SW Asia and North Africa

Question 1

The systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazis

Answer 1

Holocaust

Question 2

Huge sand dunes in Saudi Arabia

Answer 2

Rub’ al Khali

Question 3

passage of water linking the mediterranean sea and red sea

Answer 3

Suez canal

Question 4

Headwear worn by Muslim women

Answer 4

Hijab

Question 5

face cover worn by muslim women

Answer 5

Niqab

Question 6

organization that controls oil prices

Answer 6

OPEC

Question 7

dominant religion in the middle east

Answer 7

Islam

Question 8

middle eastern conflict in 1967

Answer 8

Six day war

Question 9

process in which fertile land becomes a desert

Answer 9

desertification

Question 10

sacred city for Muslims

Answer 10

Mecca

Question 11

waterway that links the Persian gulf and the Arabian sea

Answer 11

Hormuz

Question 12

concept of practicing multiple gods

Answer 12

polytheism

Question 13

syrian area that borders israel

Answer 13

Golan Heights

Question 14

capital of iran

Answer 14

Tehran

Question 15

Arabian Peninsula

Answer 15

1/4-1/3 of all oil produced

“sand seas”

Question 16

Lowest point on earths crust

Answer 16

Dead Sea

Located between Israel and Jordan

Question 17

Nile River

Answer 17

90% of egyptians live within a few miles of the Nile river

Question 18

atlas mountains

Answer 18

from Morocco to Tunisia

separating coastal area from sahara desert

Question 19

Two Deserts

Answer 19

Hammadas-stretches for hundreds of miles

Wadis-steep sides and narrow floors

Question 20

ergs

Answer 20

huge sand dunes in southern saudi arabia

Question 21

desertification

Answer 21

fertile land becomes desert

Question 22

strait

Answer 22

waterway linking large body of water

Question 23

strait of hormuz

Answer 23

access to and from persain gulf

Question 24

water

Answer 24

most important resource besides oil

Question 25

longest river

Answer 25

Nile River | 4145 miles

Question 26

Israel

Answer 26

jewish states created in 1948 | vibrant modern nation and ancient biblical land

Question 27

Palestinians

Answer 27

occupied people without homeland | claim Israel as "Arab land"

Question 28

Golan Heights

Answer 28

buffer zone between Israel and Syria

Question 29

Hebron

Answer 29

center of Arab/Palestinian dissent to Israeli occupation

Question 30

Intifada

Answer 30

Uprising in Arabic

Question 31

Bar mitzvah

Answer 31

boy becoming a man

Question 32

bat mitzvah

Answer 32

girl becoming a woman

Question 33

mandatory military service

Answer 33

reserve duty until 55

Question 34

Tel Aviv

Answer 34

secular city | largest metro system

Question 35

Haifa

Answer 35

largest port city | US 6th fleet

Question 36

Jerusalem

Answer 36

Capital city of israel | 3000 years old

Question 37

Wailing wall

Answer 37

sacred place of jewish prayer

Question 38

dome of the holy rock

Answer 38

sacred place of islamic prayer

Question 39

zionists

Answer 39

jewish pioneers returned to their homeland

Question 40

hebrew

Answer 40

ancient language of the bible

Question 41

knesset

Answer 41

legislative branch, law making functions

Question 42

anwar sadat

Answer 42

was assassinated for gesture of peace towards israel

Question 43

Iraq invasion of Kuwait

Answer 43

Operation Desert Storm

Question 44

highway of death

Answer 44

Iraqi troops strafed by UN war planes

Question 45

Operation Desert Fox

Answer 45

pres. Clinton ordered military bombing to punish Hussein

Question 46

Ramadan

Answer 46

holy month of Muslims

Question 47

Ayatollah Khomeini

Answer 47

revolutionary religious leader in exile who returned after the shah

Question 48

kyber pass

Answer 48

famous gateway to india

Question 49

mujahadin

Answer 49

resistant fighters

Question 50

soviet invasion of afghanistan

Answer 50

1979-1989

Question 51

kuwait

Answer 51

national capital

Question 52

muscat

Answer 52

capital city of oman

Question 53

wadi

Answer 53

a dry river bed

Question 54

Cairo

Answer 54

capital city of egypt

Question 55

pyramids of giza

Answer 55

valley of kinds

Question 56

ra

Answer 56

god of the sun

Question 57

queen hapshetsut

Answer 57

female pharroh

Question 58

hieroglyphics

Answer 58

ancient Egyptian writing

Question 59

falukas

Answer 59

flat ships

Question 60

aswan dam

Answer 60

nile river in southern egypt

Question 61

theocracy

Answer 61

govt | a religious leader rules

Question 62

polytheism

Answer 62

worshiping many gods

Question 63

pilgrimage

Answer 63

trip to mecca

Question 64

burka

Answer 64

face cover

Question 65

hijab

Answer 65

headwear

Question 66

chador

Answer 66

traditional garb

Question 67

sharia law

Answer 67

islamic code