Physical Features of the Arabian Peninsula

Which peninsula is circled in the photo above?

• Anatolian

• Iranian

• Arabian

• Asia Minor

The area circled above is called __________.

• the Great Salt Desert

• the Empty Quarter

• Mesopotamia

• Iranian Plateau

Mesopotamia was located in the same place as present-day __________

• Iran

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Saudi Arabia

Analyze the map below and answer the questions that follow.

• Strait of Hormuz

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Tigris River

Analyze the map below and answer the questions that follow.

• the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

• the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea

• the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean

• the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf

Where do most people in Iraq live?

• along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• on the coast, near the Persian Gulf

• along the Saudi Arabian border

• in the mountains to the north

Which of these areas is known for being the home of some of the world’s earliest civilizations?

• the Rub al Khali

• the Iranian Plateau

• the Hindu Kush

• Mesopotamia

Which of the following bodies of water does arrow 1 point to in the map above?

• Persian Gulf

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

• Indian Ocean

Which of the following bodies of water does arrow 2 point to in the map above?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Indian Ocean

Which two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal?

• the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

• the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea

• the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean