Round 1

1. Kosher2. Muhammad3. Mosque4. Love5. Torah

6. Who received the Ten Commandments?

7. Who is the leader of the Catholic Church?

8. Who built the first Jewish Temple?9. Which city is the holiest for Islam?10.What is a person who dies in the

name of their religion called?  

1. Judaism2. Islam3. Islam4. Christianit

y5. Judaism

6. Moses7. Pope8. Solomon9. Mecca10.Martyr

Round 2

1. ?2. ?3. ?4. ?5. ?

6. What is the leader of the Muslims called?

7. What is the second holiest city in Islam?

8. What is the holy site where Muslims face when praying?

9. What is the holy Pilgrimage called?

10.What is the journey Muhammad and his followers took when they left Mecca called?

1. Belief in 1 god

2. Pray 5 times a day

3. Ramadan4. Pilgrimage

to Mecca (Hajj)

5. Charity

6. Caliph7. Medina8. Kaaba

(Mecca)9. Hajj10.Hedjra

Round 3

1. What is the name of the series of holy wars started by European Christians against Muslims?

2. What is the name of the Muslim leader that defeated the European invaders?

3. As a result of its religious importance, what is a term used for Jerusalem?

4. What is a non-Muslim community in the Ottoman Empire called?

5. What is a term used for king in the Middle East?

6. Which empire conquered most of the Middle East and held control until the early 1900s?

7. Which group came from East Asia (near China), then converted to Islam?

8. Which group’s invasion weakened the Christian Byzantine Empire?

9. Which group were rivals of the Ottomans?

10.What major event caused the end of the Ottoman Empire?

1. Crusades2. Saladin3. Holy Land4. Millet5. Shah

6. Ottoman 7. Mongol8. Safavid9. Seljuk10.World War

1

Round 4

1. Where did most people in the Middle East live – villages, cities, or nowhere (nomads)?

2. What is a nomad in the Middle East called?

3. What is the term for a marketplace in a Middle Eastern city?

4. Why are there still nomads in the Middle East?

5. What is one of the three main reasons for a city to develop?

6. What did most nomads do for a living?

7. What kind of relationship existed between the nomads and the villagers?

8. What did Islam do for women in terms of property?

9. According to Islam, what is the relationship between women and their fathers or husbands?

10.What did Islam do for women’s presence in the community?

1. Villages2. Bedouin3. Suq4. Lack of

water5. Capital,

caravn stop, or religious importance

6. Herder7. conflict8. Right to

inherit/own it 9. Obey/

subordinate10.Seclusion/

separation/veil

Round 5

1. What is the term for strong love or pride in one’s country?

2. What is the term for when one country conquers another?

3. How did World War I directly impact the Ottoman Empire?

4. What what was a common cause of rising nationalism in Egypt and Iran?

5. What were the Arab people promised for helping to fight against the Ottomans in WWI?

6. Who was a nationalist leader in Egypt?

7. Who was a nationalist leader in Turkey?

8. Who was a nationalist leader in Iran?

9. What was a common goal of all three leaders??

10.Why did the result of WWI anger the Arab people?

1. Nationalism2. Imperialism3. Broke it

apart4. Foreign

influence5. Independenc

e/control of land

6. Muhammad Ali

7. Kamal Ataturk

8. Reza Khan9. modernize10.French &

British broke promise