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MiddleEast B. Butler
Middle East Geography Review
What is the longest river in the Middle East? | Euphrates River |
What is the river that flows from North to South to the Sea of Galilee? | Jordan River |
What is the longest sand desert in the world and is also in South Saudi Arabia? | Rub-al-khal |
What is the gulf beside the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula? | Persian Gulf |
What sea lies between Africa and Asia? | Red Sea |
What body of water is between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf? | Strait of Hormuz |
What is the artificial waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea/ | Suez Canal |
What is the second river that is not the Euphrates that leads into the Shatt-al-arab? | Tigris River |
What is East of Iran and North of Pakistan? | Afganastan |
What country holds the West Bank and the Gaza Strip? | Israel |
What country is North of Iraq and Syria? | Turkey |
What is in Israel and on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea? | West bank |
What is in Israel that is on the Southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea? | Gaza Strip |
What is along the coast of Pakistan and Iran? | Arabian Sea |
What country is West of Afghanistan and East of Iraq? | Iran |
What is South of Afghanistan? | Pakistan |
What is the largest country in the Middle East? | Saudi Arabia |
What country is North of Saudi Arabia and has a border to the Persian Gulf? | Kuwait |
What country is South of Turkey, West of Iraq and has a border to the Mediterranean Sea? | Syria |
What is the body of water that lies by the Jordan River? | Dead Sea |
What is the oldest religion in the Middle East? | Judaism |
What figure do all the religions think they descended from? | Abraham |
Who is the founder of Islam? | Muhammad |