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  • Who was the historian who started Black History Month?
    Carter G. Woodson
  • What profession was George Frazier Monroe reportedly the best at during the 1870's and 1880's in California?
    stage coach driver
  • What is the main natural resource that most Middle Eastern countries relay on economically/
    oil production-exporting
  • Which country in the Middle East is primarily made up of mountains?
    Iran
  • What minority group of people in Iraq want to form a country of their own?
    Kurds
  • Who was Iraq's long time dictator who led them into 2 wars with the United States?
    Saddam Hussain
  • What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?
    Saudi Arabia
  • What Middle Eastern nation is primarily inhabited by foreign guest workers?
    U.A.E.
  • What is Mae Jemison best known for?
    being an astronaut for NASA, doctor, scientist, world language expert
  • In which country can you find the world's largest building and shopping mall?
    The U.A.E.
  • Name one of the two countries located on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
    Oman or Yemen
  • What religion does almost everyone in Iraq practice?
    Islam
  • Which country's government has been trying to destroy the state of Israel?
    Iran
  • What was the world's first civilization, located in what today is Iraq, known as?
    Mesopotamia
  • What job did Katherine Johnson do for NASA?
    mathematician- caculator
  • What term do Iranian's historically use for a "King"?
    Shah
  • What landform makes up most of Saudi Arabia?
    deserts
  • In which country is Persian the main language?
    Iran
  • Name three colors of Iraq's flag today?
    black, red, white, green