Middle East Review

Middle East occupies a strategic __________ at the crossroads of 3 continents: Africa, Asia, Europe

• Location

• Religion

A mosaic is a good metaphor for the Middle East because of its cultural __________

• reputation

• diversity

• art

Belief common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

1967 War in which Israel gained territory

• Six Day

• Ten Day

• World War II

Persian Gulf War (1991) was caused by Saddam Hussein’s invasion of __________

• Afghanistan

• Iran

• Kuwait

Cartel which seeks to control the price of oil

• NATO

• Gulf Oil

• OPEC

Radical group that controls Afghanistan

• Taliban

• Radicals

• Hamas

Largest ethnic group without a homeland

• Nomads

• Kurds

• Jihad

Middle Eastern nation formed in 1948

• Iran

• Egypt

• Israel

British document (1917) supporting a homeland for Jews in Palestine

• Magna Carta

• Balfour Declaration

• Treaty of Versailles