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World Geography: Middle East and North Africa
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World Geography: Middle East and North Africa
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1. longest river in the world, located in Egypt.
Image: Nile River

2. For Jews, it is the holiest site in Jerusalem. It is the only remaining portion of the Second Temple.
Image: Western Wall/Wailing Wall

3. narrow body of water that connects the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
Image: Strait of Hormuz

4. A Muslim place of worship
Image: Mosque

5. a covered market in Islamic cities
Image: bazaar/suq

6. One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River. It provides hydroelectric power to Egypt.
Image: Aswan High Dam

7. This body of water separates the Saudi Arabia from Africa.
Image: Red Sea

8. A river that serves as a natural boundary between Israel and Jordan.
Image: Jordan River

9. A black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine
Image: Kaaba

10. Mountains in western Iran
Image: Zagros Mountains

11. a fertile spot in a desert where water is found.
Image: Oasis

12. A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.
Image: Islam

13. A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Image: Suez Canal

14. A high mountain range in northwestern Africa
Image: Atlas Mountains

15. Links the Mediterranean and Black seas and separate Europe form Asia
Image: Bosporus Strait

16. An organization of oil producing nations that agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum.
Image: OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

17. Church where Jesus was buried and resurrected from the died.
Image: Church of the Holy Sepulcher

18. Dry riverbeds that fill with water when it rains
Image: Wadis

19. two rivers that are found in present day Iraq.
Image: Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

20. Jewish house of worship
Image: synogogue

21. the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. Converted to a mosque by the Ottomans after there invasion 1453.
Image: Hagia Sophia

22. Large body of water separating Ukraine from Turkey
Image: Black Sea

23. A strip of land that divides the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa
Image: Sahel

24. Mountains of Southern Turkey
Image: Taurus Mountains

25. the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa
Image: Sahara Desert