What is the name of this body of water?

1
Mediterranean Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
2
What modern day country is the home to those who
call themselves the Persians?

• Iran

3
Arid (Desert)
What type of land is this landform?
4
What is the religion of most Kurds?

• Sunni Muslim

5
What is the name of this country?
Turkey
6
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin in Turkey
and then run through which county?

• Iraq

7
The Suez Canal is linked together by what two
bodies of water?

• Mediterranean Sea Red Sea

8
Mediterranean Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
9
What is the most dominant ethnic group in
Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• Arabs

10
What is the Jewish Celebration of Lights?

• Hanukah

11
What was the Exodus in the history of the
Jewish people?

• When Moses led them out of slavery.

12
Euphrates River
What is the name of this river?
13
What basic belief made Christianity different
from Judaism?

• That the Messiah, or Savior of man was Jesus

14
What ethnic group does NOT have their own
country?

• KURDS

15
Arabian Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
16
Which bodies of water are connected by the Strait
of Hormuz

• The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf

17
What makes it possible to get to the
Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without
having to sail around the continent of Africa?

• The Suez Canal

18
What is the name of this country?
Afghanistan
19
In which country are the Gaza Strip and the West
Bank located?

• Israel

20
What river runs through Syria, Israel, and Jordan?

• Jordan River

21
Which ethnic group is most numerous in the Middle
East?

• Arabs

22
What is the main belief that distinguished the
Jewish faith from the others in the ancient world?

• Monotheistic

23
Which is the holy writing of Judaism?

• Torah

24
What basic belief made Christianity different
from Judaism?

• Jesus is the Messiah foretold in the Old
  Testament

25
Tigris River
What is the name of this river?
26
What are the Five Pillars?

• Five basic obligations that Muslims are supposed
  to meet in their lives

27
What issue led to the split between the Sunni and
Shia in Islam?

• They disagreed over who should lead the Muslim
  community after the death of Muhammad

28
Red Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
29
Out of the different landforms we have studied,
which is man made??

• Suez Canal

30
Who is considered the patriarch (father) of
Jews, Christians and Muslims (Islamic faith)?

• Abraham

31
Of the religions we studied, which one is the
youngest?

• Islam

32
What is this symbol a religion for and what is it
called?

• Judaism/Star of David

33
What is the holy writing of Christianity that
tells of the life of Jesus Christ?

• New Testament of the Hebrew Bible

34
What is a religious leader called in Islam?

• Imams / Caliph

35
Suez Canal
What is the name of this body of water?
36
Who was the founder of Christianity?

• Jesus

37
What is the birthplace of Islam?

• Mecca

38
Gaza Strip
What is the name of this landform?
39
Muslims pray how many times a day facing Mecca?

• FIVE

40
According to the Islamic Religion, what is the
name of the final prophet?

• Muhammad

41
Of the religions we studied, which one is the
oldest?

• Judaism

42
What is this symbol a religion for and what is it
called?

• Christianity /
• Cross, Crucifix

43
What is the holy writing of Islam?

• Koran / Qur'an

44
What is a Jewish religious leader called?

• Rabbi

45
Israel
What is the name of this country?
46
Who was the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad

47
What is the holy city for all three faiths?

• Jerusalem

48
Tigris River
What is the name of this river?
49
What is the largest sect of Islam?

• Sunni Muslim

50
Which Middle Eastern Country is located in both
Europe and Asia?

• Turkey

51
What body of water connects the Arabian Sea to
the Persian Gulf?

• Strait of Hormuz

52
What is this symbol a religion for and what is it
called?

• Islam /
• Crescent Moon

53
What ethnic groups predominant language is
Arabic, and the majority follows the teachings of
Islam.

• Arabs

54
All Muslims are required to visit this city as
least once in their lifetime

• Mecca

55
Jordan River
What is the name of this river?
56
Who would go to a Synagogue for religious
purposes?

• Jews

57
What meets the Euphrates River in Iraq?

• Tigris River

58
Iraq
What is the name of this country?
59
What is the second largest sect of Islam?

• Shiite (Shia) Muslim

60
Persian Gulf
What is the name of this body of water?
61
Which religion do most people in Southwest Asia
practice

• Islam

62
Three of the worlds major religions began in
Southwest Asia/ Middle East. Which of the three
follows the strict teachings of the Torah?

• Judaism

63
What modern day country is the home to those who
call themselves the Persians?

• Iran

64
What ethnic group is found in the mountains of
Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria?

• Kurds

65
Which sect of Islam believes that its leader must
be a direct descendant of Muhammad?

• Shia Muslims

66
Iran
What is the name of this country?
67
Who would go to a Mosque for religious purposes?

• Muslims

68
Belief in one god?

• Monotheism

69
Iran
What is the name of this country?
70
Muhammad was forced to leave Mecca for Medina in
622 AD/CE. In what present day country is Mecca
found?

• Saudi Arabia

71
Straight of Hormuz
What is the name of this body of water?
72
The Hebrew Bible states that Abraham was born in
Ur and was promised the Land of Canaan, what is
the modern name of this country today?

• Israel

73
Three of the worlds major religions began in
Southwest Asia/ Middle East. Which of the three
follows the strict teachings of the New
Testament?

• Christianity

74
What is the Jewish celebration of their
deliverance from the hands of the Egyptians?

• Passover

75
Jesus life and teachings can be found where?

• The Gospels

76
Red Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
77
Mediterranean Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
78
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through which
county?

• Iraq

79
Aquifers
Where is most of the water found in this region?
80
What is the religion of most Kurds?

• Sunni Muslim

81
Turkey
What is the name of this country?
82
The Suez Canal is linked together by what two
bodies of water?

• Mediterranean Sea Red Sea

83
Black Sea
What is the name of this body of water?
84
What is the most dominant ethnic group in
Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• Arabs

85
What is the Jewish Celebration of Lights?

• Hanukah

86
What was the Exodus in the history of the
Jewish people?

• When Moses led them out of slavery.

87
Euphrates River
What is the name of this river?
88
What basic belief made Christianity different
from Judaism?

• That the Messiah, or Savior of man was Jesus

89
What ethnic group does NOT have their own
country?

• KURDS

90
Arabian Sea
What is the name of this body of water?