Spell-it-Out
This group of people is a majority ethnic group in the Middle East, and most practice Sunni Islam.
What are the A-r-a-b-s?
Christians attend this place of worship, where they read THIS sacred text and attribute THIS man to being the "savior of the jews".
What is a Church, The Bible and Jesus?
What feature is circled on the map?
What is the Suez Canal
This percentage of the Middle East is desert.
What is 80%?
Muslims are supposed to pray five times a day, facing what "holy" city?
What is Mecca?
90% of Muslims in the Middle East practice this form of Islam where they believe that any person could be Caliph after Muhammad’s death, as long as that person was a pious Muslim.
What are the S-U-N-N-I?
Jewish people attend THIS place to worship and read THIS sacred text?
What is a Synagogue and Torah?
What feature is boxed on the map?
What is the Tigris River?
What environmental issue causes the population density to vary from country to country in Southwest Asia?
What is Water Scarcity?
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What is limited access to freshwater?
True of False: Turkey's extensive dams on the two rivers have reduced the flow of water into Syria and Iraq causing conflict.
What is True?
This is a large country borders Iraq to the west and Afghanistan to the east.
What is I-r-a-n?
This man is known to be the prophet and founder of the religion Judaism. However, he is NOT the god that Jews pray to.
Who is Abraham?
What physical feature is circled on the map?
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
Most Persians that live in Iran speak this language?
What is Farsi?
Akram is a farmer in southern Syria and or many years, he irrigated his farm with water from a nearby river and grew many crops. Then, his crops did poorly but grew well if he used fertilizers. That was around the time Akram’s population increased rapidly in size. Now, Akram cannot get anything to grow even though he keeps his field well-watered.
What MOST LIKELY caused the failure of Akram’s farm?
What is the river is probably polluted?
This land-locked country borders Syria to the south and Kuwait to the north.
What is I-r-a-q?
Despite being divided within the religion on who should be the successor after the death of THIS prophet; the Sunni and the Shia are both considered THIS religious group and apart of THIS religion.
What is Muhammed, Muslim and Islam?
This large country is located on the eastern coast of the Red Sea.
What is Saudi Arabia?
Why might the larger Southwest Asian countries have such a low population density?
What is because much of their land is desert and it lacks access to enough water?
Farzana and Ahmir both live in Iraq and speak Arabic. Their fathers both follow in the footsteps of their ancestors, and are nomadic herders. However, Farzana attends church on Sunday while Ahmir attends Mosque of Fridays.
Based on the information, which conclusion can be drawn?
What is the Farzana and Ahmir both belong to the same ethnic group, BUT they belong to different religious groups
If Mustafa is fluent in Farsi, while Omar is fluent in Arabic, it can be determined that they are in the same ___________ group.
What is E-T-H-N-I-C group?
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all disagree on the role of Jesus in the history of their religions; one thing they all share is?
What are they are all Monotheistic Religions?
The Mediterranean Sea borders these 3 Middle Eastern countries to the west.
What is Israel, Palestine and Lebanon?
When NASA new said "...parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran along the Tigris and Euphrates River basins lost 144 cubic kilometers of its total stored freshwater... The researchers attribute about 60 percent of the loss to pumping of groundwater from underground reservoirs." (Public Domain/NASA, 2013)
What environmental issue is most likely described?
What is the increase of Agriculture?
In the 1980s, the Turkish government began the this "project" and built numerous dams along the Euphrates River; which improved life for the Turks, but limited water to Syria.
What is The Southeastern Anatolia Project?