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Middle East Map
Grade 7 - Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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When you look at the map, where on the page is each direction? | North: Top West: Left South: Bottom East: Right |
What three continents that make up the region of the Middle East? | Africa, Asia, Europe |
There are five named Seas and three Gulfs that comprise the bodies of water surrounding the Middle East. What are their names? | Seas: Mediterranean, Arabian, Black, Red and Caspian Sea Gulfs: Persian, Oman, and Aden |
What are the names of the four countries in Africa that are part of the Middle East? | Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Tunisia |
Most of the countries in the Middle East are located on the Asian continent. List five of the names of these countries | Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Iraq |
There are three peninsulas on this map, what are there names? | Arabian, Anatolian, and Sinai |
There are three major rivers that will be important for what we are going to study. What are there names and what modern countries are they found. | Nile (Egypt & Sudan), Tigris, and Euphrates (Iraq) |
In what nation will I find the city of Jerusalem? | Israel |
On the Arabian Peninsula is the “Rub al-Khali” or the “Empty Quarter”? What kind of land might this land be to earn a name like that? | Desert |
Possibly the oldest capital city in the world began along the banks of the Tigris river. What is the modern-day name of that city and what country is it the capital? | Baghdad, Iraq |
What is the name of the highest point of elevation on this map. How tall is it? | Mt. Ararat |
What is the name of the island nation located in the Mediterranean Sea to the East of Syria and Lebanon? | (the Republic of )Cyprus |
What are the names of the two mountain ranges that run through the modern nation of Iran? | Alborz and Zagros |