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Mapping Lab: Middle East

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Last updated 11 days ago
18 questions
Location
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Think like a Geographer
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Intepreting Images
Question 1
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Drag and drop each terrain feature to the correct location using the grid coordinates provided.
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Persian Gulf (28°N, 50°E)
Aral Sea (45°N, 60°E)
Caspian Sea (40°N, 51°E)
Arabian Sea (20°N, 65°E)
Arabian Peninsula (22°N, 48°E)
Hindu Kush (35°N, 70°E)
Zagros Mountains (33°N, 50°E)
Anatolia (40°N, 35°E)
Question 2
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Turkey (39°N, 35°E)
Yemen (15°N, 45°E)
Pakistan (27°N, 66°E)
Kazakhstan (50°N, 70°E)
Iraq (35°N, 43°E)
Kuwait (29°N, 47°E)
Afghanistan (35°N, 65°E)
Question 3
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What is the most common type of vegetation in the Middle East?

Question 4
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Select three small countries that have only this type of vegetation. (from #3)

Question 5
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What is the primary resource found near the Persian Gulf?

Question 6
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The countries of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are mostly at what elevation?

Question 7
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What physical feature contributes to this? (from #6)

Question 8
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What four climates can be found in Kazakhstan?

Question 9
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The countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan are almost all in what climate zone?

Question 10
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_______ is the most densely populated country in the Middle East. (use correct spelling and capitalization)
Question 11
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Which country has no desert scrub but has a large amount of mixed and coniferous forest? (Use correct spelling and capitalization)

Question 12
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Choose three countries that do NOT have mostly arid or semiarid climate zones.

Question 13
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What physical feature explains why these countries (from #12) have more moderate climates?

Question 14
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Look at the areas that have coniferous forests. What terrain feature explains why these types of trees grow here?

Question 15
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Why do Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan have large areas that are scarcely populated?

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Question 17
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Support your answer with evidence. From the _______ map we learned that is country has _______ and in the photograph we see _______
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Question 18
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Using evidence from a different map, support your answer with evidence. From the _______ map we learned that is country has _______ and in the photograph we see _______
Question 16
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This picture was most likely taken in...