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What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula? Saudi Arabia

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What is the largest country on What is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula?the Arabian Peninsula?

Saudi Arabia

What is the What is the name of this name of this country?country?

IranIran

Which body of water in the Which body of water in the Middle East borders three Middle East borders three

continents?continents?

Mediterranean Sea

What makes it possible to get to the What makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea

without having to sail around the without having to sail around the continent of Africa?continent of Africa?

The Suez Canal

What is the What is the name of this name of this river?river?

Euphrates Euphrates

RiverRiver

What body of water connects the What body of water connects the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf?Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf?

Strait of Hormuz

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Arabian SeaArabian Sea

What modern day country is the home to What modern day country is the home to those who call themselves the Persians?those who call themselves the Persians?

Iran

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Mediterranean Mediterranean SeaSea

Which body of water in the Which body of water in the Middle East is considered one of Middle East is considered one of

the most dangerous in the the most dangerous in the world?world?

Strait of Hormuz

What is the What is the name of this name of this country?country?

IraqIraq

How have rivers in the Middle How have rivers in the Middle East become a part of political East become a part of political

conflict?conflict?

Building of dams

What organization attempts to What organization attempts to regulate the price of oil around regulate the price of oil around

the world?the world?

OPEC

What is the What is the name of this name of this country?country?

Israel Israel

Which bodies of water are Which bodies of water are connected by the Strait of Hormuzconnected by the Strait of Hormuz

The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Caspian SeaCaspian Sea

What country in the Middle East What country in the Middle East is landlocked?is landlocked?

Afghanistan

What is the What is the name of this name of this river?river?

Tigris RiverTigris River

Most of the climate of the Most of the climate of the Middle East can be described Middle East can be described

as….as….

Hot and Dry or Arid

What is the What is the name of this name of this river?river?

Jordan River Jordan River

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Strait of Strait of HormuzHormuz

In which country are the Gaza Strip In which country are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank located?and the West Bank located?

Israel

Which Middle Eastern Country is Which Middle Eastern Country is located in both Europe and located in both Europe and

Asia?Asia?

Turkey

What is the What is the name of this name of this country?country?

AfghanistanAfghanistan

The Suez Canal is linked The Suez Canal is linked together by what two bodies of together by what two bodies of

water?water?

Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

What is the What is the name of this name of this river?river?

Euphrates Euphrates

RiverRiver

What river runs through Syria, What river runs through Syria, Israel, and Jordan?Israel, and Jordan?

Jordan River

Most fresh water in the world is Most fresh water in the world is used how?used how?

Agriculture / farming

What is the What is the name of this name of this country?country?

IranIran

What meets the Euphrates River in Iraq? What meets the Euphrates River in Iraq?

Tigris River

Which river supplies Israel with Which river supplies Israel with most of its fresh water?most of its fresh water?

Jordan

Many large cities in the Middle Many large cities in the Middle East are located where?East are located where?

Next to rivers

The Jordan River empties into The Jordan River empties into what body of water?what body of water?

Dead Sea

What is the What is the name of this name of this country?country?

TurkeyTurkey

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Persian GulfPersian Gulf

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through which county?which county?

Iraq

What river flows through Syria?What river flows through Syria?

Euphrates

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Red SeaRed Sea

Out of the different landforms we Out of the different landforms we have studied, which is man made??have studied, which is man made??

Canals

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Suez CanalSuez Canal

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin in The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin in which county? (Source of the rivers)which county? (Source of the rivers)

Turkey

What is the What is the name of this name of this river?river?

Tigris River Tigris River

What is the What is the name of this name of this body of body of water?water?

Arabian SeaArabian Sea

People living in the deserts have People living in the deserts have traditionally made their living traditionally made their living

how?how?

Trading and hearding animals