| A | B |
|---|
| Elburz Mountains | mountains of northern Iran |
| Plateau | landform in central Iran |
| Zagros Mountains | mountains in western Iran |
| Pontic Mountains | mountains in northern Turkey |
| Taurus Mountains | mountains in southern Turkey |
| Anatolia | the name of the plateau in central Turkey |
| Sea Of Marmara | a sea between European Turkey and Asian Turkey |
| Asia Minor | Most of Turkey is found on this peninsula |
| Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia is the largest country on this peninsula |
| Saudi Arabia | the largest country in southwest Asia |
| Turkish Straits | these bodies of water connect the Aegean Sea with the Black Sea |
| Dardanelles | a strait that connects the Aegean Sea with the Black Sea |
| Bosporus | a strait that connects the Caspian Sea with the Sea of Marmara |
| Caspian | a sea that borders northern Iran |
| Black | a sea that borders Turkey to the north |
| Tigris | a river that flows through southwest Asia and empties into the Persian Gulf |
| Euphrates | the western river of the two major rivers of the Middle East |
| Middle East | another name for southwest Asia |
| Asia | Iraq is on this continent |
| culture region | Southwest Asia and Northern Africa is called this |
| DMB | a way to remember the Dardanelles Strait, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus Strait |
| ET | a way to remember the Euphrates and Tigris rivers |
| Rub Al Khali | a desert in southwest Saudi Arabia |
| Negev | a desert in southern Israel |
| Syrian | a desert located in Syria and Jordan |
| Jordan | a river that is in western Israel and empties into the Dead Sea |
| Dead | a sea that is in Israel and is the saltiest body of water in the world |
| Golan Heights | a plateau in northern Israel |
| Aegean Sea | a sea to the west of Asia Minor |
| Mediterranean Sea | a sea that borders Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel |
| Red Sea | a sea that borders Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt,and Yemen |
| Arabian Sea | a sea to the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Indian | the ocean that borders Asia to the south |
| southeast | the direction that the Tigris and Euphrates flow |
| deserts | this landform is caused by mountains blocking the moist winds that blow over land |
| steppe and desert | the major climate regions of southwest Asia |
| Mediterranean | the climate found along the coastal regions of the Mediterranean, Aegean, Black, and Caspian Seas |
| ten | most areas of southwest Asia get equal to or less than this amount of rainfall each year |
| oil and natural gas | the major natural resources of the countries near the Persian Gulf |
| fertile river valleys | these are created by the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; good for farming |
