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