Middle East Study Guide

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  1. 5. Since Muslims and Jewish people do not eat this kind of food, it is rare to find it in the Middle East.
  2. 6. The wealthy countries of the Middle East are often wealthy because they have a great deal of this substance.
  3. 9. This is a building where Christians worship.
  4. 11. This is a building where Jewish people worship.
  5. 12. This Pillar of Islam calls upon Muslims to pray five times a day towards Mecca.
  6. 14. This is the city that is considered holy by Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
  7. 16. This is the first Pillar of Islam, and it is the most fundamental statement of what Muslims believe.
  8. 17. In 1979 about 50 Americans were taken hostage in the US _____________ in Iran.
  9. 19. Some of the Middle East is in Europe, some of it is in Africa, but most of it is in ________.
  10. 21. Perhaps the most important invention in all of human history, this was invented in the Middle East.
  11. 22. This fuel, made from oil, is cheaper than water in some Middle Eastern countries.
  12. 24. Saudi Arabia is quickly running out of ___________ water, which is nonrenewable water pumped from areas underground isolated from the water cycle.
  13. 26. In this city ISIS destroyed irreplaceable monuments of the past, including the Lion of Al-Lat, the Temple of Baalshamin, and the Tomb Tower of Elahbel.
  14. 28. A great deal of Middle Eastern politics revolves around shortages of this vital substance.
  15. 29. This is not the only language spoken in the Middle East and North Africa, but it is the most common one.
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  1. 1. The __________ Road spread germs, ideas, and valuable goods from one side of the Old World to the other
  2. 2. This is a building where Muslims worship.
  3. 3. One of the striking things about the Arab Spring is the way people shared information rapidly through __________ Media.
  4. 4. This word refers to the scattering of the Jewish people by the Romans about 2000 years ago.
  5. 7. This means someone who practices the religion Islam.
  6. 8. This Pillar of Islam refers to giving to the poor.
  7. 10. This Pillar of Islam refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca
  8. 13. This country is experiencing a water crisis made worse by an ongoing civil war.
  9. 15. In this spy operation the United States’s CIA overthrew Iran’s Prime Minister in support of Mohammad Reza Shah, the King of Iran.
  10. 16. This Pillar of Islam means you are not allowed to eat during the daylight hours of the month of Ramadan.
  11. 18. Beginning with a man protesting by setting himself on fire, the Arab ________ was a series of protests that spread through much of the Islamic world where people protested for more freedom and democracy.
  12. 20. This is when salt water from the ocean is processed in order to make it into fresh, drinkable water.
  13. 23. This is the belief that there is only one God.
  14. 25. This Middle Eastern country does not like the US very much, due to the US helping to overthrow their democracy and giving weapons to their enemies.
  15. 27. The ____________ Religions are religions that are in some way related to Judaism.