Southwest Asia

Ayatollah Khomeini was the leader of what country?

________'s capital city is Amman and borders the Dead Sea.

Predominately Shia muslims?

_______ is described as the country of two peninsulas.

Belief that a specific ethnic group should have their own country?

OPEC stands for what?

The Greeks and Turks divided this country.

Which of the following is NOT a major civilization that once inhabited the region?

The middle East faces all these problems EXCEPT...

____________ is the regions most important mineral resource.

The Kurds are attempting to establish and independent nation in the Golan Heights.

Groups of people that move from place to place are _____.

Arabic speaking people who migrated from the deserts of Southwest Asia to North Africa.

One-fourth of the people are Christian in ________.

A type of Islamic Law

PLO stands for Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Country that controls the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula?

This country borders the Golan Heights and Damascus is the capital.

Pashtun is the major ethnic group in what country?

The three major religions that dominate the region are________________.

Many Palestinian refugees have fled to _______ causing civil strife.

_________ is to adapt or tame from the wild.

In 1948 the Jews were granted ______.

Predominately Sunni and Baghdad is the capital?

Your favorite teacher?

US embassy was stormed and hostages taken for 444 days?

The Arab-Israeli conflict plagued this country.

Amman is the capital of what country?

The capital once considered the "Paris of the Middle East"

Arab Spring has continued in this nation and currently has civil war.

The dominating climate of Southwest Asia is...

Your favorite class?

Which Turkish empire collapsed at the conclusion of World War I?

Leader and Country that invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia?

The ancient civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates River is called

Conflicts between Christians and Muslims and 1/4 of the people in this country are Christian?

The movement that the European Jews began to set up in the state of Palestine is referred to as

_____ is the largest Ethnic group that exists without their own homeland.

The Ottoman Empire collapsed_______________.

The legitimate government of Cyprus recognized by the rest of the world?

_____ is a country that is considered a link between Europe and Asia.