Important places in the Middle East.

The____is an important trade route because it connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.

• Gaza strip

• Suez canal

• Panama canal

• Jordan river

 sacred river for both Christians and Jews is the_____. flows along the border between Israel and Jordan.

• Euphrates river

• Red sea

• Jordan river

• Suez Canal

The___ begins in Turkey and is one of the largest rivers in Southwest Asia, along with the Tigris River.

• Strait of humez

• Jordan river

• Euphrates river

• Arabian Sea

Oil tankers that collect oil from ports along the Persian Gulf must pass through the

• Strait of humez

• Jordan river

• Suez canal

• Arabian sea

Many Palestinian refuges fled to the__during the Arab-Israeli War.

There has been decades of conflict on this narrow strip of land between Israel and Egypt.

• Panama Canal

• Suez canal

• Euphrates river

• Gaza Strip

Petroleum and natural gas have been found in the__________,off the coast

of India.

• Gulf of Mexico

• Red Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Suez Canal

The___ has been center of disputes over water rights.

• Suez canal

• Jordan river

• Arabian sea

• Gaza Strip

The____separates Africa from southwest Asia and connects the Arabian Sea

to the Mediterranean Sea.

• Mediterranean sea

• Red Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Persian gulf

1. The river that divides Jordan and Israel is the

• Suez canal

• Jordan river

• Euphrates river

• Gaza Strip

The_____is south of Saudi Arabia and makes up the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean.

is south of the Indian Ocean.

• Suez canal

• Red sea

• Arabian Sea

• Jordan river