You will be exploring the geography, history and culture of the Middle East!
Follow the directions below and submit your answers through Canvas! 

Directions: Create a document that will allow you to submit your answers through Canvas.  When you submit your answer document it must be titled Middle East web quest with your name and period.  YOU MUST WRITE OUT YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
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Section 1 LANDFORMS
Find one image of a landform for the following countries below. You must label each image of your landform.  IT CANNOT BE THE SAME LANDFORM OVER, AND OVER AGAIN.
Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Yemen, Syria, Kuwait.  

Section 2 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY  
Study the map below then search on the internet the name of each country by number. Then list the names all of twenty locations.

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Section 3 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Click on the button and read the article for each question.  Then answer the question.  Should be at least a paragraph answer.

1) Why is the "Jordan River" getting smaller every year?
2) Why is the "Strait of Hormuz" so important?
3) What is most of the water in the Middle East used for?
4) How much freshwater was used in the Middle East in 2010?

Section 4 RETENTION
Geography map quiz of the Middle East
Click on the button to take the quiz. Complete the quiz. Then write down your percentage grade for the first and second time completing it. 

Section 5 ISLAM
Study the map below and then answer the questions below it. 

  1. Following the arrows where does Islam begin?
  2. List all of the countries to where Islam has spread.
  3. What countries where conquered by the Omayyad and Abbasid?
  4. What is the date range for the beginning of Islam?

Section 6 RESOURCES
Read each question carefully then click on the button below it to locate your answers.  Read the entire page before answering your question.

1) What is highest estimate for the total number of Muslims that live in the world today?
2) List 5 countries who have a Muslim population of 86% or greater.
3) What country has the largest Muslim population? 
4) How many Muslims are there in the United States?

5) Which Middle Eastern country is the world's largest producer of oil?

Section 7 RELIGION
Read each question carefully then click on the button blow it to locate your answers.  Read the entire page before answering your question.  You will have to study the map carefully to answer question 3. 

1) Which religions are practiced in the Middle East?
2) Which religion is practiced by most Kurds?
3) Where are most Muslims located in the world today?  Name at least 10 countries. 
4) What caused the division between the Sunni Muslims and the Shia Muslims?

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