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

Iran What is the name of this country?

Which body of water in the Middle East borders three continents? Mediterranean Sea

Rub al Khali Desert What is the name of this landform?

What makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without having to sail around the continent of Africa? The Suez Canal

The Dead Sea borders which two nations? Israel & Jordan

Euphrates River What is the name of this river?

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

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

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

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

Which body of water in the Middle East is considered one of the most dangerous in the world? Strait of Hormuz

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

What does Rub al-Khali mean in English? Empty Quarter

Iraq What is the name of this country?

How have rivers in the Middle East become a part of political conflict? Building of dams

What organization attempts to regulate the price of oil around the world? OPEC

Israel What is the name of this country?

Which bodies of water are connected by the Strait of Hormuz The Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf

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

What country in the Middle East is landlocked? Afghanistan

Tigris River What is the name of this river?

Most of the climate of the Middle East can be described as…. Hot and Dry or Arid

Jordan River What is the name of this river?

What landform connects the Middle East with Africa? Sinai Peninsula

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

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

Which Middle Eastern Country is located in both Europe and Asia? Turkey

What is the name of this country? Afghanistan

The Suez Canal is linked together by what two bodies of water? Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

Euphrates River What is the name of this river?

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

Sinai Peninsula What is the name of this landform?

Most fresh water in the world is used how? Agriculture / farming

Iran What is the name of this country?

What meets the Euphrates River in Iraq? Tigris River

Which river supplies Israel with most of its fresh water?

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

Many large cities in the Middle East are located where? Next to rivers

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

What is the name of this country? Turkey

The Suez Canal is linked together by what two bodies of water? Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea

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

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through which county? Iraq

What river flows through Syria? Euphrates

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

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

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

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

Tigris River What is the name of this river?

Why is most of the Middle East Arid? Mountains block the rain

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

Trading and hearding animals People living in the deserts have traditionally made their living how? Trading and hearding animals