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review geography middle east
What physical feature is connects the Mediterranean sea to the red sea ? | Suez canal |
What two rivers meet to form the Shatt-Al-Arab ? | Euphrates and Tigris river |
What is the narrow point where Persian gulf meets the Arabian sea ? | Strait of Hormuz |
What is liquid gold ?and why is it called liquid gold ? | liquid gold is water because water is scarce due to dams in turkey |
What are some uses for oil in the Middle East | fuel,medicines,plastics,fertilizer,pestasides,cleaners |
Why is the dead sea called the dead sea? | because the water is so salty that no animals can live her |
what desert is located in it he southern region of Saudi Arabia? | Rub-Al-Khali |
Name two things the Euphrates river provides? | farming and drinking water |
why is irrigation so important? | to give water to the crops |
why does Iraq and Syria blame turkey for there water shotages? | dams that turkey has made |
what man made water way helps trade without having to travel all the way around Africa? | Suez Canal |