Social Studies PACE 1108 Self Test

Mountains, plateaus, and ................. are the main geographic features of the Middle East.

deserts

The Middle East has a predominately ................. climate, with hot, dry summers and cool 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 Trukey

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 nine 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.

hihg

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

Yemen

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-Nabi 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 communites 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 ................. .

1948, Jews

Irrigation helped turned the deserts of ................. into productive agricultural land.

Israel

Freedom of ................. is guaranteed by law in Israel.

religion

Proverbs 3:26

For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.