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The Arabian Peninsula

Created byMr. Raponi Kuwait Bahrain Qatar Oman

Yemen

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in this part of the world and it is the size of the eastern half of the United States.

Saudi Arabia holds a major share of the world’s

________________.

The Land

Vast deserts cover Saudi Arabia.

The largest desert in the country is called the

________________________ and it is located in the southern part of the country.

This desert has sand dunes that are more than 1,000 feet high.

In the west is the

______________ and in the east is the

____________________.

Economy of

Saudi Arabia

The economy of Saudi Arabia is based on

___________________.

Agriculture is less important due to the lack of water and farmland.

The country’s engineers have built plants to remove salt from the seawater to help make fresh water, this is known as,

_____________________.

People

The people of Saudi Arabia once were divided into numerous family groups.

In 1932, a monarchy led by the

____________________ family, unified the country.

The Head of the Saud Family is the King of Saudi Arabia and they serve as Head of State and monarch of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The King holds almost absolute political power. The King appoints ministers to his cabinet who are supervisors to the people.

Living Spaces

Most of the

_________________ Saudi Arabians live in towns and villages.

These are found along the oil rich Persian Gulf coast, or around

________________- which are green places in dry areas that have enough water for crops to grow.

Other ArabianNations

Saudi Arabia shares the Arabian Peninsula with six other Arab-Muslim countries. United Arab

Emirates

________________ Bahrain Qatar

________________

________________

The Other Arabian States

Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirate are located along the

_______________.

Their people for the most part enjoy a very high standard of living with excellent health care, education, and housing.

Oman is largely desert, but its bare lands have plenty if oil.

Most people in Oman live in

_________________ villages.

Oil industries have drawn many rural people into growing urban areas.

Yemen is made up of a narrow coastal plain and inland mountains.

There are almost no

___________________ resources and most people are farmers.

The capital of Yemen is

___________________, but further south lies

___________________, a major port for ships traveling in the area.