1. You can type your own categories and points values in this game board. Type your questions and answers in the slides we’ve provided. When you’re in slide show view, click a points box to go to that question, then click to move to the answer slide. Click the left triangle to return to this game board slide. The Kurds 10 20 30 40 50 The Persians 10 20 30 40 50 Arabs 10 20 30 40 50 Judaism 10 20 30 40 50 Islam 10 20 30 40 50

2. Category 1 questions follow

3. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. The Kurds are considered ___________. A.A Religious Group B.An Ethnic Group C.A language found only in the Middle East 10 Category 1

4. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. An Ethnic Group 10 Category 1

5. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. The religion of most Kurds is __________ Muslim. 20 Category 1

6. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims. 20 Category 1

7. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Most Kurds can be found in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and ________ come together. 30 Category 1

8. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Most Kurds can be found in the mountainous areas where Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq come together. 30 Category 1

9. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. What is the language of the Kurds? 40 Category 1

10. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The Kurds language is Kurdish. 40 Category 1

11. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. What do the Kurdish people hope to have one day? 50 Category 1

12. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. One day, the Kurds would like to have a homeland of their own. 50 Category 1

13. Category 2 questions follow

14. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What modern country is the home to those who call themselves Persians? A. Iran B. Iraq C. Israel D. Syria 10 Category 2

15. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A.Iran 10 Category 2

16. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is the religion of most Persians? A.Shia Muslim B. Sunni Muslim 20

17. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A. Most Persians are Shia Muslim. 20 Category 2

18. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. After WWI, the country of Persia became known as _______ A. Iraq B. Jordan C. Turkey D. Iran 30 Category 2

19. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. D. The country of Persia became known as Iran after WWI. 30 Category 2

20. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Persians or Iranians speak ________________ A. Kurdish B. Arabic C. Farsi 40 Category 2

21. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. Farsi 40 Category 2

22. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. How is the religion of the Kurds different from the Persians? 50 Category 2

23. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Persians are Shia Muslims Kurds are Sunni Muslims 50 Category 2

24. Category 3 questions follow

25. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Which ethnic group is most numerous in SW Asia? 10 Category 3

26. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Arabs are the most numerous in SW Asia. 10 Category 3

27. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Most Arabs practice the religion of Islam and call themselves _____________________. 20 Category 3

28. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Arabs call themselves Muslim. 20 Category 3

29. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The Arabs believe themselves to be the descendants of _______________________. 30 Category 3

30. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Abraham 30 Category 3

31. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Muslims are split into two main branches, These two branches are known as ___________________. 40 Category 3

32. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Shia and Sunni Muslim 40 Category 3

33. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did Muslims split into two different religious groups? The Shia and Sunni 50 Category 3

34. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The Sunni believe that their religious leader can be elected. The Shia believe that their religious leader must be a descendant of Abraham. 50 Category 3

35. Category 4 questions follow

36. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is the main belief that distinguished the Jewish faith from the others in the ancient world? A.The offering of sacrifices during religious ceremonies. B.The worship of a single god rather than many gods. 10 Category 4

37. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. The belief in one god rather than many gods. 10 Category 4

38. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What does the word “Monotheism” mean? 20 Category 4

39. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The belief in only one god. 20 Category 4

40. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Which is the holy writing of Judaism? A. Torah B. Holy Bible C. Quran 30 Category 4

41. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A. Torah 30 Category 4

42. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The “Exodus” in the history of the Jewish people was the time when 40 Category 4

43. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Jews were freed from slavery in Egypt and returned to the land of Canaan. 40 Category 4

44. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why do most Jewish people believe their homeland to be in Jerusalem? 50 Category 4

45. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Around 1000 BC, The prophet Saul built a great temple in the city of Jerusalem and dedicated it to the one true God of the Jewish people. 50 Category 4

46. Category 5 questions follow

47. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What are the Five Pillars in the Islam religion? 10 Category 5

48. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The five basic responsibilities that Muslims are suppose to meet or do in their lives. 10 Category 5

49. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is the importance of the Ka’ aba to Muslims? 20 Category 5

50. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Muslims believe the prophet Abraham built this sacred box or temple. 20 Category 5

51. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did Islam spread so quickly after the death of Muhammad? 30 Category 5

52. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Muslim armies conquered empires that had weakened over the years. 30 Category 5

53. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Muhammad believed that the angel Gabriel wanted him to ______________________ 40 Category 5

54. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The angel Gabriel wanted Muhammad to tell the word of God to the people. 40 Category 5

55. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why where the first four leaders of the Muslims after Muhammad’s death called the “Four Rightly Guided Caliphs”? 50 Category 5

56. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. They had been friends of Muhammad. 50 Category 5