ACE paces World Geography 1108

mountains, plateaus, and________________ are the main geographic features of the middle east.

deserts

the middle east has a predominantly_______________climate with hot, dry summers and cold winters.

mediterranean

the middle east contains vast________________deposits along the persian gulf.

petroleum.

_________________ was formed to help provide a regular supply of oil and stable oil prices for buyers from the united states and Europe

OPEC

Arabic,____________ and turkish are the major languages spoken in the Middle East, and the primary religions are Islam and____________________.

Persian; Judaism

________________-are the descendants of Abraham and Hagar through______________ and________________-are the descendants of Abraham and Sarah through______________.

Arabs; Ishmael;- Jews; Isaac.

Cradle of civilization

Middle East

controlled by Turkey in the north and Greece in the south

Cyprus

European Turkey

Thrace

Asian Turkey

Anatolia

once known as Persia

Iran

world's largest ethnic group without their own country

Kurds

largest area of continuous sand in the world

Rub-al-Khali

largest Middle Eastern country

Saudi Arabia

intermittent rivers that flow after a heavy rainfall

wadis

includes 9 islands that are mostly uninhabited

Kuwait

process used to obtain most of Kuwait's water supply

desalination

ancient system of water channels used for irrigation

aflaj

mount____________is the highest peak in turkey

Ararat

The apostle Paul spent much of his life ministering in_______________.

Turkey

Most of the Arabian Peninsula is an_____________ plateau encircled by escarpments

arid

A majority of the people of the____________peninsula are Muslim Arabs who speak___________as their native language.

Arabian; Arabic

The__________ industry and__________ exports have transformed Saudi Arabia into a modern, industrialized country.

oil; mineral

The_____________________War began in January 1991 after Iraqi forces invaded______________________.

Persian Gulf; Kuwait

Both Kuwait and the United Arab emirates have_____________ per capita incomes.

high

____________ is a barren peninsula that juts into the persian Gulf and includes several offshore islands.

Qatar

Archipelago consisting of 33 low islands.

Bahrain

links Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

King fahd causeway

imports much of its food due to a lack of water.

Qatar

the second youngest country on the Arabian Peninsula; composed of seven tiny emirates

United Arab Emirates

an independent sultanate that includes a point of land jutting from the Musandam Peninsula.

Oman

one of the oldest countries in the world; one of the poorest countries in the Arab world.

Yeman

part of the shipping lane between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean; a strait southwest of Yemen.

Bab-al-Mandab

the highest peak on the Arabian Peninsula

al-nubi-Shu ayb

region where many of the events recorded in Genesis took place; the place the earliest known civilizations began.

Fertile Crescent

the oldest organized religion in the Western world.

Judaism

lasts from sunset Friday to Sunset saturday.

Sabbath

Jewish day of atonement

Yom Kippur

The fertile crescent is a crescent-shaped region extending from Egypt's___________ valley north along the coast of the____________________-sea and then east and south through the Tigris and Euphrates valley.

Nile; Mediterranean

The Euphrates River is the most important water source in___________.

Syria

Syria's economy has been severely damaged by the civil war that began in 2011 and by the spread of the terrorist group known as_____________.

ISIS

Economic and social changes and increasing religious, regional, and international tensions contributed to the____________- in Lebanon

civil war

More than 15 ethnic-religious communities are recognized by law in__________.

Lebanon

Iraq was known in Bible times as____________________.

Mesopotamia

_________________includes the modern countries of Israel and Jordan.

palestine

The__________ valley is an extension of the Great rift valley of Africa.

Jordan

The________________is the saltiest lake on earth.

Dead Sea.

The modern state of Israel, which came into existence on May 14___________, was established as a homeland for the ______.

1948; Jews

irrigation helped turn the deserts of_________ into productive agricultural land.

Israel

Freedom of_________is guaranteed by law in Israel.

religion