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North Africa and the Middle East

North Africa and the Middle East. Review. This is the world’s largest desert …. Sahara. This is the world’s largest landlocked lake (sea) …. Caspian Sea. This desert is sometimes called the “Empty Quarter”…. Rub ‘al-Khali. Which mountains are between the Black and Caspian Seas ?….

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North Africa and the Middle East

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  1. North Africa and the Middle East Review

  2. This is the world’s largest desert … Sahara

  3. This is the world’s largest landlocked lake (sea) … Caspian Sea

  4. This desert is sometimes called the “Empty Quarter”… Rub ‘al-Khali

  5. Which mountains are between the Black and Caspian Seas ?… Caucasus Mountains

  6. This country used to be called Persia … Iran

  7. This is the largest ethnic group in the region … Arabs

  8. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all ____ religions … monotheistic

  9. Kazakhstan is polluted from _____ testing … nuclear

  10. The ___ Mountains are in Morocco … Atlas

  11. The ____ Peninsula is located in Egypt … Sinai

  12. The Dead Sea has __ times the salt concentration as ocean water … 9 times

  13. In what year did the Central Asian republics gain independence from the Soviet Union? … 1991

  14. The 2 major resources in the region are oil and ___ … phosphates

  15. Which 2 seas are in danger of shrinking … Aral Sea and Dead Sea

  16. The _______ have no country of their own, but live in border areas of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran … Kurds

  17. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers join to form the Shatt al Arab, which flows into the … Persian Gulf

  18. For several years Iran and ______ were at war over national boundaries … Iraq

  19. How much of the region’s land is arable? 12%percent

  20. What country’s services make up 60% of its GDP? Bahrain

  21. There are __ members of OPEC in the region. eight

  22. Middle Eastern shopping centers: bazaars

  23. Oldest civilization in the region: Sumerians

  24. The area from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Mediterranean was known as the: fertile crescent

  25. Which ancient culture created the western alphabet? Phoenicians

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