persecuted any who opposed his government

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Saddam Hussein

Question 27

The US pulled out of Iraq in 2011 but the country soon fell into civil war between Sunni and Shia Islamic groups and various insurgency groups waged war against the newly installed government forces

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Did not pursue Saddam Hussein

Question 28

Eventually one of these insurgency groups gained control of more than ⅓ of Iraq, brutally “cleansing” Iraq of both Western and non-Islamic influence; this group was called

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ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

Question 29

The people of Iran are Persians not Arabs

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(it was called Persia until 1935)

Question 30

an ancient pagan religion of the Persian Empire

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Zoroastrianism

Question 31

overthrew a Western-established monarchy and installed an Islamic theocracy

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Iranian Revolution of 1979

Question 32

Iran has often expressed the desire to wipe ___________off the map and has shared similar sentiment toward the US

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Isreal

Question 33

Turkey is often called

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Asia Minor

Question 34

The father of modern Turkey

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Kemal Ataturk

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was the capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires

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Istanbul

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NATO

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(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

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The land southeast of Turkey along the eastern Mediterranean is called

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Levant

Question 37

France and Britain shared took Ottoman Empire

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France and Britain then took over these territories

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the oldest continually inhabited city in the world

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Damascus

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“elected” in a one man race in 2000

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Bashar al-Assad

Question 40

Israel officially became a sovereign nation

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1948

Question 41

Every Israeli citizen must serve in the military, 2 yrs for women and 3 yrs for men

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Military requirements

Question 42

West Bank and Gaza Strip regions of Israel

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Palestine region

Question 43

Israel, the US, the UK, and several others do not recognize this claim; most UN countries do

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Claim of Palestine area