LANDFORMS AND RESOURCES
The Dead Sea
( What is it? )
What is a landlocked salt lake that only bacteria live in
Crude oil
What is petroleum that has not been processed
A mosque
What is a place of worship
Israel has built sophisticated industries, like . .
What is computer software
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The Rub al-Khali
What is an Arabian Peninsula desert, known as the Empty Quarter
The Golan Heights
( What is it? )
What is a plateau near the Jordan river and Sea of Galilee?
A drip irrigation system
What are small pipes that slowly drip water just above ground
Muslim governments were . .
What is Theocratic
Today, Jews pray at . .
What is the Western Wall
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An Oasis
What is a desert area where underground spring water supports vegetation
Wadis
( What are they? )
What are riverbeds that are dry except in the rainy season
Large farms and growing populations require . .
Dams and irrigation systems
Fighting skills helped spread new monotheistic religion of . .
What is Islam
Dome of the Rock
What is a shrine where it’s believed Muhammad rose to heaven
The Taliban
What is a fundamentalist Muslim political group that rules Afghanistan
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
( What do they flow through?)
What are the rivers that flow through Syria, Iraq, and Turkey
Fossil Water
What is pumped from underground aquifers
Muhammad lived in, Islam’s holiest city, . .
What is Mecca
Zionism
What is the 19th-century movement for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
Nations of the region . .
What is Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan
The Jordan River
( What does it flow through? )
What is a river that flows from Lebanon’s Mt. Hermon between Israel and Jordan
Desalinization
What removes salt from ocean water at treatment plants
Religion based on the teachings of the founder, the Prophet . .
Who is Muhammad
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) uses . .
What uses politics, and military to regain land, and return refugees to, Israel
All built empires in. .
What is Mesopotamia