The Tigris and Euphrates Chapter 2

Where does the Tigris River begin?

• eastern Turkmenistan

• eastern Turkey

• eastern Thailand

• eastern Timbuktu

Into which country does the Tigris River reach?

• Syria

• Saudi Arabia

• Sicily

• Saipan

The Tigris River is joined by two major _______________________, the Great Zab and Little Zab rivers.

• tribulations

• triathlons

• trachea

• tributaries

Artificial _________________ in Baghdad help keep the Tigris River from flooding.

• deposits of sediment

• alluvial plains

• embankments

• tributaries

The Euphrates River begins in __________________________.

• northeastern Turkmenistan

• northeastern Turkey

• northeastern Timbuktu

• northeastern Tanzania

The Euphrates River flows within 160 km of the ____________________.

• Mississippi River

• Mediterranean Sea

• Nile River

The Euphrates River flows into Syria through Ar Raqqa and Lake ________________________.

• Assyria

• Assad

• Astoria

After flowing through Iraq and joining the Tigris River, what river is formed?

• Nile

• Senqu

• Mississippi

• Shatt al Arab

Vast _____________________ used to exist along the Shatt al Arab.

• islands

• wetlands

• mountains

These wetlands have now become mostly ___________________________.

• desert

• plateaus

• dams

• plains