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Physical Features Vocab
Thematic Maps
100

This country physically connects the continents of Africa and Asia.

Egypt!


100

This body of water flows north through Sub-Saharan Africa, across the Sahara, and into the Mediterranean Sea.

Nile River


100

The process of land drying up and temperatures rising in a area.

Desertification

100

This is the most common language spoken across MENA.

Arabic


200

This is the northern-most country of MENA and physically connects to Europe.

Turkey!


200

This large body of water physically separates the continents of Europe and Africa.

Mediterranean Sea

200

Climate zone experiencing little or no rain

Arid Climate

200

This is the most common religion practiced across MENA.

Islam

300

Name any TWO countries that border Libya

Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Niger, Chad


300

This body of water is located east of Egypt and west of Saudi Arabia.

Red Sea

300

Climate zone at the edge of a desert that experiences little rain and can support limited amounts of plant, animal, and human life.

Semiarid

300

The building of modern cities (such as Dubai in the deserts of U.A.E.) were made possible by money earned from selling this valuable natural resource.

Oil


400

This country's largest borders are the Mediterranean sea to the west and Jordan to the east.

Israel! 

400

This body of water is located south of Iran, east of Saudi Arabia, and north of the U.A.E.

Persian Gulf! 


400

An isolated area of water & plant life inside of a desert.

Oasis

400

This climate zone that has mild temperatures and rainfall year-round for agriculture can be found along the northern coast of Morocco and Algeria where their biggest cities are.

Mediterranean Climate

500

Name one of the countries located east of Saudi Arabia and south of the Persian Gulf.

United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) or Qatar


500

These are the TWO rivers flow from Turkey, across Iraq, and into the Persian Gulf.

**Note: They are SUPER important next year in 7th grade Ancient History when you study the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia!

Tigris and Euphrates!


500

What type of physical feature does this picture show?

  

Delta!

500

This two-word term describes the lifestyle of the Berber tribe and other indigenous [native] groups that have survived in the Sahara landscape for thousands of years by relying on oases to raise animals and find water.

Nomadic Herding