SWANA Review

The five pillars of Islam include

What war that was primarily fought over oil?

Which of the follow describes a tall, rocky plateau that is often found in desert climates?

Jerusalem is considered a holy city by which of the following religions?

A government where religious leaders are the ultimate authority

To adapt plants and animals from the wild to make them useful to people.

Today, the Syrian Civil War is still ongoing

What is a cultural hearth?

Which of the following groups are fighting in the Syrian Civil War?

Unlike most of this region, Northern Africa, Turkey, and Israel have Mediterranean climates

Where was the world’s first cultural hearth? What group of people lived there?

About _______ of Egypt’s people live on 3 percent of its land

In Islam, this is the annual (yearly) pilgrimage to Mecca

The majority of Iran’s Muslims are

Shiite Muslims & Sunni Muslims have differing views about

In the desert, ____ are dry riverbeds for most of the year, except during the rainy season.

What event marks the beginning of the Arab Spring Protests?

A movement of Jews returning to Israel to reclaim their holy land

What was the Silk Road?

The _________ is the largest landlocked body of salt water in the world

Palestinians today control the territories of West Bank and the Gaza Strip in Israel

The __________ used a writing system called __________ to keep records

ISIS, during its early years, was once an ally with al-Qaeda, but not today

Genghis Khan was able to unite what group of people

OPEC stands for Organization of Petroleum and Environmental Contracts

The ________ separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa