WorksheetsEastern Mediterranean
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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.
Levant
Kibbutz
Moshav
Hamas
A deep valley that forms where two tectonic plates move apart.
Rift Valley
Geometric Boundary
Massif
Levant
A communal farm or settlement in Israel.
Kibbutz
Moshav
Hamas
Wadi
A cooperative settlement of small individual farms in Israel.
Moshav
Kibbutz
Ahaggar
Levant
An ethnic group without a formal country.
Stateless Nation
Desertification
Zionism
Domestication
A chemical or natural substance added to soil or land to increase its productivity.
Fertilizer
Pesticide
Ergs
Regs
A chemical intended to kill insects, rodents and other organisms that damage crops.
Pesticide
Fertilizer
Phosphate
Aquifer
The degradation of land due to drought or human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.
Desertification
Overgrazing
Reforestation
Balkanization
Destruction of vegetation caused by excessive consumption of animals in a particular area, causing the ground to erode.
Overgrazing
Desertification
Karst Topography
Zionism
The body of water that separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.
Red Sea
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Aqaba
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.
Jordan River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River
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.
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Danube River
Po River
The lowest body of water on Earth. It is so salty that almost nothing can live in it.
Dead Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
Sea of Galilee
The body of water that separates the Arabian peninsula from Iran
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Aqaba
Caspian Sea
Sea of Galilee
A movement to establish and develop a national homeland for Jews in Palestine.
Zionism
Hamas
Remittance
Nationalism
A military terrorist group intent on replacing Israel with an Islamic State
Hamas
Zionism
Ahaggar
Shatter Belt
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
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Golan Heights
Arab Spring
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
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
Geometric Boundary
A freshwater lake in Israel through which the Jordan river flows. This is where Jesus is said to have walked on water
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Jordan River
Lake Titicaca
Body of water separating the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia.
Gulf of Aqaba
Persian Gulf
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
