Middle East (Conflict/Oil/Water) Review Game

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Middle East(Conflict/Oil/Water)Review Game
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1) An expensive water-management system process
used by oil rich countries is.

• Desalination

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2)Name one of the territories where Palestinians
are located.

• West Bank
• Gaza Strip

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3)The date that Israel became an official Jewish
state was

• 1948

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4) Why would Saudi Arabia try to diversify its
industries?

• If the oil industry fails, the country would have
  little else to rely on for their GDP

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5) What country did the United States invade
just after 9/11 resulting in the U.S.
overthrowing the government?

• Afghanistan

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6) What was the name of the radical Muslim
government that was overthrown in Afghanistan?

• The Taliban

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7) What is the most critical choke point in the
world with regard to oil?

• The Strait of Hormuz

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8) Why do Israel and Syria fight over the Golan
Heights?

• It is a major source of water

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9) What is the goal of Hamas?

• To govern and control the Gaza Strip

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10) What great power dominated much of the Middle
East for over 600 years starting in 1300?

• The Ottoman Empire

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11) What caused the end of the Ottoman Empire?

• After losing World War 1, the empire was
  dissolved and borders were redrawn in the Middle
  East.

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12) Name the two countries responsible for the
division of the Ottoman Empire.

• Great Britain
• France

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13) What group faced genocide after being left
without their own homeland?

• The Kurds

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14) The Palestinian Territories (West Bank, Gaza
Strip) are controlled by a political and military
group called the PLO, which stands for

• Palestinian Liberation Organization

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15) This terrorist organization claimed
responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.

• Al Qaeda

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16) This country has built dams on the Euphrates
River to provide a greater water source.

• Turkey

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17) Who is Mahmoud Ahmadenijad?

• The supreme leader of Iran

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18)Ahmadenijad wants a government controlled by
the laws of the Quran. Basing your government
on a god is called a

• Theocracy

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19) What choke point is located at the northern
tip of the Red Sea?

• The Suez Canal

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20) This Persian Gulf War was caused by

• The Iraqi military invading Kuwait

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21) This operation was the U.S. response to the
invasion of Kuwait and it helped end the Persian
Gulf War.

• Operation Desert Storm

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22) Name four reasons for the spread of Islam

• 1)Trade
• 2)Conquest
• 3)A Good Message
• 4)Political Organization

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23) What are the M.A.L.E. countries?

• A)Morocco
• B)Algeria
• C)Libya
• D)Egypt

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24) The Roman Empire pushed the Jews out of
their homeland. They were forced to scatter to
different places This became known as the

• Diaspora

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25) This war pitted Israel against Jordan,
Egypt, and Syria. Israel had been granted
statehood and these countries wanted Israel out.
It was called the

• Arab-Israeli War

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26) The main cause for these Jews is to have
their own homeland. They are called

• Zionists

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27) This country is home to the Kaba

• Saudi Arabia

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28) This is an underground rock layer through
which water flows

• Aquifer

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29) The opposite of a command economy is a
__________ economy

• Free Market

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30) This word means within a country.

• Domestic

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31)This organization controls the amount of oil
produced worldwide

• OPEC

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32) This is the insufficiency in the amount of a
supply

• scarcity

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33)This is having more of a particular resource
than needed.

• Surplus

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34) This is a dry riverbed common in the Middle
East

• wadi

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35) This is a fee charged for goods and services
brought into a country from another country

• Tariff

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36) Soil, water, and trees are all considered

• Natural resources

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37) The Israeli government is a _____________
monarchy.

• Parliamentary

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38) Name a Middle East country ruled by a king

• Jordan

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39) This country is located below Morocco

• Western Sahara

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40) The large desert that covers most of the
Arabian peninsula is called

• Rub al Khali