8th Grade World Geo Middle East/ Chapter 23

When the US left Lebanon in 1983 ___________ occurred in Beirut.

A person who is part of a movement to promote the establishment of a homeland for the Jews is

________________is used to make fertilizer and explosives.

Capital of Iran.

OPEC stands for 

What is the capital of United Arab Emirates?

Syria has water supply problems in part because

Every year, about two million Muslims from all over the world make a pilgrimage to ___________

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

What is secular?

A restriction on trade is a(n) 

What is a minaret?

____________________ means wordily, not relating to religion.

Which was the result of the 1967 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors?

Most of the people in both Yemen and Oman make their living by

What is a Muezzin?

What is a Mosque?

What is the capital of Syria?

What is the capital of Yemen?

In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait because

The ____________ ______________ is an arch of rich farmland.

What is desalination?

When oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, much of the wealth was used to

Capital of Israel.

Which of the following is NOT a founding member of OPEC?

What is the capital of Lebanon?

What is the capital of Turkey?

Which two cities in Saudi Arabia are the most sacred?

Two cities in Syria that are centers for trade are ________.

Which of the following is NOT a major religion of the world?

When Lebanon gained its independence, political power was ______________.

Capital of Jordan.

What city in the Middle East is claimed as most holy by three major religions?

What is drip irrigation?

The major cause behind the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was ___________________.

Capital of Iraq.

What is a nomad?

What is a Protectorate?

In the 1960's, civil war split Cyprus between _____________ and ______________.

The nation whose economy is based on technology and weaponry is

What is an Embargo?

A hajj is a _______.

What is a militia?

Women in Saudi Arabia _______________________.

What is poaching?

In 1979, the Iranians attacked __________________ in protest to Western influence in Iran.

Large region once controlled by Turks is ________________.

Self-determination is ______________________.

Land governed on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence was a (n)

In 1979, the ___________declared the nation of Iran an Islamic republic.

Israel was declared an in depend country in 

A system of canals for transporting water is a 

What is anarchy? 

The war in 1967 in which Jordan lost the West Bank is know as

Which two groups claimed Palestine as their homeland?