Physical Features
This important natural resource is shipped from the Middle East through the Persian Gulf.
What is Oil?
How does a water Dam affect a country?
Limits water to another country
The Quran is the sacred text of which religion?
Islam
This group in SW Asia do NOT have their own country.
The Kurds
These two SW Asia rivers originate in Turkey.
The Euphrates River and the Tigris River
The climate of most of SW Asia.
What is desert or semi-desert?
The Torah is the sacred text of which religion?
Judaism
These three ethnic groups claim most of the population of SW Asia.
This man made waterway connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
The Suez Canal
What is the second most environmental issue in the Middle East?
Water Pollution
This religion is the biggest in the world, with billions of followers.
What is Christianity?
Persians are mostly located in this country.
Iran
This river is considered to have biblical significance.
The Jordan River
These three countries dispute over water.
Turkey, Iraq, Syria
What are 3 characteristics of religious groups?
Holy leaders, sacred text, beliefs (answers will vary)
T or F: You can an you have a different ethnic group, but the same religion.
False
This small territory is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank.
The Gaza Strip
This environmental issue is the biggest problem for the Middle East.
Water Scarcity or Unequal Distribution of Water
T or F: You can have the same ethnic group, but different religion.
True
Name 3 characteristics of Ethnic Groups?
Culture, Language, Ancestry (answers will vary)