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Name __________________________________________________________ GEOTHEMES Middle East The Region and the People PLACES, REGIONS, AND LANDSCAPES 1: The Middle East is a region in Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa. Turn to the political map of the Middle East on page 72. Name each country described below. a. country just south of the Caspian Sea Iran Saudi Arabia b.country across the Red Sea from Egypt ________ _ c.country bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea Turkey d.country in which the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet Iraq 2. Look closely at the part of this region bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. a. Name the country west of Jordan. Israel b. What country is north of Israel? Lebanon c. To which country does the Sinai Peninsula belong? Egypt Syria d. What country is north and east of Lebanon? ____________ _ 3. Muslims consider Mecca the most holy city. a. Find the city of Mecca in the index. What country is this city in? Saudi Arabia b. Locate Mecca on the political map on page 72. Name the larger city near it. Jidda 4. To look at physical features of the Middle East, turn to the physical map of Asia on pages 76 and 77. a. Two of the region's major rivers flow southeast into the Persian Gulf. Name them. Euphrates River and Tigris River b. What mountains are east of these rivers?Zagros Mountains c. Are these mountains as high as the Himalayas? How do you know? No. There is no purple, the color that shows the highest elevation, in this area of the map. 5. Now turn to the Natural Vegetation map of Asia on page 81. What is the natural vegetation of most of the Asian part of the Middle East? scrubland 6. On page 74 is an Annual Rainfall map. Would you describe the Middle East as mostly wet or mostly dry? mostly dry NYSTROM DIVISION Of HERfF JONES INC 71 GEOTHEMES Middle East ™ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ T_he_R_eg_io_n_a_nd_t_h_e P_e_op_le ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY 7. Turn to page 73. a. What is the title of this special feature? Oil_and_OPEC b. What does OPEC stand for? Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries c. Study the graph on page 73. Which country or group of countries named below produces the most oil? Circle one. OPEC d. Russia China At the top of page 73 is a photograph of pipelines that carry oil to ports on the Arabian Peninsula. Use the political map on page 72 to name one of these port e. cities on the Persian Gulf. Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai (any one) Besides the countries on the Persian Gulf, what other OPEC members are shown on the map? Algeria and Libya HUMAN SYSTEMS 8. Find the graph of People per Car on page 74. This graph tells something about the standards of living in three Middle Eastern countries. Which of the three has a standard of living closest to the United States? Israel 9. Look at the Dominant Religion map on page 75. a.What is the major religion in Iran? Shiah lslam b. What is the major religion in Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia? Sunni_lslam 10. In which country is Judaism the major religion? lsrael 11. The photograph on page 75 shows Jerusalem, a city in Israel. Two religious sites are shown. People of what two religions worship in these places? Judaism and Islam 11. Study the maps showing Israel's Changing Shape on pages 74 and 75. Read the bulleted text. a. Where do Palestinians rule in the Middle East? In Gaza and parts of the West Bank b. How would you describe Israel's changing shape? ________________________ _ In 1967 Israel grew, but from 1975 to 1982 Israel returned land to Egypt. Now Israel is closer to the size it was in 1948. c. How big is Israel compared to Florida? __ Israel is one seventh the size of Florida.