Download Middle East (Conflict/Oil/Water) Review Game

Middle East
(Conflict/Oil/Water)
Review Game
1) An expensive water-management system
process used by oil rich countries is….
• Desalination
2)Name one of the territories where
Palestinians are located.
• West Bank
• Gaza Strip
3)The date that Israel became an
official Jewish state was…
• 1948
4) Why would Saudi Arabia try to
diversify its industries?
• If the oil industry fails, the country would have
little else to rely on for their GDP
5)
What country did the United States invade just
after 9/11 resulting in the U.S. overthrowing the
government?
• Afghanistan
6) What was the name of the radical Muslim
government that was overthrown in
Afghanistan?
• The Taliban
7) What is the most critical choke
point in the world with regard to oil?
• The Strait of Hormuz
8) Why do Israel and Syria fight over
the Golan Heights?
• It is a major source of water
9) What is the goal of Hamas?
• To govern and control the Gaza Strip
10) What great power dominated much of the
Middle East for over 600 years starting in 1300?
• The Ottoman Empire
11) What caused the end of the
Ottoman Empire?
• After losing World War 1, the empire was
dissolved and borders were redrawn in the
Middle East.
12) Name the two countries responsible for the
division of the Ottoman Empire.
• Great Britain
• France
13) What group faced genocide after being left
without their own homeland?
• The Kurds
14) The Palestinian Territories (West Bank, Gaza Strip) are
controlled by a political and military group called the PLO, which
stands for…
• Palestinian Liberation Organization
15) This terrorist organization claimed
responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.
• Al Qaeda
16)
This country has built dams on the Euphrates
River to provide a greater water source.
• Turkey
17) Who is Mahmoud Ahmadenijad?
• The supreme leader of Iran
18)Ahmadenijad wants a government controlled by the
laws of the Qu’ran. Basing your government on a god is
called a …
• Theocracy
19) What choke point is located at the
northern tip of the Red Sea?
• The Suez Canal
20) This Persian Gulf War was caused
by …
• The Iraqi military invading Kuwait
21) This operation was the U.S. response to
the invasion of Kuwait and it helped end the
Persian Gulf War.
• Operation Desert Storm
22) Name four reasons for the spread
of Islam
• 1)Trade
• 2)Conquest
• 3)A Good Message
• 4)Political Organization
23) What are the “M.A.L.E.” countries?
• A)Morocco
• B)Algeria
• C)Libya
• D)Egypt
24)
The Roman Empire pushed the Jews out of their
homeland. They were forced to scatter to different places This
became known as the…
• Diaspora
25)
This war pitted Israel against Jordan, Egypt, and Syria.
Israel had been granted statehood and these countries wanted
Israel out. It was called the…
• Arab-Israeli War
26) The main cause for these Jews is to have
their own homeland. They are called…
• Zionists
27) This country is home to the Ka’ba
• Saudi Arabia
28) This is an underground rock layer
through which water flows
• Aquifer
29) The opposite of a command
economy is a __________ economy
• Free Market
30) This word means “within a country”.
• Domestic
31)This organization controls the
amount of oil produced worldwide
• OPEC
32) This is the insufficiency in the
amount of a supply
• scarcity
33)This is having more of a particular
resource than needed.
• Surplus
34) This is a dry riverbed common in
the Middle East
• wadi
35)
This is a fee charged for goods and services
brought into a country from another country
• Tariff
36) Soil, water, and trees are all
considered…
• Natural resources
37) The Israeli government is a
_____________ monarchy.
• Parliamentary
38) Name a Middle East country ruled
by a king
• Jordan
39) This country is located below
Morocco
• Western Sahara
40) The large desert that covers most
of the Arabian peninsula is called…
• Rub’ al Khali