Continuing Conflict in the Middle East

Which country is located at the letter B on the map?

Why did many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create the state of Israel?

Who drew up the boundaries for the new countries formerly known as the Ottoman Empire?

What are the Five Pillars?

Which best describes an ethnic group?

Which city is a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims?

How did Arabs living in Palestine feel about the new state of Israel?

What is the holy book of Islam?

Which country is located at the letter C on the map?

Who drew up the boundaries for the new countries following World War I?

Which feature is located at the #4 on the map?

Which feature is located at the #7 on the map?

Which feature is the arrow pointing to on the map?

What is the main cause of the rapid economic development of Saudi Arabia in the last 50-60 years?

Which feature is the arrow pointing to on the map?

Which country is located at the letter A on the map?

The holiest city for the Jews and Christians is

The Ottoman Empire is this modern day country

What problems did the new boundaries cause as people found themselves living in newly created countries?

Which feature is located at the #8 on the map?

Who did the Ottoman Empire side with in WW1

Southwest Asia has a lack of _________________ (natural resource) and an abundance of ________ (non-renewable resource)

Why have dams built along rivers created problems for people living further downstream?

Today, a major cause of conflict in the Middle East is fighting between which two groups over land?

What is the holy book of the Jews?

What large empire broke up after World War I?

What issue led to the split between the Sunni and Shi'a in Islam?

Why have many nomadic people left the deserts to move to urban areas over the last 50 years?

Which country is located at the letter E on the map?

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as

What is the holy book of the Christians?

Which feature is located at the #6 on the map?

Which feature is located at the #2 on the map?

Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?

Which best describes the religion of those who call themselves Arabs?

Which country did Saddam Hussein rule?

The holiest city for the Muslims is

Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Which feature is located at the #5 on the map?

Which feature is located at the #3 on the map?

Which feature is located at the #10 on the map?

Which three major religions originated in Southwest Asia?

Which ethnic group did not get a country when the Europeans partitioned the Middle East?

 In what year was the nation of Israel created?