MIDDLE EAST REVIEW GAME

WHO LED THE ISLAMIC, OR IRANIAN, REVOLUTION?

a) Shah Pahlevib) Ayatollah Khomeinic) Saddam Husseind) Menachem Begin

•b) Ayatollah Khomeini

THE PERSIAN GULF WAR BEGAN WHEN WHICH COUNTRY INVADED KUWAIT?

a) Iraqb) Iranc) Saudi Arabiad) Afghanistan

a) Iraq

NAME THIS WAR: 1980-1988, ENDED IN STALEMATE, FOUGHT OVER RELIGION, OIL, AND TERRITORY

a) Persian Gulf Warb) Iraq Warc) Iran-Iraq Ward) Afghanistan War

c) Iran-Iraq War

WHAT DID IRANIANS DEMAND DURING THE AMERICAN HOSTAGE CRISIS?

a) The Shah be returned to Iranb) Israel be given back to Palestinec) The Shah be killedd) Iraq give up control of Kuwait

a) The Shah be returned to Iran

WHAT ORGANIZATION UNITED OIL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES TO BREAK WESTERN INFLUENCE?

a) OPECb) PLOc) OTYLd) Oil League

•a) OPEC

WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATION CREATED IN 1964 THAT PUSHED FOR THE FORMATION OF

AN ARAB PALESTINIAN STATE?

a) Palestine Liberation Organizationb) Hamasc) Gaza Unitedd) Zionist Front

•a) Palestine Liberation Organization

WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLO, WHICH CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS

AGAINST ISRAEL

a) Yasir Arafatb) Gamal Nasserc) Anwar Sadatd) Menachem Begin

•a) Yasir Arafat

WHICH EVENT RESULTED IN ISRAEL ANNEXING THE SINAI PENINSULA, THE GOLAN HEIGHTS,

JERUSALEM, AND THE WEST BANK?

a) Yom Kippur Warb) 1948 Warc) Six-Day Ward) Suez Crisis

•c) Six-Day War

SIXTH PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. HELPED NEGOTIATE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS.

a) Yasir Arafatb) Anwar Sadatc) Jimmy Carterd) Menachem Begin

•d) Menachem Begin

WHAT WAS THE WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE LAUNCHED BY

PALESTINIANS IN THE 1980S?

a) Intifada b) Jihadc) Hamasd) Diaspora

•a) Intifada

WHAT SIGNED AGREEMENT ENDED 30 YEARS OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL?

a) Oslo Accordsb) Camp David Accordsc) Hamasd) Intifada

•b) Camp David Accords

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A REFORM OF ATATURK MUSTAFA KEMAL?

a) Abolishing the fezb) Denying women the right to votec) Replacing Islamic laws with a civil coded) Translating the Qur’an into Turkish

•b) Denying women the right to vote

WHAT IS THE CURVED REGION IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH RICH SOIL FOR FARMING?

a)Palestineb) Sumerc) Fertile Crescentd) Gaza Strip

• c) Fertile Crescent

WHAT WAS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION TO SETTLE IN MESOPOTAMIA?

a) Akkadianb) Babylonianc) Sumeriand) Hittites

•c) Sumerian

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN ISSUE SUMERIANS FACED?

a) no natural barriersb) constant invasions by nomadsc) limited natural resourcesd) unpredictable floods and droughts

•b) constant invasions by nomads

WHAT IS SARGON OF AKKAD KNOWN FOR?

a) Creating the world’s first bureaucracyb) Writing the first set of lawsc) Creating the first empired) Building a great temple

•c) Creating the first empire

WHO WAS THE BABYLONIAN RULER KNOWN FOR HIS SERIES OF CODES?

a) Umayyad b) Hammurabic) Yasir Arafatd) Muhammad

•b) Hammurabi

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUMERIANS?

a) Zigguratb) City-Statec) Cuneiformd) Bedouins

•d) Bedouins

WHAT DO WE CALL A SERIES OF RULERS FROM A SINGLE FAMILY?

a) Empireb) Clanc) Dynastyd) Royal Family

•c) Dynasty

THE IDEA THAT JEWS SHOULD SETTLE IN PALESTINE IS CALLED WHAT?

a) Zionismb) Intifadac) Monotheismd) Jihad

•a) Zionism

WHO LED THE ISRAELITES OUT OF SLAVERY?

a) Abrahamb) Muhammadc) Umayyadd) Moses

•d) Moses

WHAT WAS THE DIASPORA?

a) When the Arabs were kicked out of Palestineb) When Judah and Israel were dividedc) It was a Jewish word for the Holocaustd) When the Romans kicked the Jews out of Palestine

• d) When the Romans kicked the Jews out of Palestine

WHO IS THE LAST AND GREATEST PROPHET OF ISLAM?

a) Muhammadb) Abrahamc) Alid) Allah

•a) Muhammad

WHAT BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL PEOPLES, NATIONS, OR PREVIOUSLY INDEPENDENT STATES

UNDER THE CONTROL OF ONE RULER?

a) Empireb) Dynastyc) Continentd) Civilization

•a) Empire

THIS WORD MEANS “ONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED.” IT IS A PERSON WHO PRACTICES ISLAM.

a) Muslimb) Sunnic) Shi’ad) Shari’a

•a) Muslim

WHAT IS THE JEWISH HOLY BOOK?

a) Torahb) Biblec) New Testamentd) Old Testament

•a) Torah

_____ IS A CITY AND THE LAND SURROUNDING IT. IT FUNCTIONS LIKE AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.

a) City-stateb) Civilizationc) Kingdomd) Dynasty

•a) City-state

 THIS IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR MUSLIMS.

a) Templeb)Meccac) Mosqued) Hajj

•c) Mosque

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PILLAR OF ISLAM?

a) Almsb) Prayerc) Serviced) Faith

•c) Service

WHICH GROUP OF MUSLIMS ARE MORE FUNDAMENTALIST AND BELIEVE THAT MUHAMMAD’S

SON-IN-LAW SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED HIM?

a) Shi’ab) Sunnic) Sufid) Abbasid

•a) Shi’a

WHICH SMALL GROUP OF MUSLIMS CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE OF POVERTY?

a) Sufib) Sunnic) Shi’ad) Caliphate

•a) Sufi

WHAT IS THE JOURNEY TO MECCA THAT MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE?

a) Hajjb) Mosquec) Great Pilgrimage d) Alms

•a) Hajj

THIS IS A MUTUAL PROMISE BETWEEN GOD AND THE FOUNDER OF THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

a) Promiseb) Covenantc) Convent d) Sabbath

•b) Covenant

WHAT DOES “SUNNA” MEAN?

a) Muhammad’s exampleb) Allah’s examplec) Follower of Allahd) Muhammad’s law

•a) Muhammad’s example

WHAT DO WE CALL A SUCCESSOR OF MUHAMMAD; LEADER OF MUSLIMS?

a) Caliphb) Jihadc) Kingd) Imam

•a) Caliph

WHICH GROUP OF MUSLIMS FOLLOW MUHAMMAD’S EXAMPLE AND ARE THE MAJORITY?

a) Sunnib) Shiitec) Sufid) Sunna

•a) Sunni

WHICH TERM MEANS “SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH”

a) Muhammadb) Islamc) Judaismd) Palestinian

•b) Islam

WHAT WAS THE MIGRATION FROM MECCA TO YATHRIB(MEDINA), LED BY

MUHAMMAD?

a) Hijrahb) Hajjc) Meccad) The Great Migration

•a) Hijrah

WHAT IS THE QU’RAN?

a) Muslim holy mosqueb) Muslim holy bookc) Muslim set of lawsd) Muslim leader

•b) Muslim holy book

WHAT BODY OF LAW REGULATES FAMILY LIFE, MORAL CONDUCT, AND BUSINESS

AND COMMUNITY LIFE OF MUSLIMS?

a) Shari’ab) Sunnac) Sunnid) Sufi

• a) Shari’a

WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE?

a) Baghdadb) Damascusc) Meccad) Umar

•b) Damascus