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Reading a Map

Locating Countries

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What waterwa

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Red Sea

What waterwa

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Tigris River

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What body

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Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)

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What waterw

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Arabian Sea

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What waterwa

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Strait of Hormuz

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What country is labeled as #1?

Afghanistan

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What country is labeled as #2?

Iran

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What country is labeled as #5?

Saudi Arabia

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What country is labeled as #6?

Turkey

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What country is labeled as #3?

Iraq

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What two rivers form the Shaat al-

Arab waterway?

Tigris and Euphrates

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What sea has no outlets?

Dead Sea

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What sea has access to the Suez

Canal at its northern end?

Red Sea

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What river flows into the Sea of

Galilee?

Jordan River

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What desert is shared by Syria

and Iraq?

Syrian Desert

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What are the two most important

natural resources found in the Middle

East?

Oil and natural gas

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What percent of the world’s oil

supply is found in the Middle East?

50 Percent

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What natural resource is found in the Dead Sea?

Salt

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Which country in the Middle East

has little oil?

Israel

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Besides oil, what is another important natural resource in

Iran?

Arable land

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What continents border the

counties of the Middle East?

Europe, Asia, Africa

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What river is part of the border

between Syria and Jordan?

Jordan River

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What two seas border Turkey?

Black Sea and Mediterranean

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The Tigris and Euphrates rivers come together to form the border

between what two countries?

Kuwait and Iran

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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

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What country was created by

the United Nations?

Israel

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Of the numbered countries on the map, which country is

landlocked?

Afghanistan (#1)

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What is the largest country in the

Arabian Peninsula?

Saudi Arabia

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In what country do the Tigris and

Euphrates rivers begin?

Turkey

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What country benefits from

having two of the largest rivers

within its borders?

Iraq

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Final Question

How do many countries in the

Middle East address their lack

of water for farming and raising

animals?

They use irrigation methods.

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