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SW Asia Landforms. SW Asia Ethnic Groups. SW Asia Religions. SW Asia History and Development. SW Asia Random Trivia. 10 pt. 10 pt. 10 pt. 10 pt. 10 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 20 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 30 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt. 40 pt.

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  1. SW Asia Landforms SW Asia Ethnic Groups SW Asia Religions SW Asia History and Development SW Asia Random Trivia 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 30 pt 30 pt 30 pt 30pt 30 pt 40 pt 40 pt 40 pt 40 pt 40 pt 50 pt 50 pt 50 pt 50 pt 50pt

  2. Body of water located between SW Asia and Africa. Moses parted this sea in the Bible.

  3. What is the Red Sea?

  4. Two large rivers that begin in Turkey and flow south before emptying into the Persian Gulf.

  5. What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

  6. Man-made waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

  7. What is the Suez Canal?

  8. Body of water between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The majority of the world’s known oil resources are located here.

  9. What is the Persian Gulf?

  10. Narrow body of water that connects the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.

  11. What is the Strait of Hormuz.

  12. The Jews are the largest ethnic group in this SW Asian country.

  13. What is Israel?

  14. The largest ethnic group in Turkey.

  15. Who are the Turks?

  16. Second largest ethnic group in Turkey and Iraq.

  17. Who are the Kurds?

  18. The largest ethnic group in SW Asia.

  19. Who are the Arabs?

  20. These two ethnic groups both live in Israel and have experienced conflict between one another especially since the creation of Israel

  21. Who are Jews and Arabs (Palestinians)?

  22. This religion was founded by a man who claimed to be the son of God.

  23. What is Chrisianity?

  24. This religion was founded in Saudi Arabia by a man named Muhammad.

  25. What is Islam?

  26. This religion was founded by Abraham and its followers’ holy book is called the Torah.

  27. What is Judaism?

  28. The Five Pillars and the Koran are a part of this religion.

  29. What is Islam?

  30. The religion practiced by the majority of the people of SW Asia.

  31. What is Islam?

  32. The two European nations that took over the majority of the territories lost by the Ottoman Empire after World War I.

  33. What are France and Britain (UK, England)?

  34. The Balfour Agreement was legislation by the British government promising Palestine to this ethnic group.

  35. Who are the Jews?

  36. This was a movement that encouraged Jewish people to move to Palestine and establish the nation of Israel.

  37. What is Zionism?

  38. The Suez War, Six-Day War, and the Intifada are all conflicts between Israel and this ethnic group.

  39. Who are Arabs?

  40. The murder of millions of Jews and other groups considered undesirable by the Nazis during World War II.

  41. What is the Holocaust?

  42. Climate found in the majority of SW Asia.

  43. What is arid?

  44. Valuable natural resource that is found in many SW Asian nations. This resource has brought wealth to many SW Asian nations.

  45. What is oil?

  46. King Abdullah II is the leader of Saudi Arabia. He is the head of this type of government system.

  47. What is a monarchy?

  48. After the United States occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, this type of government was put in place. .

  49. What is a democracy?

  50. The Knesset is the group that makes Israel’s laws. They make up this branch of Israel’s government.

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