Middle East Study Guide

4. The Sinai Peninsula belongs to this country.
6. This is something people believe to be true but is not in reality concerning a group of people.
10. Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq are on this continent.
13. This is the largest city in the Middle East.
14. The minority denomination of Islam.
15. These mountains are in northwest Africa.
18. This terrorist organization tried to establish a radical Islamic country in the M.E.
19. This meat is forbidden to be eaten in Islam and Judaism.
20. A desert gets less than ten inches of ______ per year.
22. This wedge-based writing system was used by Mesopotamians.
23. The M.E. is the birthplace of _________ or the religions that believe in one god.
26. Ancient Egyptian kings were called _______.
27. This country is in the midst of a civil war in response to its dictator al-Assad
29. This is the name given to the Egyptian picture based writing style.
30. Mesopotamia was found in present-day ________.
31. Once per lifetime, Muslims are supposed to take a pilgrimage to this holy city.
32. Yemen, Oman, and Saudi Arabia are on this peninsula
34. The most prevalent denomination of Islam
35. This word simply means "god" in Arabic.
36. This sea is the saltiest body of water on Earth.
37. This religion believes that their has not been a Savior or Messiah from God.
38. This major desert is found in northern Africa.

1. This religion worships Jesus as its savior.
2. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was known as _____________.
3. This is the world's longest river; found in Egypt.
5. Muslims are required to _____ five times per day.
7. This word describes the radical, violent behaviors of people of any religion or country.
8. Mesopotamian temples were called _________.
9. These are the Muslim Arabic people that live in Israel and oppose the Jewish Israelis.
11. The Middle East has 60% of the world's ____.
12. This was the most famous invention of Mesopotamia.
16. This country is a land bridge between Asia and Europe and contains the Pontic and Taurus mountains.
17. Egypt and Libya are on this continent.
21. People from Iran are not Arab; they are ______.
23. This is the name of a person that practices Islam.
24. This reed like plant was used to make Egyptian paper.
25. _________ is to Islam what Jesus is to Christianity.
26. These were built by Egyptians as tombs for pharaohs
28. The majority of Middle Eastern people practice ________.
30. This is the only predominant Jewish country in the Middle East.
33. Egyptians invented this fake hairstyle due to it being so hot in the desert.
35. An _______ is a person with Arabian ethnicity that speaks Arabic.