Cloze Notes: Geography of the Middle East

The Arabian Peninsula has the largest sand ____ the world.

• desert

• plains

• mountains

The region contains four main landforms: (a)   , plains, plateaus, and mountains.

​ The peninsula’s desert plains are covered​ with (a)   in the south and volcanic rock​ in the north.

Iran is one of the world’s​ most ___________________countries.

• largest

• dangerous

• mountainous

Most of this region has a (a)   climate.

The world’s largest sand desert, the ___________________, covers much of southern Saudi Arabia.

• Rub' al-Khali

• Sahara

• Gobi

These deserts are among the ___________________ places in the world.

• coldest

• rainiest

• driest

Most ______ __________ have adapted to survive without much rain.

(a)  

Water is one of the region’s two most valuable ___________________. However, water is very ___________________. 

• commodity/valuable

• animal/rare

• resource/scarce

the region’s other important resource, (a)   , is plentiful.