THE MIDDLE EAST Southwest Asia & North Africa Physical Characteristics

THE MIDDLE EASTSouthwest Asia & North Africa

Physical Characteristics

EUROPE, ASIA & AFRICA

The Middle East is the crossroads of which THREE CONTINENTS?

AFGHANISTAN

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IRAN

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IRAQ

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TURKEY

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SYRIA

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CYPRUS

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LEBANON

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ISRAEL

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JORDAN

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BAHRAIN

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SAUDI ARABIA

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QATAR

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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YEMEN

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OMAN

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KUWAIT

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EGYPT What country is shaded?

LIBYA What country is shaded?

ALGERIA What country is shaded?

TUNISIA What country is shaded?

MOROCCO What country is shaded?

WESTERN SAHARA What country is southwest of Morocco?

What two words can describe the basic climate of the Middle East?

HOT AND DRY

NORTHERN IRAQ, IRAN & EASTERN

TURKEY

In which area of the Middle East does the desert turn to STEPPE with cold, severe winters?

MONSOON

What is the name of the STRONG, SEASONAL WIND found in the Arabian Peninsula?

What kind of storm is typical in the desert areas of the Middle East?

SANDSTORM(DUST STORM)

SAHARA

What is the name of the desert found in Northern Africa?

OASIS (PLURAL FORM – OASES)

What is the name of an isolated area of vegetation in the desert where there is water?

WADI

What is the name of a ravine or riverbed that contains water only in the rainy season?

ATLAS MOUNTAINS

What is the name of the mountains found in northern Morocco and Algeria?

TAURUS MOUNTAINS

What is the name of the mountains found in southern Turkey?

ZAGROS MOUNTAINS

What is the name of the mountains found in western Iran?

The PERSIAN GULFWhich body of water is located between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

The ARABIAN SEAWhich body of water is located south of Yemen and Oman?

The RED SEAWhich body of water is located between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?

The STRAIT of HORMUZWhat is the name of the strait between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea?

Bab-al-Mandab

What is the name of the strait between the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea?

Suez CanalWhat is the name of the waterway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

Tigris and EuphratesWhat is the name of the two large rivers that run through Iraq into the Persian Gulf?

Mediterranean Sea

What is the name of the sea between Africa & Europe?

Black Sea

What is the name of the sea north of Turkey?

Dardanelles Strait & Bosphorus Strait

What is the name of the two straits between the Mediterranean & Black Seas?

Jordan River

What is the name of the river that runs along the eastern border of Israel?

Dead Sea

The Jordan River runs into what sea?

Nile River

What is the longest river in the world, running through several African countries, ending in Egypt?

Alluvial Soil

What is the name of the type of soil created by flooding along rivers?

Delta

What is the name of the area at the mouth of the river where the water fans out as it empties into the sea?