In what year was the new state of Israel created?

Which country did Saddam Hussein rule?

What adjectives best describe the climate of much of Southwest Asia?

What large empire broke up after World War I?

The international movement for the establishment of a Jewish national homeland is known as what?

The scattering of Jewish people throughout the world was called?

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as?

The Strait of Hormuz connects which bodies of water?

Which rivers flow through Turkey and Iraq?

What non-renewable natural resource has contributed to the growth of the Middle East?

Which river is the key water source for Israel, Jordan, and Syria?

Who drew up the boundaries for the new countries formed after the breakup of this empire?

When did terrorists attack the World Trade Center in New York City?

Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?

Many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia are located on or near?

What is the 120-mile man-made waterway that is used to transport goods from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?

Why did the US go to war against Iraq in 2003?

A United Nations inspection team was in Iraq from 1991-1998, with the purpose of finding and destroying?

Which European country ruled the area of Palestine after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire?