Middle East Test Review

Egypt's _______ is the world's longest river

Muslims pray in a house of worship called a _______

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all ______ religions

A/An ________ is a place in the desert where underground water surfaces

__________ form mountains, shifted landmasses, and caused earthquakes

Persians delivered water to farmland from the mountains through ______, or underground canals

The process of ________ removes salt from seawater

This climate is common in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley and in highland areas

What sea is shown here?

The ________ sea is the largest inland body of water on Earth

The largest desert in the world is the ________

The world's largest deposits of sulfur and sulfate are found in ___________

The conflict that between Israelites and Palestinians is known as the ________

_________ is the belief in one God

This religion is deeply routed in the Middle East

_______ is Iraq's most common language

Morocco is one of the leading producers of ________

Mesopotamia means ______________

The Gulf States and Venezuala formed _______, when oil prices dropped in the 1950s

Spain is part of the Middle East

What country is shown?

A country that has no acess to the sea is known as _______

After what war did many Middle Eastern countries start gaining independence

What sea is this?

Indigenous North Africans are called ______

What country is shown?

The Dead Sea has lost 33% of its surface area over the last 55 years

Around _____ percent of Egypt's population lives in the Nile Delta

What country is labeled?

_______ are Arabic-speaking people who migrated to North Africa from Southwest Asia

Egypt is part of the Middle East

What country is shown?

OPEC stands for _____ ______ ______ _______

This is Turkey

Modern Israel was founded in ______ as a Jewish state.

Most Muslims in the region follow the _______ branch of Islam

_______ percent of the world's known oil reserves lie beneath the region of Middle East

Streambeds that remain dry until heavy rain

Oil was discovered in the Persian Gulf in the early _______

A group of people who move place to place depending on the season and availability of food and water

Mesopotamia was one of the first _______ and was part of the Fertile Crescent.

The Phoenicians were known as the creators of the first version of ________

Rich soil made up of sand and mud deposits by moving water is ________

Almost 50% of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia is _______

The Aswān High Dam provides water for _______ and _______ for the country

The Persian Gulf War was from 1980-1983

Most Turkish citizens practice ________

The Phoenician civilization began around ________ B.C

The ________ Sea seperates Africa and Europe

What country is shown in orange?