1. Trash Ball Review Geography and Culture of the Middle East

2. Name this country

3. Saudi Arabia

4. Name this country

5. Iran

6. Name this country

7. Turkey

8. Name this waterway

9. Persian Gulf

10. Name this waterway

11. Suez Canal

12. Question What is desalination?

13. Answer Removing salt from salt water

14. Question Why doesn’t every country in the Middle East have a desalinization process?

15. Answer It very expensive

16. Question What are the two most valuable resources in the Middle East?

17. Answer Natural Gas and Oil

18. Name this country

19. Jordan

20. Name this country

21. Arabian Sea

22. Question What does OPEC stand for?

23. Answer Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

24. Question Name three countries that are part of OPEC.

25. Answers can vary USA Saudi Arabia Venezuela Iran Iraq Kuwait UK

26. Name this area in Israel

27. Gaza Strip

28. Question What is the holy book of Judaism?

29. Answer Torah

30. Question Why was Christianity finally accepted by the Roman Empire?

31. Answer Constantine finally realized that there were a lot of Christians and he converted himself to Christianity.

32. Question Which prophet was the angel of Gabriel speaking to and what did he tell him to do?

33. Answer Muhammad; the angel was telling him to preach the word of Allah (God)

34. Name this country

35. Afghanistan

36. Question What is monotheism?

37. Answer Belief in one supreme god

38. Name this waterway

39. Red Sea

40. Question Name the three rivers in the Middle East.

41. Answer Tigris Euphrates Jordan

42. Question In what country do the Tigris and Euphrates meet?

43. Answer Iraq

44. Question Why do people not live in Northern Saudi Arabia, southwest Iraq, and southeast Jordan?

45. Answer They are all desert areas.

46. Question What is the purpose of OPEC?

47. Answer To control the oil in the world’s market

48. Question What language do the Kurds speak?

49. Answer Kurdish

50. Question What is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East?

51. Answer Arab

52. Question If you are a Persian, which country do you live in?

53. Answer Iran

54. Question The disagreement over who would lead the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad led to…

55. Answer The split of Islam into 2 groups: Sunni and Shia