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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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