Landforms and Resources
The canal that divides Asia from Africa.
What is the Suez Canal?
Middle Eastern countries that don't have oil as a main export
What are Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Israel?
Another name for Iran
What is Persia?
This geographical formation forms the natural boundary between Israel and Jordan.
What is the Jordan River?
An area of water in the middle of the desert often surrounded by plants
What is an oasis?
Besides water, this is the most important natural resource in the Middle East.
What is oil?
The Suez Canal goes through this country.
What is Egypt?
The longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
Cairo is the capital of this country
What is Egypt?
Kuwait was invaded by this country during the first Persian Gulf War called Desert Storm
What is Iraq?
The seas that surround the Middle East
What are the Mediterranean, Black, Caspian, Arabian, and Red Seas?
The area where it is believed that civilization began, and perhaps near where Eden was located
What is the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys OR the Fertile Crescent?
This Eurasian country became the capital of the Roman Empire under Constantine
What is Turkey?
Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon surround this country
What is Israel?
Middle Eastern country that is 100% Muslim and with the most oil in the world
What is Saudi Arabia?
This is the name of a landlocked salt lake and lowest point on the surface of the Earth.
What is the Dead Sea?
Iraq is home to ruins of these capitals of once powerful empires so often mentioned in our Bible
What are Babylon and Nineveh?
The capital of Iraq
What is Baghdad?
This country was the first to sign a peace treaty with Israel
What is Egypt?
Saul was on the road to this country when he met Jesus
What is Syria?