1. THE MIDDLE EAST Southwest Asia & North Africa Physical Characteristics

2. EUROPE, ASIA & AFRICA  The Middle East is the crossroads of which THREE CONTINENTS?

3. AFGHANISTAN  What country is shaded?

4. IRAN  What country is shaded?

5. IRAQ  What country is shaded?

6. TURKEY  What country is shaded?

7. SYRIA  What country is shaded?

8. CYPRUS  What country is shaded?

9. LEBANON  What country is shaded?

10. ISRAEL  What country is shaded?

11. JORDAN  What country is shaded?

12. BAHRAIN  What country is circled?

13. SAUDI ARABIA  What country is shaded?

14. QATAR  What country is shaded?

15. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  What country is shaded?

16. YEMEN  What country is shaded?

17. OMAN  What country is shaded?

18. KUWAIT  What country is shaded?

19. EGYPT  What country is shaded?

20. LIBYA  What country is shaded?

21. ALGERIA  What country is shaded?

22. TUNISIA  What country is shaded?

23. MOROCCO  What country is shaded?

24. WESTERN SAHARA  What country is southwest of Morocco?

25. What two words can describe the basic climate of the Middle East? HOT AND DRY

26. NORTHERN IRAQ, IRAN & EASTERN TURKEY In which area of the Middle East does the desert turn to STEPPE with cold, severe winters?

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

28. What kind of storm is typical in the desert areas of the Middle East? SANDSTORM (DUST STORM)

29. SAHARA What is the name of the desert found in Northern Africa?

30. OASIS (PLURAL FORM – OASES) What is the name of an isolated area of vegetation in the desert where there is water?

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

32. ATLAS MOUNTAINS What is the name of the mountains found in northern Morocco and Algeria?

33. TAURUS MOUNTAINS What is the name of the mountains found in southern Turkey?

34. ZAGROS MOUNTAINS What is the name of the mountains found in western Iran?

35. The PERSIAN GULF Which body of water is located between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

36. The ARABIAN SEA Which body of water is located south of Yemen and Oman?

37. The RED SEA Which body of water is located between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?

38. The STRAIT of HORMUZ What is the name of the strait between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea?

39. Bab-al- Mandab What is the name of the strait between the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea?

40. Suez Canal What is the name of the waterway between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

41. Tigris and Euphrates What is the name of the two large rivers that run through Iraq into the Persian Gulf?

42. Mediterranean Sea What is the name of the sea between Africa & Europe?

43. Black Sea What is the name of the sea north of Turkey?

44. Dardanelles Strait & Bosphorus Strait What is the name of the two straits between the Mediterranean & Black Seas?

45. Jordan River What is the name of the river that runs along the eastern border of Israel?

46. Dead Sea The Jordan River runs into what sea?

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

48. Alluvial Soil What is the name of the type of soil created by flooding along rivers?

49. 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?