Geography Bee questions
What is the total length of the Tigris River?
1,150
What is the total length of the Euphrates River?
1,740
What year did Afghanistan declare sovereignty?
1919
What year did Kuwait gain independence from Britain?
1961
What is the population of Iran?
81.16 million
Who was the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
Who was the founder of Islam?
Allah
What are the five most-spoken languages of the Middle East?
Arabic,Farsi,Persian,Kurdish,Turkish
What is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East?
Arabs
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
Of what country was Sadaam Hussein dictator?
Baghdad Iraq
Why did Israel and Jordan have poor diplomatic relations in the mid-20th century?
Because there was not enough water to give all countries
What is the religious book of Christianity?
Bible
What is the most widely practiced religion of the middle east?
Christianity
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers originate?
Eastern Turkey
Which country has the highest population in the middle east?
Egypt
What river forms the border between Turkey and Syria?
Euphrates River
What is the only Middle Eastern country with territory in Europe?
Iran
What is the second most populated country in the middle east?
Iran
In which countries do the Kurds live?
Iraq
What country did the US invade in 2003?
Iraq
Where are the West Bank and the Gaza Strip located? Who claims political control of them?
Iraq
What is the only majority Jewish country in the world?
Israel
Who won the Arab-Israeli wars of 1949?
Israel
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Who was the founder of Christianity?
Jesus
Which three major monotheistic religions originated in the middle east?
Judaism, Christianity and Islam,
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What is the religious book of Islam?
Koran
What year did the civil war in Syria start?
March,15 2011
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known as what to anthropologists and historians?
Mesopotamia
Do women have equal rights in Saudi Arabia? Give 2 examples to support your answer.
No, because up until recently women weren't allowed to drive. They can be controlled by any men in the family no matter the age.
When did Syria gain its independence from France?
October,24, 1945
How large is the Middle East in square miles?
Over 5.0 million square milestones
What kind of government does Israel have?
Parliamentary
What is the official language of Iran?
Persian
Which sea separates Saudi Arabia from Iran?
Persian gulf
From what does most wealth come from in the Middle East?
Qatar
Which sea separates Africa from the Middle East?
Red Sea
Which Middle Eastern country possesses 22% of the world's oil reserves?
Saudi Arabia
Is the Arabian Sea located north or south of Saudi Arabia?
South
On what continent is the Middle East located?
Southwest Asia
What are the two main branches of Islam?
Sunni Islam,Shia Islam
What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?
The Red Sea and the Arabian Sea
What is the religious book of Judaism?
Torah
What is the main environmental issue in the Middle East?
Water pollution
What city do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all lay a claim to?
city of Jerusalem
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers end?
the Persian gulf
Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
transports oil from persian gulf
