MIDDLE EAST GRUDGEBALL REVIEW Unit 4 THE MIDDLE
MIDDLE EAST GRUDGEBALL REVIEW Unit 4
THE MIDDLE EAST IS A REGION THAT CONNECTS WHAT THREE CONTINENTS? DESCRIBE ITS RELATIVE LOCATION.
EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA IN SOUTHWESTERN ASIA TO THE EAST OF AFRICA, SOUTHEAST OF EUROPE AND NORTH OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.
WHAT RIVERS EMPTY INTO THE PERSIAN GULF?
TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
WHERE ARE THE HEAD WATERS (STARTING POINT) FOR THESE RIVERS?
TURKEY
WHAT COUNTRY ARE THESE RIVERS MOSTLY LOCATED IN? WHAT WAS THE ANCIENT NAME FOR THIS LOCATION?
IRAQ, MESOPOTAMIA
WHAT MOUNTAIN RANGE IS LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN IRAN?
ZAGROS MOUNTAINS
WHAT MANMADE BODY OF WATER CONNECTS THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE RED SEAS?
THE SUEZ CANAL
JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF WHAT COUNTRY?
ISRAEL
NAME TWO REASONS THERE IS A WATER CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
CLIMATE CHANGE, WASTEFUL WATER PRACTICES, OUTDATED FARMING/IRRIGATION METHODS, OVERPOPULATION, THE DAMMING OF THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES.
SALT IS REMOVED FROM SEA WATER TO CREATE FRESH IN A PROCESS CALLED…
DESALINATION
NAME TWO ADDITIONAL WAYS THE MIDDLE EAST COULD FIX THE WATER CRISIS BESIDES DESALINATION.
IMPORTING WATER FROM OTHER PLACES, IMPROVED FARMING/IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES, CREATING POPULATION RULES, BUILDING A PIPELINE TO MOVE WATER FROM OTHER PLACES TO AREAS IN NEED, IMPROVED WATER MANAGEMENT.
WHAT RESOURCE DO CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF? NAME TWO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE MUCH OF THIS RESOURCE.
OIL SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN, KUWAIT, IRAQ, UAE
WHAT IS THE HOLY BOOK OFISLAM?
QURAN OR KORAN
PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE ISLAM ARE CALLED…
MUSLIMS
WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE HOUSES OF WORSHIP FOR ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM?
MOSQUE, CHURCH, TEMPLE/SYNAGOGUE
WHAT IS THE NAME OF HOLY BOOK OF JUDAISM THAT FEATURES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
THE TORAH
THE STRICT INTERPRETATION OF RELIGIOUS WRITINGS IS CALLED…
FUNDAMENTALISM
ISIS STANDS FOR…
THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA
WHAT COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A CIVIL WAR AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THEIR PRESIDENT?
SYRIA, BASHAR AL ASSAD
WHAT IS THE MODEST HEAD COVERING/CLOTHING OF A MUSLIM WOMAN CALLED…
A HIJAB
WHO IS THE PROPHET ALL THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS BELIEVE TOLD OF THE ONE TRUEGOD?
ABRAHAM
WHAT IS THE CITY ALL THREE RELIGIONS BELIEVE TO BE SACRED?
JERUSALEM
WHAT LANGUAGES ARE THE TORAH AND QURAN WRITTEN IN?
TORAH – HEBREW QURAN - ARABIC
WHAT ARE THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP?
TERRITORIES WITHIN ISRAEL DESIGNATED FOR PALESTINIANS TO LIVE IN.
WHEN AND WHY WAS ISRAEL FOUNDED?
IN 1948 AS PART OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT TO CREATE A JEWISH STATE (ISRAEL) IN THE TERRITORY ONCE KNOWN AS CANAAN SO AS TO RETURNJEWISH PEOPLE TO THEIR HOMELAND, THE BIRTH PLACE OF THEIR FAITH.
WHO IS THE MOST SACRED PROPHET TO ISLAM?
MUHAMMAD
WHAT IS THE HOLIEST CITY INISLAM AND WHAT COUNTRY IS IT LOCATED IN?
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA
WHAT ARE MUSLIMS SUPPOSED TO DO IN REGARD TO THIS CITY?
MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE/HAJJ TO MECCA AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFE.
WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE RELIGIOUS CLERGY OF ALL THREE FAITHS?
CHRISTIAN – PRIEST/MINISTER ISLAM – IMAM JUDAISM - RABBI
WHERE DID MOSES RECEIVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
MOUNT SINAI
NAME ONE UNIQUE FACT ABOUT EACH RELIGION.
WHY IS THERE A PALESTINIANISRAELI CONFLICT?
WHAT CAUSED THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR?
NOW…GO STUDY!
WHAT ARE SOME RIGHTS THEQURAN GIVES MUSLIM WOMEN?
THE RIGHT TO BE EDUCATED, TO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME AND TO INHERIT.
WHAT ARE SOME TRADITIONAL EXPECTATIONS OF MUSLIM WOMEN?
THEY WILL DRESS AND ACT MODESTLY, THEY WILL PUT FAMILY FIRST, THEY WILL MARRY SOMEONE THEIR FAMILY CHOOSES/APPROVES OF, THEY WILL RAISE THEIR CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM, THEIR WORK/ACTIVITIES WILL NOT COMPROMISE THEIR MODESTY
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