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1 GEOGRAPHY

LESSON 3

6 Fill in the blanks using the following words.

Africa Lebanon Arabian Gulf GCC oil reserves
region Mesopotamians Europe Syria

1. The Middle East is a .
2. The Middle East is surrounded by to the northwest and

to the southwest.
3. and are located on the Mediterranean Sea,
west of the Middle East.

4. The is in the center of the Middle East.

5. The was formed to work on important issues in the area.
6. The Gulf countries have large amounts of .

7. were the first most dominant power in the Middle East area
in the past.

7 Imagine that Egypt is located in the center of the Middle East region.
How would this affect the country?

8 What would happen if the Gulf countries did not have oil reserves?

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