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1. | The West Bank is controlled by this group |
2. | Yasser Arafat was the leader of which group fighting for Palestine? |
3. | The two main rivers that run through Iraq |
4. | Founder of Islam |
6. | An Islamic place of worship |
7. | What modern day country was created after WWII as a nation-state for jews? |
8. | One of the two main branches of Islam, makes up about 83% of all Muslims. |
10. | One of the two main branches of Islam including most Iranians |
15. | What body of water has such high salt content nothing but bacteria can survive? |
16. | A group established in 1960 by some oil-producing nations to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products. |
17. | A strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society. |
18. | Which organization did Turkey try unsuccessfully to join? |
20. | Persians are the main ethnic group in this country. |
21. | Where do Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God? |
22. | The most important natural resource in the Middle East. |
25. | An ethnic group in SW Asia that has occupied land in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for about a thousand years. |