MIDDLE EAST KHOOT 2022

An area in the desert where water & vegetation is present is a(n) ___.

Which of the following mountains is the longest range in Africa?

Who/what was responsible for the terrorist attack on 9-11?

What does the process of desalination do for water?

Both the Muslims and Jews claim which of the following as their holy city?

Which religion is the oldest?

The writing system developed by the Sumerians?

What is the name of the Christian Holy book?

Which geographic area is inhabited by over one million Palestinian refugees and is extremely crowded?

The place that Jews worship in is called what?

What is the major problem with trying to provide water to the people by taking the salt out of salt water?

What is the name for the followers of the religion of Islam?

Which is one contribution of the Egyptians?

Why was the Phoenician alphabet so important?

In what language was the Koran originally written?

What is the name of the prophet that Christians believe to be the son of God and the founder of Christianity?

Sunni and Shi’ites are divisions of what religion?

Which of the following deserts is nicknamed “the place where no one comes out”?

In which modern day country was oil first discovered?

According to ancient Jewish tradition, who is known as the founder (or father) of Judaism?

What is the name of the Muslim Holy book?

What is the name of the Islamic extremist group that controlled Afghanistan until 2001?

Which is the most popular religion in the region?

What type of climate covers 50% of the region?

Which country supplies more of the world’s oil than any other country?

Which of the four ancient civilizations was located in Mesopotamia between the Tigris & Euphrates?

What happened in 1948?

Which body of water is known as Pirate Alley?

Which religion believes Jesus was a prophet, but not the son of God?

The ancient Egyptians were located where?

What is the name of the prophet that is said to be the founder of Islam?

The Persian had a system of irrigating tunnels that collected mountain runoff to water. What is the name for this system

Which of the following is the longest river in the world?

Which belief do all three major religions have in common?