Unit 7: Middle East and North Africa

Form of government in which laws and their enforcement are guided and created by religious authority

• Democracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

This is an international organization that coordinates economic policies related to the production of petroleum for its member countries

• OPEC

• PLO

• NATO

• BCE

Belief in ONE god

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Agnostic

Oldest of the monotheistic religions founded by Abraham and comes from the ancient Hebrews and Jews.

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

Monotheistic religion based on the teachings and revelations of the Prophet Muhammad from Allah (or God).

• Judaism
• Islam
• Christianity

What are the 3 Major Religions in the Middle East?

• Christianity, Hinduism, Islam

• Christianity, Judaism, Islam

• Christianity, Islam, Sikhism

• Judaism, Islam, Buddhism

What is a Jewish country in the Middle East established in 1948?

• Israel

• Palestine

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

What is an area in the Middle East that some recognize as an independent country but others do not?

• Israel

• Palestine

• Afghanistan

• Jordan

Who are the Jews?

• a group of people who live mostly in the Middle East, tend to speak Arabic, and often follow Islam

• a group of people who are descended from the ancient Hebrews and believe in Judaism

• an Iranian ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan

• a minority group of people in Rwanda and Burundi, targeted by a massive genocide in 1994

Who are the Arabs?

• a group of people who live mostly in the Middle East, tend to speak Arabic, and often follow Islam

• a group of people who are descended from the ancient Hebrews and believe in Judaism

• an Iranian ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan

• a minority group of people in Rwanda and Burundi, targeted by a massive genocide in 1994