Middle East Review

The ancient civilizations of Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria all began around which rivers?

• Nile and Congo

• Red and Mediterranean

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Suez and Gibraltar

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are the primary source of ________ for the region.

• water

• disease

• salt water

• energy

The Suez Canal connects which two seas?

• Black and Red

• Red and Arabian

• Red and Mediterranean

• Mediterranean and Black

The Persian Gulf has a substantial (large) amount of which resource?

• fresh water

• oil

• rubber

• diamonds

Much of the world's oil supply passes through this waterway.

• Strait of Hormuz

• Suez Canal

• Strait of Gibralter

• Black Sea

The Arabian Sea is off the coast of which peninsula?

• Sinai

• Yucatan

• Florida

• Arabian

The Red Sea is connected to which sea by the Suez Canal?

• Arabian

• Mediterranean

• Black

• Persian

Which sea is the largest inland body of water?

• Red

• Mediterranean

• Black

• Arabian

Which country has a red dot?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

Which country has a purple dot?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• Iraq