Geographic Understandings To play the game, go to the next slide and click on a point value to go to a question. To go to final Wrap-Up click on Final Wrap-Up at the bottom of the main screen.
Reading a Map Locating Countries Natural Resources Borders What’s the Country? Physical Features
Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 Team 5 Wager board
What waterway is labeled as #8?
score board Red Sea
What waterway is labeled as #3?
Tigris River score board
What body of water is labeled as #5?
Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) score board
What waterway is labeled as #7?
Arabian Sea scoreboard
What waterway is labeled as #6?
Strait of Hormuz score board
What country is labeled as #1?
Afghanistan score board
What country is labeled as #2?
Iran score board
What country is labeled as #5?
Saudi Arabia score board
What country is labeled as #6?
Turkey score board
What country is labeled as #3?
Iraq score board
What two rivers form the Shaat al-Arab waterway?
Tigris and Euphrates score board
What sea has no outlets?
Dead Sea score board
What sea has access to the Suez Canal at its northern end?
Red Sea score board
What river flows into the Sea of Galilee?
Jordan River score board
What desert is shared by Syria and Iraq?
Syrian Desert score board
What are the two most important natural resources found in the Middle East?
Oil and natural gas score board
What percent of the world’s oil supply is found in the Middle East?
50 Percent score board
What natural resource is found in the Dead Sea?
Salt score board
Which country in the Middle East has little oil?
Israel score board
Besides oil, what is another important natural resource in Iran?
Arable land score board
What continents border the counties of the Middle East?
Europe, Asia, Africa score board
What river is part of the border between Syria and Jordan?
Jordan River score board
What two seas border Turkey?
Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea score board
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers come together to form the border between what two countries?
Kuwait and Iran score board
What are four bodies of water that surround the countries of the Middle East?
Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Persian (Arabian) Sea Gulf of Aden Indian Ocean Persian Gulf score board
What country was created by the United Nations?
Israel score board
Of the numbered countries on the map, which country is landlocked?
Afghanistan (#1) score board
What is the largest country in the Arabian Peninsula?
Saudi Arabia score board
In what country do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers begin?
Turkey score board
What country benefits from having two of the largest rivers within its borders?
Iraq score board
Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question
How do many countries in the Middle East address their lack of water for farming and raising animals?
They use irrigation methods. score board