Eastern Mediterranean

Which country has no coastline on the Mediterranean Sea?

• Turkey

• Syria

• Israel

• Jordan

Where does the Jordan River begin?

• Turkey

• Syria

• Israel

• Jordan

What are phosphates used to make?

• mercury

• concrete

• fertilzers

• tar

When was the nation of Israel created?

• the late 1800's

• 1916

• 1948

• 1980

Who controlled Palestine after World War I?

• Arabs

• Ottoman Turks

• Bedouins

• the British

Syria and Lebanon gained independence in

• the 1500s

• the 1850s

• 1940s

• 1990s

Most Syrian Muslims are members of which branch of Islam?

• Sunni

• Druze

• Shia

• Alawite

The country of Jordan was created after

• the fall of the Roman Empire

• the fall of the Ottoman Empire

• World War I

• World War II

Tel Aviv is Israel's largest city

• true

• false

The Seljuk Turks captured the city of Constantinople in 1453 and made it the capital of their empire.

• True

• False