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What do you call a place in the desert where there is water?
Oasis
What is a Muslim?
Someone who practices the religion of Islam.
What is cultural diffusion?
When one culture influences another culture.
What animal is know as the "ship of the desert?"
Camel
What do you call a group of camels traveling together through the desert?
Caravan
The Middle East lies at the crossroads of which 3 continents?
Africa, Asia, Europe
In modern times, what natural resource has made Saudi Arabia very wealthy?
Oil
Historically, what is the main way Arab people have earned a living?
Trade (especially across the desert)
What is currently the world's largest religion?
Christianity (followed by Islam in second)
What do you call a person who moves from place to place, often in search of water or vegetation?
Nomad
Technically, the Middle East is part of which continent?
Asia
Dates are the fruit of what tree?
Date palm
What man made canal links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
Suez Canal
What is the difference between a trader and a merchant?
A merchant typically sells items whereas a trader buys and sells items.
Arabia is a peninsula. What is a peninsula?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
People from Iran are not Arabs. What ancient empire do Iranians descend from?
Persia
