Modern ME Review Game

What tactic was the PLO known to use to push its ideas?

What Washington city building was hit by a hijacked airliner on 9-11-01?

The Golden Age of Muslim culture was best known for its

In what state did an airliner crash when the passengers overtook the hijackers on 9-11-01?

recent war against Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Iraqi War, who was the United States’ greatest ally?

Libyan leader, was deposed and killed during a Civil War caused by the Arab Spring uprising?

Leaders of Israel

Islamic terrorist fanatic responsible for the 9-11 attacks, Killed in 2011 by US

conversion of saltwater into freshwater for irrigation, done by Saudi Arabia

a person who leaves their own country for a safer place, Syrians trying to escape a civil war

What Israeli leader was assassinated and made the peace process work in 1995?

Arab group most opposed to the creation of a Jewish state, they lost their land

Egyptian leader was assassinated and made peace with Israel with help from Jimmy Carter in 1979

Approximately what % of the world’s oil does the Middle East have?

hatred or fear of Jews

new Prime Minister of Palestine or leader of the PLO after the death of Yasser Arafat?

The civil war Lebanon in the 1980s was due to

One cause of the Islamic Fundamentalist revolution in Iran was the desire to

The cause of the Persian Gulf War, which started in 1991, was

father of the Turks, made Turkey a modern secular state, (women rights and public education)?

One way in which the Aswan Dam in Egypt and the Three Gorges Dam in China are similar

Ottoman elite Military guards

Former leader of Iraq removed and captured by US in 2003

In what country did the Arab Spring uprising of 2011 start? (guy lighting himself on fire)

Founding mother of Israel, Prime Minister during Yom Kippur War

a non-muslim community, includes Jews and Christians

a nation ruled by a religious leader, like Iran

The cause of the Iraqi War, which started in 2003, was

Leaders of Iran (Islamic Fundamentalists)

A major effect of increasing oil prices is a general rise in all prices, this is called what?

Stateless ethnic group in northern Syria and Iraq, that helped the US to defeat ISIS, Turkey now attacking them.

Who was the US President during the Iran hostage crisis?

movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine

The Cold War was

What country has been in a Civil War since 2011, rise of ISIS (ISIL) and huge refugee crisis?

means " the Shaking", mass uprisings in the occupied land

Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?

sacred law of Islam, it governs a Muslim's life, can be very strict

In 2006, Lebanon was invaded by who to get rid of a terrorist group known as Hezbollah?

Leader of the Zionist movement

Israel was founded in order to

Who partitioned Palestine in 1947?

missile launched by Iraq against Israel and Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War?

Holy war, struggle within

Leaders of the PLO, first died in 2004

Which is not a Social group during the Ottoman Empire reign of Suleiman I?

jihadist extremist group and self proclaimed Islamic State, Caliphate, was in Iraq and Syria

Osama bin Laden and many of the hijackers on 9-11-01 were born in what M.E. country?

Which is not one of the causes of the Arab Spring uprising, resulting in the fall of regimes?

greatest Ottoman Sultan called the Lawgiver? ruled from 1520-1566 at the height of the Empire.

Leaders of Egypt, the third deposed in 2011 during the Arab Spring uprising

Leader of Syria, who is trying to hold on to power with a civil war going on since 2011

name of the group that controls Afghanistan again, fought the US for 19 years

movement sees Westernization as a dangerous force, want to return to the values of the Koran

government takes control of all major Industries (like Oil)

Why did Pan Arabism fail?

Iraq invaded Kuwait. The UN response led to the Persian Gulf War of 1991. This is an example of

What New York City landmark was hit by two hijacked airliners and collapsed on 9-11-01?

Why in the Iran –Iraq War did they fight over the boundary line?

movement to unite all Arabs to end Western domination

What was the name of the peace accords between Arafat and Rabin, in 1995?

In what War did Israel gain the most territory?

During the Iran Hostage Crisis. For 444 days, how many Americans were held hostage?

global militant Islamic organization founded by Osama Bin Laden (9-11 attacks)

Who was the US President who helped with peace between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, in 1995

peace accords started in 1977 that involved Jimmy Carter with the countries of Egypt and Israel

The major goal of OPEC is to

letter that said the British would help the Jews set up a homeland

farming method to pump water and fertilizer directly to the roots of plants, used by Israel

big militant Islamist group, wants to destroy Israel, politically they control the Gaza Strip