Middle East Jeopardy

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Middle East Jeopardy
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Set up a Code of Law and introduced the concept
of punishment to fit the crime

• Who is King Hammurabi?

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United Muslims against European invaders during
the Crusades

• Who is Saladin?

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Muslims believe that this person was the last in
a chain of divinely appointed prophets through
whom God sent his message to humankind

• Who is Muhammad?

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Began a call to arms or Crusades to capture
Jerusalem

• Who is Pope Urban II?

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Leader of the Ottoman Empire

• Who is Suleiman I?

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Brought the mastery of iron to the Middle East

• Who are the Hittites?

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The blending of Greek Civilization with cultures
of the Middle East

• What is Hellenistic?

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Group that captured Constantinople, ending the
Byzantine Empire

• Who are the Ottomans?

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Captured Baghdad from the Seljuks and destroyed
many people, cities and irrigation systems

• Who are the Mongols?

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First civilization of the Middle East

• What is the Sumerian Civilization?

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The sacred book of Judaism

• What is the Torah?

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Place of worship for Muslims

• What is a Mosque?

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Belief in one God
One
One

• What is Monotheism?

One
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Jesus used these short stories to convey moral
lessons

• What are Parables?

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Three religions that originated in the Middle East

• What are Judaism, Christianity and Islam?

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Links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea

• What is the Suez Canal?

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Strategic waterway at the mouth of the Persian
Gulf(13 billions of oil transported through each
day)

• What is the Strait of Hormuz?

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A Region of mountains and plateaus that stretches
across present-day Turkey and Iran

• What is the Northern Tier?

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Region that borders the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and
Persian Gulf

• What is the Arabian Peninsula

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Region that includes the Sahara Desert and Atlas
Mountains

• What is the Maghreb?

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The Middle East is the crossroads of three
continents

• What are Africa, Asia and Europe?

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Scattering of Jews throughout the world following
a battle between Hebrews and Romans

• What is the Diaspora?

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Two major groups of Islam

• What are Shiite and Sunni?

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Set up uniform coinage

• What is the Persian Empire?

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Daily Double
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Group that captured Constantinople ending the
Byzantine Empire

• Who were the Ottomans

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Region that borders the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and
the Persian Gulf

• What is the Arabian Peninsula?

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Spurred international trade between China, India
and the Middle East

• Who are the Mongols?