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This term describes the triangular landform at the mouth of the Nile, where the soil is rich and the population is dense.
What is a Delta?
This large body of water borders the northern coast of Africa and provides a vital trade route for the Maghreb.
What is the Mediterranean Sea
If you are standing in Ankara, you are in the capital of this nation that straddles two continents.
What is Turkey?
MENA is mainly made up of this religion
What is Islam
This 1953 event (Operation Ajax) changed the course of Iranian history through a Western-backed coup.
What is the US/UK Overthrow of the Iranian Government?
This is the man-made shortcut that allows ships to skip the long trip around the southern tip of Africa.
What is the Suez Canal?
Covering much of North Africa, this is the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara?
This city serves as the capital of Jordan.
What is Amman?
This mountain is said to hold Noah's ark according to the Bible
Mount Ararat
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This 1973 war broke out on a major religious holiday and drastically changed regional politics.
This process involves squeezing the salt out of ocean water to create something people can actually drink.
What is Desalination?
These two rivers in modern-day Iraq were the lifeblood of ancient Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This city serves as the capital of the nation located at the "toe" of the Arabian Peninsula, Muscat.
What is Oman?
This subregion’s name comes from the Arabic word for "The West" and includes Morocco and Algeria.
What is the Maghreb?
This 1967 conflict resulted in Israel gaining control of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Golan Heights.
What is the Six-Day War?
When fertile land loses its moisture and becomes part of the desert, we call it this.
What is Desertification?
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While the Sahara is famous, this "Empty Quarter" is the king of sand on the Arabian Peninsula.
Despite its proximity to the Western Sahara, this city is listed as a capital city.
What is Laayoune?
Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon are all part of this subregion
What is the "Holy Land"
Following the 9/11 attacks, the US launched an invasion of this country on October 7, 2001.
What is Afghanistan?
A dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain or as a seasonal stream.
What is a Wadi?
This is the specific desert region in southern Israel mentioned in your packet.
What is the Negev?
If you were traveling from the capital of Iraq to the capital of Iran, you would be traveling from Baghdad to this city.
What is Tehran?
People who practice Islam travel to this city as a part of the Hajj.
What is Mecca?
On August 2, 1990, this event occurred, sparking the first Gulf War crisis.
What is Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?