Ch2 - pp. 46-54

Question 1

Iraq

Answer 1

The largest country in the Fertile Crescent

Question 2

Saddam Hussein

Answer 2

A previous Iraqi dictator

Question 3

Kuwait

Answer 3

A small, oil-rich kingdom in the south

Question 4

al Qaeda

Answer 4

An Islamic terrorist group

Question 5

Osama bin Laden

Answer 5

The previous leader of al Qaeda

Question 6

Saudia Arabia

Answer 6

The largest of the Middle Eastern nations; with three prominent factors: oil, Islam, and desert

Question 7

Mecca and Medina

Answer 7

The title “Guardian of the Two Holy Shrines” refers to these mosques

Question 8

Bedouins

Answer 8

They migrate with their sheep, camels,goats, and all their other possessions along ancient, memorized routes.

Question 9

Turkey

Answer 9

Holds a strategic position because it controls the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, two key straits which connect the black sea to the Mediterranean

Question 10

Anatolian Plateau

Answer 10

Occupies the peninsula of Asia Minor, the westernmost region of Asia

Question 11

Cyprus

Answer 11

A small island in the Mediterranean sea

Question 12

Istanbul

Answer 12

Turkey’s largest city

Question 13

Ankara

Answer 13

Turkey’s capital and second largest city

Question 14

Iran

Answer 14

Formerly known as Persia; second largest oil producer in the Middle East

Question 15

Ayatollah Khomeini

Answer 15

A religious leader who took over Iran and established a dictatorial government there.

Question 16

Persepolis

Answer 16

Historic ruins; and the capital of Persia

Question 17

Georgia

Answer 17

The country where Joseph Stalin was born

Question 18

Armenia

Answer 18

Depends on agricultural exports like Georgia

Question 19

Azerbaijan

Answer 19

Marks the northern limit of the Islamic conquest in the Middle East