1. STUDY PARTY POWERPOINT Unit 1 – Middle Eastern Geography

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

3. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet in which county?
Iraq

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

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

6. Euphrates River
What is the name of this river?

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

8. What is the name of this country?
Afghanistan

9. 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

10. Near which country are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank located?
Israel

11. Euphrates River
What is the name of this river?

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

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

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

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

16. Which Middle Eastern country is located in both Europe and Asia?
Turkey

17. Israel
What is the name of this country?

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

19. Jordan River
What is the name of this river?

20. What meets the Euphrates River in Iraq?
Tigris River

21. Iraq
What is the name of this country?

22. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run through which county?
Iraq

23. What is the name of this country?
Turkey

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

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

26. Many of the largest cities in Southwest Asia are located on or near
Rivers

27. What continents come together, or meet, in the Middle East?
Asia, Africa, and Europe

28. Which body of water supplies Israel with most of its fresh water?
Jordan River

29. The Dead Sea is on the border of which two nations?
Israel & Jordan

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

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

32. Trading and Herding animals
People living in the deserts of the Middle East have usually made their living by
Trading and Herding animals

33. What is the climate of most of the Middle East?
Arid

34. Because mountains block winds coming from the oceans, much of the interior of Southwest Asia is
Desert

35. Agriculture (Farming)
The increasing population growth in Southwest Asia has increased the pollution of the water supply. Which industry has been directly affected by this pollution?
Agriculture (Farming)

36. The higher the oil production, the higher the standard of living
How does oil production affect the standard of living in Southwest Asia?
The higher the oil production, the higher the standard of living

37. Iran
What is the name of this country?

38. Given a choice, where do people in Southwest Asia settle?
River Valleys

39. Iran
What is the name of this country?

40. The Jordan River empties into the
Dead Sea

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

42. Which country in the Middle East is landlocked?
Afghanistan

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

44. How have the major rivers of Southwest Asia become a part of political conflict?
Building Dams

45. Rub’ al Khali Desert
What is the name of this desert?

46. Which country shares a border with both the Mediterranean and the Black Sea?
Turkey

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

48. What country lies to the west of Iran?
Iraq

49. Euphrates River
What is the name of this river?

50. What country is south of Lebanon, west of Jordan and east of Egypt?
Israel

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

52. What body of water is in-between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
Persian Gulf

53. Tigris River
What is the name of this river?

54. What physical feature could Iran block half the world’s petroleum from getting out of the Middle East?
Strait of Hormuz

55. Sinai Peninsula
What is the name of this landform?

56. In what country is the source of the Tigris and Euphrates River?
Turkey

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

58. What country in the Middle East is to the south of the Caspian Sea?
Iran

59. What is the name of this country?
Turkey

60. What body of water is in-between Saudi Arabia and Egypt?
Red Sea

61. Rub al Khali Desert
What is the name of this desert?