Grade-8: Book-3 Lesson 1: Geography of West Asia

The modern Middle East consists of West Asia and parts of ....................

• North and East America

• South and East Asia

• North and East Africa.

..................... includes the modern day countries of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

• South Asia

• West Asia

• East Asia

The countries in West Asia have............................. characteristics that link them.

• historical, cultural, physical, economic, and geographical

• Trade

• Import

.................... is a common language in each of West Asian countries.

• Arabic

• English

• Persian

Much of the West Asian region has an.....................environment.

• Wet lands

• arid or desert

• Dense forest

The Arabian Peninsula is a large land area surrounded on three sides by bodies of water: ............................

• the Indian ocean and Atlantic ocean

• the Atlantic ocean and pacific ocean

• the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea.

The mountain ranges are the Tihama, Hijaz, Asir, and ....................... with the highest peaks rising to 4,000 meters.

• Himalayas

• Yemen

• Mount Abu

The southern mountains extend towards the southeast with a large valley, called the.................

• Wadi Ghalilah.

• Wadi Al Bih

• Wadi Hadhramaut.

Vast sandy deserts, the Nafud and the "Empty Quarter" and a rocky steppe, called the Najd, extend to the shores of the ...................

• True

• False

The port cities of the United Arab Emirates were linked by sea trade to the Indian Ocean and by land to the.................

• East Asia and Mediterranean countries.

• northern Middle East and Mediterranean countries.

• Africa and Western countries.