Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Eastern Mediterranean

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. French for "rising," referring to the sun rising in the East.

a)

Levant

b)

Kibbutz

c)

Moshav

d)

Hamas

2.

A deep valley that forms where two tectonic plates move apart.

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Geometric Boundary

c)

Massif

d)

Levant

3.

A communal farm or settlement in Israel.

a)

Kibbutz

b)

Moshav

c)

Hamas

d)

Wadi

4.

A cooperative settlement of small individual farms in Israel.

a)

Moshav

b)

Kibbutz

c)

Ahaggar

d)

Levant

5.

An ethnic group without a formal country.

a)

Stateless Nation

b)

Desertification

c)

Zionism

d)

Domestication

6.

A chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its productivity.

a)

Fertilizer

b)

Pesticide

c)

Ergs

d)

Regs

7.

A chemical intended to kill insects, rodents and other organisms that damage crops.

a)

Pesticide

b)

Fertilizer

c)

Phosphate

d)

Aquifer

8.

The degradation of land due to drought or human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.

a)

Desertification

b)

Overgrazing

c)

Reforestation

d)

Balkanization

9.

Destruction of vegetation caused by excessive consumption of animals in a particular area, causing the ground to erode.

a)

Overgrazing

b)

Desertification

c)

Karst Topography

d)

Zionism

10.

The body of water that separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.

a)

Red Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Persian Gulf

d)

Gulf of Aqaba

11.

River that flows through all of the countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and separates Jordan from the West Bank. This is where Jesus was baptized.

a)

Jordan River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Nile River

12.

River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and joins the Tigris River. This is the main source of water for the country of Syria.

a)

Euphrates River

b)

Jordan River

c)

Danube River

d)

Po River

13.

The lowest body of water on Earth. It is so salty that almost nothing can live in it.

a)

Dead Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Sea of Galilee

14.

The body of water that separates the Arabian peninsula from Iran

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Gulf of Aqaba

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Sea of Galilee

15.

A movement to establish and develop a national homeland for Jews in Palestine.

a)

Zionism

b)

Hamas

c)

Remittance

d)

Nationalism

16.

A military terrorist group intent on replacing Israel with an Islamic State

a)

Hamas

b)

Zionism

c)

Ahaggar

d)

Shatter Belt

17.

A territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula; part of the land set aside for Palestinians, which was occupied by Israel in 1967

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

West Bank

c)

Golan Heights

d)

Arab Spring

18.

In Israel, a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River, which is part of the land set aside for Arab Palestinians

a)

West Bank

b)

Gaza Strip

c)

Golan Heights

d)

Geometric Boundary

19.

A freshwater lake in Israel through which the Jordan river flows. This is where Jesus is said to have walked on water

a)

Sea of Galilee

b)

Dead Sea

c)

Jordan River

d)

Lake Titicaca

20.

Body of water separating the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia.

a)

Gulf of Aqaba

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Black Sea

d)

Caspian Sea