Post on 19-Jan-2016
JEOPARDY: MIDDLE EAST REVIEW
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Physical : 1 Question:
How does the Mediterranean coast differ from other areas of Southwest Asia?
Answer:climate is suitable for
growing crops
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Physical : 2 Question:
What land feature in the Middle East is described as the “place where no one comes out.”
Answer:Rub al Khali Desert
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Physical : 3 Question:
Give 2 of the three descriptors of a salt flat
Answer:almost uninhabitedExtremely hotWindy and dry
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Physical : 4 Question:
Name 2 of the three risks of transporting crude oil?
Answer:Collisions of tankersOil tankers run
agroundLeaks in pipelines
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Physical : 5 Question:
What is the purpose of a refinery?
Answer:convert crude oil into
useful products
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Human 1 : 1 Question:
What is the name of a group of people living in areas of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for the past 1000 years?
Answer:Kurds
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Human 1 : 2 Question:
What is the name of the founder of Islam?
Answer:Muhammad
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Human 1 : 3 Question:
What is the name of the movement to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
Answer:Zionism
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Human 1 : 4 Question:
What is the holy city to which all Muslims hope to make a pilgrimage?
Answer:Mecca
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Human 1 : 5 Question:
Name 3 of the 5 pillars of Islam.
Answer:fastingPrayerFaithPilgrimageCharity
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Human 2 : 1 Question:
What is the purpose of OPEC?
Answer:control the worldwide
prices of oil
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Human 2 : 2 Question:
What is the name for the cite where Muslims believe Muhammad rose to heaven?
Answer:Dome of the Rock
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Human 2 : 3 Question:
What is the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?
Answer:Western Wall (Wailing
Wall)
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Human 2 : 4 Question:
What organization was created to regain land currently under Israeli control for the Palestinian Arabs?
Answer:Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO)
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Human 2 : 5 Question:
What group is characterized as being powerful in Afghanistan, supporting terrorism, and imposing strict laws on the behavior of people?
Answer:Taliban
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Human 3 : 1 Question:
___________ resources are the skills and talents of the people.
Answer:Human
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Human 3 : 2 Question:
What is the name for a resource that is so valuable that nations will go to war to ensure its supply?
Answer:strategic commodity
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Human 3 : 3 Question:
What is the name for a Muslim place of worship?
Answer:mosque
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Human 3 : 4 Question:
Which ethnic group lived in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for the last 1000 years?
Answer:Kurds
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Human 3 : 5 Question:
Which of the following do foreign workers in the Middle East not experience?○ Living in special
districts○ Receiving late to no
wages○ Feeling welcomed○ Misunderstandings
over customs
Answer:feeling welcomed
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Issues : 1 Question:
After the war during 19481949, who fled what is now Israel?
Answer:Palestinians
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Issues : 2 Question:
Which ethnic group tried (unsuccessfully) to establish a nation since the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after WWI?
Answer:Kurds
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Issues : 3 Question:
What organization was created with the intention of regaining land on the West Bank and Gaza Strip for Palestinian Arabs?
Answer:PLO
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Issues : 4 Question:
Which group of people consider themselves a stateless nation since the nation of Israel was created?
Answer:Palestinians
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Issues : 5 Question:
What is the name for the type of Government controlled by religious leaders who rely on religious law?
Answer:theocratic
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Random 1 : 1 Question:
About 83% of all Muslims belong to the branch known as what?
Answer:Sunni
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Random 1 : 2 Question:
What is the name of the hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee?
Answer:Golan Heights
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Random 1 : 3 Question:
What branch of Muslims live mostly in Iran and parts of Iraq and Afghanistan?
Answer:Shi’ite
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Random 1 : 4 Question:
The following all describe what river?○ Flows through parts
of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
○ Valleys are well suited for agriculture
○ Ancient civilizations lived on its banks
Answer:Euphrates
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Random 1 : 5 Question:
What is the name for foreign, mostly unskilled, laborers brought to the Middle East to fill jobs?
Answer:Guest Workers
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Random 2 : 1 Question:
What organization helps members nations in the export of oil?
Answer:OPEC
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Random 2 : 2 Question:
What is the name of the strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River?
Answer:West Bank
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Random 2 : 3 Question:
What was the name of the government that controlled every aspect of life in Afghanistan until 2002?
Answer:Taliban
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Random 2 : 4 Question:
What is the name for a nation of people who do not have land to legally occupy?
Answer:stateless nation
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Random 2 : 5 Question:
Religious sites considered holy by both Muslims and Jews have resulted in fighting in which Middle Eastern city?
Answer:Jerusalem
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Which region of the world produces the least amount of Petroleum?
How many barrels of petroleum are produced per day by Asia** and Oceania?
Which region of the consumes the most amount of Petroleum?