THE MIDDLE EAST UNIT REVIEW

THE MIDDLE EAST

Following is a review of the Middle East. Use this as you would flash cards, do not go through the whole presentation at once!! Go through the first five and learn them, keep going back to the beginning, as you learn them add 2 or 3 new slides and do them three or four times until you are very familiar with the material. I have created the links for you to either go back to the beginning or you can continue through the slides as you learn them. Continue in this manner throughout the presentation. Might take a little time, but you will easily remember the facts with less effort and frustration.

The questions are in black and the answers are in purple.

The 3 monotheistic religions that originated in the

Middle East

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Holy Book of Islam

Quran

The Arabic Word for God

“Allah”

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The founding father of the 3 great religions that

developed in the Middle East

Abraham

The prophet who founded Islam

Muhammad

Holy Book of Judaism

TorahGo back to beginning

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What are the Five Pillars of Islam

5 Pillars of Islam

1. Proclamation of faith2. Giving Alms to the poor3. Fasting during Ramadan4. Praying 5 times a day facing Mecca 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca

Muslim house of worship

Mosque

Belief in more than one God

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Location of the “Cradle of Civilization” found between the Tigris & Euphrates and

the Persian Gulf

Fertile Crescent

Key to life and an indicator as to where cities are

located

Water

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Ancient Persia is what country today

Iran

The lifeline of Egypt

Nile River

Trade City in Turkey that occupies two continents

ConstantinopleBack to beginning

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Islamic war against non-believers

Jihad

The holy month of fasting for Muslims

Ramadan

The British promised independence/land to the Arabs with this document

Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

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Britain & France met secretly and divided the Arab lands amongst themselves with

this document

Sykes-Picot Agreement

The Balfour Declaration promised an independent state to them in Palestine

JewsGo back to beginning

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The ethnic group of the Middle

East that has no homeland

Palestinians and Kurds

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Arab-Israeli conflict is over this

Ownership of IsraelGo back to beginning

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Leader of the PLO

(Palestine Liberation Organization)

Yasser ArafatGo back to beginning

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Responsible for the Building of the Suez Canal

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ruler of the Ottoman Turkish Empire

SultanGo back to beginning

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Land & air attack on Iraq by the U.S.

Desert Storm

Uprising (rock throwing campaign) by the

Palestinians against the Jews in the occupied territories

Intifada

Political party that governs West Bank and Gaza Strip

HamasGo back to beginning

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Government that is ruled by a higher power (religious

influence)

Theocracy

Organization that controls the supply and prices of oil

OPEC

Saddam Hussein invaded this country to ease his

financial burdens and gain control of Persian Gulf

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After Muhammad’s death Islam divided into these two

groups

Sunni and Shiite

This gave the Palestinians the authority to govern the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Oslo Accords

This brought down the Ottoman Empire

WWIGo back to beginning

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Israel’s strongest ally after the U.N. Partition

United States

Donations given to the poor in the three religions studied

1. Christians Tithe2. Islam Zakat 3. Judaism Tzedaka

**HINT – DON’T MEMORIZE ALL 3 WITH EACH RELIGION, JUST BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE TERMS IN A GROUP

The Arab attack against the Jews on their holiest religious

holiday

Yom Kippur War in 1973Go back to the beginning

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The movement led by Theodore Herzl that

supported the creation of a Jewish homeland in Israel

(Jewish Nationalism)

Zionism

The separation or division of Palestine into a Jewish and

Arab State

U.N. Partition

First Arab nation to recognize Israel’s existence

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West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights are know as

this

Occupied Territories

First peace treaty between and Arab nation and Israel

mediated by President Jimmy Carter

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Territory administered by another country

Mandate

They rejected the U.N. Partition Plan

Arabs

He nationalized the Suez Canal

This ethnic group was slaughtered by the Turks

Armenians

Area shared by both the Palestinians and the Jews

with the U.N. Partition

Jerusalem