Middle East

Question 1

When was the constitution of Saudia Arabia established?

Answer 1

1992

Question 2

How many wives did Muhammad have?

Answer 2

12

Question 3

How many countries are there in the middle east?

Answer 3

17

Question 4

How many countries are considered part of the Arab world?

Answer 4

22

Question 5

Most populated middle eastern country?

Answer 5

Egypt

Question 6

Which country in the middle east has the most restrictive laws?

Answer 6

Saudia Arabia

Question 7

What is Muslim law called?

Answer 7

Sharia law

Question 8

Which three countries are Muslim law monosystems?

Answer 8

Afghanistan, Saudia Arabia and the Maldives Islands

Question 9

What does the Arabic word sharia come from?

Answer 9

Arabic for “path” or “path to water.”

Question 10

What two sources is Sharia drawn from?

Answer 10

The Quran and Sunnah

Question 11

Over how many years did Allah pass on his teachings to Muhammed?

Answer 11

23 years

Question 12

How many emirates in the United Emerites?

Answer 12

7

Question 13

What is the capital of United Arab Emerites?

Answer 13

Abu Dhabi

Question 14

What is the smallest Emerite?

Answer 14

Ajman

Question 15

Since when has Hamas governed the Gaza strip?

Answer 15

2007

Question 17

Who founded the Hamas movement?

Answer 17

Palestinian Islamic scholar Ahmed Yassin

Question 18

When was Hamas founded?

Answer 18

1987

Question 19

How did Hamas secure power in Gaza?

Answer 19

By winning the Palestinian legislative election and securing a Palestinian Legislative Council majority

Question 20

Who was Hamas rival in their goal to govern the Gaza strip?

Answer 20

Fatah

Question 21

Is Hamas and their governance separate from Palestinian National Authority?

Answer 21

Yep

Question 22

What are Hudud laws?

Answer 22

Punishments and such assigned to major crimes

Question 24

What is the Jewish equivalent to Sharia law?

Answer 24

Halakhah

Question 26

Where is Palastine?

Answer 26

In the southern Levant region of west Asia

Question 27

What is Palastines administrative center?

Answer 27

Ramallah

Question 28

What is Palastines proclaimed capital?

Answer 28

Jerusalem

Question 29

When was mandatory Palastine established?

Answer 29

1920

Question 30

Which country established Mandatory Palastine?

Answer 30

Britain

Question 31

When did mandatory Palastine exist?

Answer 31

1920-1948

Question 32

When did the Arab uprising against the ottomans happen?

Answer 32

1916

Question 33

Who controlled Palastine when the Balfour declaration was signed?

Answer 33

The Ottoman Empire

Question 35

When was the Balfour Declaration signed?

Answer 35

1917

Question 36

When where the Arabs in Palastine promised independence in exchange with fighting the Ottomans?

Answer 36

1915-1916

Question 37

What was the agreement where the Brits carved the middle east up for the French and Russia and gave Palastine to the Zionists?

Answer 37

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Question 38

How many Palestinians where ethnically cleansed in 1948 (Nakba)

Answer 38

750,000

Question 39

When did Britain control palastine under league of Nations mandate?

Answer 39

1920-1948

Question 40

When did the UN give half of Palastine to a Jewish state inspite of jews making up 1/3 of palastine?

Answer 40

1947-1948