Answers to 5th grade Middle East Geography Test:

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THE TEST CAN BE FOUND HERE:

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1. What two continents is Turkey located on?
EUROPE AND ASIA

2. Name the three major waterways of Turkey.
THE BOSPORUS, THE SEA OF MARMARA, AND THE DARDANELLES (THE TURKISH STRAIGHTS)

3.What is the center plateau of Turkey called?
ANATOLIA

4. What is the capitol city of Turkey?
ANKARA

5. What makes Turkey a major trading center?
BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION ON THE BLACK SEA

6. What is the main economic activity of Syria?
AGRICULTURE

7. What is the capitol city of Syria?
DAMASCUS

8. What is the capitol city of Lebanon?
BEIRUT

9. What type of government does Jordan have?
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

10. What is the capitol city of Jordan?
AMMAN

11. What is the body of water located between Israel and Jordan?
THE DEAD SEA

12. What is the desert located in southern Israel?
THE NEGEV

13. What is the climate of northern Israel?
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE

14. What is the "Law of Return?"
IT STATES ALL JEWS MAY COME AND LIVE IN ISRAEL.

15. What is the largest desert in Saudi Arabia?
RUB'al KHALI (OR THE EMPTY QUARTER)

16. Name the Persian Gulf States.
KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, QATAR, AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

17.What is the main economic activity of Oman?
AGRICULTURE

18. What waterway does the northern part of Oman guard?
THE STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ (A CHANNEL THAT LEADS TO THE PERSIAN GULF AND THEN TO THE ARABIAN SEA)

19.What are the two main rivers in Iraq?
TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES

20.What is the largest city of Iraq?
BAGHDAD

21. What is the capitol city of Iraq?
BAGHDAD

22.What are the two main mountain ranges in Iran?
THE ELBURZ IN THE NORTH AND THE ZAGROS IN THE SOUTH

23.What is the capitol city of Iran?
TEHRAN

24. What type of government does Iran have?
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

25.What are the two largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan?
PASHTUNS AND THE TAJIKS

AND FINALLY:
26. What is the capitol of Afghanistan?
KABUL