World Geo The Eastern Med

The Eastern Mediterranean lies between the continents of _____

• South America and North America

• Asia and Australia

• Europe and Asia

• Africa and Australia

The Jordan River empties into the ____

• Black Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

• Dead Sea

Much of Syria and Jordan are covered by the ______

• Syrian Desert

• Negev

• Pontic Mountains

• Taurus Mountains

Success of commercial farming in the region relies heavily on _____

• irrigation

• foreign aid

• desert conditions

• nomadic herding

When the Romans invaded the area that is now called Turkey, they captured the strategic city of Byzantium and renamed it _____

• Damascus

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Tripoli

The Turkish leader responsible for modernizing Turkey was _____

• Kemal Ataturk

• King Hussein

• Hafiz al-Assad

• Bashar al-Assad

What was the name of the series of invasions of Palestine launched by Christians from Europe?

• the Diaspora

• the Crusades

• Zionism

• Knesset

Which country shares a border with both the Mediterranean and the Black seas?

• Turkey

• Israel

• Lebanon

• Syria

Which country has no coastline on the Mediterranean Sea?

• Turkey

• Syria

• Israel

• Jordan

Where does the Jordan River begin?

• Turkey

• Syria

• Israel

• Jordan