Unit III Final- Middle East-Flash Cards

Question 1

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Answer 1

The most important duties of a Muslim.

Question 2

What holy city do Jews, Christians and Muslims share?

Answer 2

Jerusalem

Question 3

What European country issued the Balfour Declaration?

Answer 3

Britain

Question 4

Whose homeland of Palestine was issued in the Balfour Declaration?

Answer 4

Jews

Question 5

What is the name of the Jewish Holy Book?

Answer 5

Torah

Question 6

What did thousands of Palestinians become in 1948 after Israel was declared a nation?

Answer 6

refugees

Question 7

What was never an occupied territory?

Answer 7

Northern Edge

Question 8

Who is Mohammed to the Muslim?

Answer 8

Prophet

Question 9

What is the movement to get a Jewish homeland called?

Answer 9

Zionism

Question 10

What vital water link connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 10

Straight of Gibralter

Question 11

Which Arab country was the first to sign a peace treat with Israel?

Answer 11

Egypt

Question 12

What peninsula is the region that controls most of the oil in the Middle East?

Answer 12

The Arabian Peninsula

Question 13

Are the Arabs of the Middle East more unified because of Islam?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What book includes many of the same events and people as the Koran and the Bible?

Answer 14

The Torah

Question 15

What region is important to the Middle East because it is a crossroads of trade and it controls the gateway from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 15

The Meghreb

Question 16

Do the Continents of Africa, Asia, and the Americas meet in the Middle East?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

What resources determines where people live in the Middle East?

Answer 17

water

Question 18

Which religion split over how Jesus’ message was spread or taught?

Answer 18

Christianity

Question 19

Which religion believes a trip to the holy city must be taken?

Answer 19

Islam

Question 20

Which region calls their God Allah?

Answer 20

Islam

Question 21

Which religion is the oldest in the Middle East?

Answer 21

Judaism

Question 22

Which religion was forced to scatter throughout the world by the Romans?

Answer 22

Judaism

Question 23

Which religion is monotheistic?

Answer 23

Christianity ,Islam, and Judaism

Question 24

Which religion considers present day Israel their homeland?

Answer 24

Judaism

Question 25

Which religion considers the daily "struggle" part of their religion?

Answer 25

Islam

Question 26

Which religion became the religion of the Roman Empire?

Answer 26

Christianity

Question 27

Which religion fasts during the month of Ramadan?

Answer 27

Islam

Question 28

How do Muslims refer to the Jews and Christians because they share the'same scripture?

Answer 28

People of the Book

Question 29

What organization unifies the major oil producing nations today, not just the ones in the Middle East?

Answer 29

OPEC

Question 30

What do the letters PLO stand for

Answer 30

Palestinian Liberation Organization

Question 31

The Jewish religion began when who made a covenant with God?

Answer 31

Abraham

Question 32

What event is considered the first year in the Christian calendar?

Answer 32

Jesus' birth