Natural Environment
History & Culture
The Region Today
Countries
Bodies of Water
100
The kinds of climates that dominate the region
What are hot and dry?
100
The Dominant Language
What is Arabic?
100
Pigs are not raised in this region for a certain reason.
Why are pigs prohibited?
100
The six countries of The Persian Gulf and Interior.
What is Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the UAE, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia?
100
This sea is known for its much containment of salt.
What is the Red Sea?
200
The times of rainfall in this region.
What is very rarely, but close to never?
200
The cause of the diffusion of Arabic words.
What is migration, trade, and the spread of Islam.
200
The largest cities in the region.
What are Tehran, Iran, Baghdad, Iraq, Kabul, Afghanistan, Riyadh, and Saudi Arabia.
200
Saudi Arabia's holiest city.
What is Mecca?
200
Turkey, Lebanon, and Palestine border this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
In this region the mountains provide a resource to the valleys below.
What is water?
300
The unifying culture feature of this region.
What is Islam.
300
A conservaive monarchy whose power is absolute rule in this country.
What is the political system of Saudi Arabia?
300
Saudi Arabians get their oil wealth from this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
The region's two most important natural resources.
What is Oil and Water
400
The prophet of this region.
Who is Muhammad?
400
The organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What is OPEC?
400
This specific part of the world is located between North Africa and Southern Western Asia.
Where is the Middle East?
400
The Gulf of Aden is located near this city.
What is Aden?
500
The forces that have shaped the physical features of this region.
What is tectonic forces?
500
People moved to this region they built the world's first known cities.
Who are Sumerians?
500
Nomad herders who lived in the outlying dry lands.
Who are the Bedouins?
500
The Arabian Peninsula.
What is Mesopotamia
500
This peninsula is located between the Red Sea and The Persian Gulf.
Where is the Arabian Peninsula?
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