Religions
What is Judaism?
This is the largest ethnic group in the Middle East.
Who are the Arabs?
This gulf is located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula and is important for oil shipments.
What is the Persian Gulf?
Much of the Middle East has this type of climate.
What is an arid (dry) climate?
Water is considered a scarce resource in much of the Middle East because there is very little of this.
What is rainfall?
These are the two main branches of Islam.
What are Sunni and Shia?
This ethnic group is the majority population in Iran.
Who are the Persians?
This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
What are nomads?
These two major rivers provide water for millions of people in Southwest Asia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This religion believes Jesus is the Messiah.
Arabs, Persians, Turks, and Kurds are all examples of this type of group based on shared culture, language, and ancestry.
What is an ethnic group?
These two rivers flow through Turkey, Iraq, and end in the Persian Gulf.
What are the Tigris River and Euphrates River?
Because of deserts, many people in the Middle East live near these features instead.
What are rivers and coastlines?
Water used to help crops grow is called this.
What is irrigation?
This city is considered holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
What is Jerusalem?
This ethnic group lives in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria but does not have its own country.
Who are the Kurds?
This narrow waterway connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This environmental problem happens when fertile land becomes desert.
What is desertification?
When countries share rivers, disagreements can occur over this issue.
What is access to and control of water resources?
The split between Sunni and Shia Muslims began because of a disagreement about this issue.
What is who should lead the Muslim community after Muhammad's death?
Name the three major ethnic groups commonly studied in the Middle East.
Who are the Arabs, Persians, and Kurds?
What is the order of the rivers in SW Asia?
How do deserts affect where people live and work in the Middle East?
What is people tend to live near water sources and often work in farming, trade, or oil industries where resources are available?
Explain one way water scarcity affects people in the Middle East.
What is it limits farming, reduces drinking water supplies, increases costs, or can cause conflict between countries?