Middle East (South West Asia)

What is the one thing the countries ending is "stan" all have in common?

What is the Middle East the birthplace of?

Who makes up one-fifth of Cyprus’ population?

What is the Rub’ al Khali known as?

What did the Soviet Union use the Aral Sea for?

Lebanon was a very prosperous country in the Middle East until what broke out in 1958 and 1975?

After the World Wars, who ruled Iran?

What is the most important social unit of the region?

Which is NOT one of the three religions started in this region?

What important resource does the Arabian Peninsula have?

What is happening to the Aral Sea?

Land governed by an outside power until it is ready for independence is called?

Severe restrictions on trade with other countries is called?

What is a major expense of the countries of the Arabian Peninsula?

What war was started when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990?

What type of climate does much of the region have?

What is the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers known as?

What problem does the Arabian Peninsula suffer from?

What organization was created to control the production and prices of oil?

What does “stan” mean?

Who controlled the much of the Middle East when World War I began?

Geographically, Cyprus is what kind of country?