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