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37 Cards in this Set
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Which country is the capital Tehran?
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Iran
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Which country is the capital Amman?
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Jordan
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Which country is the capital Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia
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Which country is the capital Ankara?
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Turkey
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Which country is the capital Jerusalem?
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Israel
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Which country is the capital Baghdad?
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Iraq
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Which country is the capital Damascus?
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Syria
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Which country is the capital Beirut?
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Lebanon
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Who was a famous missionary to the Middle East?
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Henry Martyn
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What is the most important natural resource in teh Middle East today?
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oil
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Muhammad was the founder of which religion?
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Islam
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What is the peninsula of Asia Minor now referred to?
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Turkey
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areas of high, level land
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plateaus
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Name a triangular peninsula between Egypt and Israel.
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Sinai Peninsula
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Who was the first prime minister of Israel?
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David Ben-Gurion
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Which Trop runs through the Middle East?
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Tropic of Cancer
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Where might you visit a kibbutz?
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Israel
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Name one important line of latitude int eh Northern Hemisphere.
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Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer,
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Name one important line of latitude in teh Southern Hemisphere.
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Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle
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Important line of latitude which divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
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equator
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important line of longitude from which the merideians are used to measure east or west
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prime meridian
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largest continent
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Asia
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highest mountain in the world
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Everest
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the world's largest lake
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Caspian Sea
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country with most people
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China
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world's highest mountain system
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Himalayas
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altitude of Mt. Everest
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29,028 ft.
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largest peninsula in the world
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Arabian
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Middle Eastern country once called Persia
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Iran
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highest mountain peak in Turkey, where Noah's Ark is believed to have landed
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Mt. Ararat
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the two largest oil producers in the Middle East
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Saudi Arabia, Iran
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describe the climate of Middle East
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mostly desert
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holy book of Islam
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Koran
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dominant language in the Middle East
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Arabic
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largest country in Middle East
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Saudi Arabia
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year Israel became a nation
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1948
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country known for its cedars in ancient times
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Lebanon
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