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WHEN WAS THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL FORMED?: 1948
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR ISRAEL?: "CITY OF PEACE"
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL?: JERUSALEM
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CENTRAL PIPELINE OF ISRAEL'S VAST AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF IRRIGATION?: THE NATIONAL WATER CARRIER
WHAT CITY IN ISRAEL IS THE PLACE MANY COUNTRIES CARRY ON THEIR IMPORTANT POLITICAL BUSINESS?: TEL AVIV
WHAT IS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE MOST MODERN CITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST?: TEL AVIV
WHAT IS ONE OF ISRAELS INDUSTRIES?: TOURISM
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE NORTHERN PART OF ISRAEL WHERE THE PALESTINIANS ONCE LIVED AND THE JEWS NOW OCCUPY CALLED?: GALILEE
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT?: THEY INTENDED TO GATHER THE JEWS TO FORM A JEWISH NATION IN THE PROMISE LAND
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TREES IN LEBANON THAT WERE TREASURED IN THE ANCIENT WORLD FOR THEIR PRECIOUS WOOD?: THE CEDARS OF LEBANON
WHAT NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH OF ISRAEL IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT?: LEBANON
WHAT IS LEBANON'S GREATEST CHALLENGE TODAY?: TO REBUILD THE CAPITAL CITY OF BEIRUT
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF LEBANON?: BEIRUT
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF SYRIA?: DAMASCUS
WHAT IS THE LARGEST CITY OF SYRIA AND ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES IN THE WORLD?: DAMASCUS
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF JORDAN?: AMMAN
WHERE IS AMMAN LOCATED IN JORDAN?: ON OLD TRADE ROUTES AND IS STILL A MAJOR TRADING CENTER
WHAT ARAB COUNTRY IS LOCATED WHERE THE ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIA EMPIRES ONCE RAISED THEIR PROUD HEADS?: IRAQ
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IRAQI'S ARE FARMERS?: 1/3RD
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IRAQI PEOPLE LIVE IN CITIES?: 2/3RDS
HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN BAGDAD?: 4 MILLIONS
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL AND THE LARGEST CITY OF IRAQ?: BAGDAD
WHAT IS THE LARGEST OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS?: THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
WHAT COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF OIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST?: SAUDI ARABIA
WHAT DOES OIL EXPORT MEAN?: OIL SOLD TO OTHER COUNTRIES
WHAT PRODUCT HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR MANY SAUDIS TO LIVE IN MODERN CITIES?: OIL EXPORTS
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF SAUDIA ARABIA?: RIYADH
WHAT IS THE SINGLE LARGEST RELIGIOUS GROUP IN THE WORLD?: MUSLIMS
WHAT IS A MOSQUE?: A MUSLIMS BUILDING OF WORSHIP
WHY IS TURKEY NOT AN ARAB COUNTRY?: THE PEOPLE SPEAK TURKISH AND NOT ARABIC
WHAT COUNTRY CONTROLS THE EXIT TO THE BLACK SEA?: TURKEY
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF TURKEY?: ANKARA
WHAT IS TURKEY'S LARGEST CITY?: ISTANBUL
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ISLAND THAT IS FOURTY MILES SOUTH OF TURKEY AND SIXTY MILES WEST OF SYRIA?: THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
WHY IS IRAN NOT CONSIDERED TO BE AN ARAB COUNTRY?: BECAUSE THEY SPEAK PERSIAN INSTEAD OF ARABIC
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF IRAN?: TEHRAN

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