Southwest Asia

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

Your favorite class?

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

The middle East faces all these problems EXCEPT...

Predominately Shia muslims?

Amman is the capital of what country?

The Arab-Israeli conflict plagued this country.

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

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

Predominately Sunni and Baghdad is the capital?

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

Your favorite teacher?

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

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

Ayatollah Khomeini was the leader of what country?

One-fourth of the people are Christian in ________.

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

A type of Islamic Law

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

OPEC stands for what?

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

The Greeks and Turks divided this country.

PLO stands for Palestinian Liberation Organization.

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

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

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

Country that controls the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula?

In 1948 the Jews were granted ______.

Many Palestinian refugees have fled to _______ causing civil strife.

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

The ancient civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates River is called

US embassy was stormed and hostages taken for 444 days?

_________ is to adapt or tame from the wild.

The dominating climate of Southwest Asia is...

The three major religions that dominate the region are________________.

____________ is the regions most important mineral resource.

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

The Ottoman Empire collapsed_______________.

_______ is described as the country of two peninsulas.

Pashtun is the major ethnic group in what country?

Leader and Country that invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia?