Southwest Asia & North Africa

SOUTHWEST ASIA & NORTH AFRICA

PLEASE BRING THIS LIST TO CLASS PLEASE BRING THE QUESTIONS ON PAGE 2 OF THIS FORM PLEASE BRING YOUR TEXT BOOK

MAP TEST: WILL INCLUDE QUESTIONS FROM AFRICA

Please use an atlas/TEXT BOOK/ELECTRONIC DEVICE to locate the following places. TURKEY SYRIA IRAQ IRAN CYPRUS ISRAEL EGYPT JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA YEMEN OMAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E) QATAR BAHRAIN KUWAIT AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN LIBYA TUNISIA ALGERIA MOROCCO LEBANON

CASABLANCA TRIPOLI CAIRO RIYADH MEDINA MECCA DUBAI BAGHDAD TEHRAN BEIRUT DAMASCUS KABUL ISLAMABAD

RED SEA PERSIAN GULF SUEZ CANAL SINAI PENINSULA STRAIT OF HORMUZ DEAD SEA TIGRIS RIVER EUPHRATES RIVER JORDAN RIVER ARABIAN PENINSULA BOSPORUS STRAIGHT

TEL AVIV GAZA STRIP WEST BANK GOLAN HEIGHTS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (USE CHAPTER 21)

1. EXPLAIN WHY THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE STRAIGHTS OF HORMUZ ARE CONSIDER STRATEGIC WATERWAYS.

2. WADIS ARE OFTEN FOUND ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. WHAT IS A WADIS?

3. LIST THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES FLOW

4. IDENTIFY THE RIVER THAT SERVES AS A BOUNDRY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN?

5. DEFINE RUB AL-KHALI

6. DEFINE DESALINIZATION. WHY DON’T MORE COUNTRIES USE THIS PROCESS?

7. WHY ARE REFINERIES NEEDED?

8. (PAGE 160 OF ATLAS/505 OF TEXT BOOK) WHAT DOES O.P.E.C STAND FOR? WHAT DO THEY PRODUCE? HOW DOES OPEC INFLUENCE THE WORLD?

9. WHAT IS A SALT FLAT?

10. IDENTIFY THE MOST DISTINTINCTIVE LANDFORM IN SOUTHWEST ASIA

11. EXPLAIN THE PICTURE ON PAGE 489 OF YOUR TEXT BOOK