CHAPTER 17

Where is the DEAD SEA?

• Turkey

• Syria

• Jordan

• Israel

The DEAD SEA is the LOWEST point on earth

• True

• False

What physical features separate EUROPE and ASIA

• Dardanelles, Bosporous, Sea of Marmara

• The Dead Sea and Jordan River

• The Syrian Desert, and Sea of Marmara

• The Jordan River

What desert covers most of Syria and Jordan?

• The Arabian Desert

• Syrian Desert

• Negev Desert

Climate of the Eastern Mediterranean

• Dry with variations

• Tropical with variations

• Tundra

• Taiga

The countries we studied in this chapter are

• Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

• Russia and Germany

• Georgia and Armenia

How many continents does the Middle East span across?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which continent is the Middle East MOSTLY in?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

What was the first empire to invade Turkey?

• Ottoman Turks

• The Romans

• Seljuk Turks

True or False - The Ottoman Empire started with a very small state.

• True

• False