Social Studies Pace 1108 Grade 9

Front 1

What is the Jordan Valley an extension of?

Back 1

The Great Rift Valley of Africa

Front 2

What is the saltiest Lake on Earth?

Back 2

The Dead Sea

Front 3

What nation is separated and located on the Musandam Peninsula?

Back 3

The nation of Oman

Front 4

What ethnic group are arabs and Jews both a part of?

Back 4

Semites

Front 5

What economy is most of the Middle Eastern nation based on?

Back 5

Oil

Front 6

What is the holiest city for muslims?

Back 6

Mecca

Front 7

What nation is Mecca in?

Back 7

Saudi Arabia

Front 8

What are the names of the water channels used for irrigation?

Back 8

Aflaj

Front 9

What is the capital of Jordan?

Back 9

Amman

Front 10

The Negev is primarily a desert plateau located in what nation?

Back 10

Israel

Front 11

What is another name for the Rub al-Khali?

Back 11

The Empty Quarter

Front 12

What is the capital of Tehran?

Back 12

Iran

Front 13

Where would you find Anatolia?

Back 13

In Asian Turkey

Front 14

Name 2 qualities of most Middle Eastern people

Back 14

Most Middle Eastern people are arabs and muslims

Front 15

What is the capital of Baghdad?

Back 15

Iraq

Front 16

What are the 2 major sects of Islam?

Back 16

Shiites and Sunnites

Front 17

What does PLO stand for?

Back 17

Palestine Liberation Organization

Front 18

What became the universal religion after Paul began his ministry to the Greeks?

Back 18

Christianity

Front 19

What is the capital of Jerusalem?

Back 19

Israel

Front 20

What plateau covers most of Jordan?

Back 20

The Transjordan plateau

Front 21

What is probably the oldest continuously populated city on Earth?

Back 21

Damascus

Front 22

Why can precise areas of several nations of the Arabian peninsula not be determined?

Back 22

Because the borders are undefined

Front 23

What is the capital of Beirut?

Back 23

Lebanon

Front 24

What is the smallest Middle Eastern nation?

Back 24

Bahrain

Front 25

What is kavir?

Back 25

Arid salt waste

Front 26

What started the Persian Gulf war in 1990?

Back 26

Iraq invaded Kuwait

Front 27

What is the stated purpose of the PLO?

Back 27

To eliminate Israel and establish a Muslim state in all of Palestine

Front 28

What is the capital of Ankara?

Back 28

Turkey

Front 29

What is the largest Middle Eastern nation?

Back 29

Saudi Arabia

Front 30

What 2 rivers formed the waterway Shatt al-Arab?

Back 30

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Front 31

What is the only nation in the Arabian peninsula whose economy is based on agriculture rather than petroleum?

Back 31

Yemen

Front 32

The Rub al-Khali is also known by what name?

Back 32

The Empty Quarter

Front 33

What word means mountain?

Back 33

Jabal

Front 34

What are the 3 primary geographical features of the Middle East?

Back 34

Mountains, plateaus, and deserts

Front 35

Where would you find the

Rub al-Khali?

Back 35

In the Arabian peninsula

Front 36

What is a wadi?

Back 36

An intermittent river

Front 37

What 2 groups of people occupy Cyprus?

Back 37

The Turks and the Greeks

Front 38

What is the largest ethnic group without a nation?

Back 38

The Kurds

Front 39

What is the Rub al-Khali?

Back 39

The world's largest sandy desert

Front 40

What is the largest city in Turkey?

Back 40

Istanbul

Front 41

Where would you find Thrace?

Back 41

In European Turkey