Geography of Southwest Asia
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
E
e
Continent that includes France and Italy
2.
c
a
Continent with the Sahara desert
3.
a
Largest continent on Earth
4.
a
Gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy (plural)
5.
n
l
A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
6.
u
s
h
A mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
7.
M
r
n
n
S
The largest inland ___
9.
p
s
i
r
A ___ in southwestern Asia
10.
n
u
l
A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
11.
r
i
e
i
a
A ___ between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
12.
e
a
A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia
13.
G
r
a
l
A depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa
18.
n
i
l
a
A ___ in northeastern Egypt
20.
r
e
s
r
A ___ of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern ___, eastern Jordan
21.
D
e
A saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan
22.
u
a
n
An arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian ___
23.
o
A
e
Arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
24.
n
d
n
The 3rd largest ___