Middle East Review

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia are on opposite sides of the ____________

Mesopotamia is an area bordered by these two rivers: the _____________ and the __________________.

The soil is extremely rich for farming (known as arable soil) between the rivers in question 4 because most years it _____________. This area is called the ______________ ______________.

Three religions all think the birthplace of their faith is __________________.

The river in question 1 flows into the Mediterranean Sea in a feature that branches out into many little streams and is called a

Mesopotamia was referred to as the ___________ ____ ______________ because the people learned to irrigate crops to provide enough food for large populations.

In Israel the water source that must be shared between several countries is the ________________ _____________.

To control flooding in the Fertile Crescent, the Sumarians built __________. These structures also produce ___________________ power.