<p>LANGUAGE AND MAPS ______</p><p>USE THE PERSIAN GULF AREA MAP FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS</p><p>(REFER TO YOUR ATLAS MAPS AND TABLES THAT RELATE TO THE REGIONAL SETTING, SUCH AS CLIMATE AND POLITICAL MAPS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THESE QUESTIONS)</p><p>1. Each block grid (square) is how many miles on each side?</p><p>2. How many total square miles are on the map? (approximately)</p><p>3. Name the countries found on the map.</p><p>4. What major languages are spoken in these countries?</p><p>5. What block grid contains the mountainous region found on the map?</p><p>6. What is the only major water body on the map?</p><p>7. What is another way to “anglo-ize” (spell) Kuwait City?</p><p>USE THE BLOCK COORDINATES FOR EACH OF THE QUESTIONS (PERSIAN GULF AREA MAP)</p><p>10. AA & QB….What is the stream flow direction and what major river do they enter?</p><p>11. AQ….What is covering the ground?</p><p>12. BQ….What are sabkhas?</p><p>13. BA….What are the parallel lines running NW to SE?</p><p>14. MQ & NQ….What is happening to the streams (blue lines)? Why?</p><p>15. AP & BP….Describe the feature that runs SW to NE?</p><p>16. PA….What are many of the local towns named after?</p><p>17. QP….What does the light brown stippling (dotted area) represent?</p><p>______</p><p>DRAW A SIMPLIFIED MAP ON A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER (8 ½ X 11)</p><p>-Use the Persian Map for the first map. -Look at a second map in another language - write the terms from both maps in the chart below. (look at the “Geographic Equivalents” or the Glossary on the map) (not all the words will be on both maps)</p><p>-Draw an imaginary place with at least 10 of the features</p><p>-Label on your map, the above features in English and also in two other languages</p><p>TERMS / FEATURES ARABIC LANGUAGE 2ND MAP LANGUAGE Mountain Plain / lowland Gulf / bay Island Strait Lake Cape Harbor Prairie Desert River Peninsula Marsh Sea / ocean Valley Four compass directions Other? Other? Other? Other? Other?</p>