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Name: Date: Class:
Chapter 5: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Section 1: e Geography of Saudi Arabia
Section 1: Landforms, Location, and Climate
Directions: Complete the chart with at least 2 major details and 2 examples of evidence or further
elaboration on each topic of the section.
Topic Major Details Evidence / Elaboration
Location and Size
of
Saudi Arabia
Physical
Geography of
Saudi Arabia
Climate of Saudi
Arabia
Natural Resources
of
Saudi Arabia
Environmental
Issues of
Saudi Arabia
Impact of
Location on
Saudi Arabia
People of Saudi
Arabia
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Directions: Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1. What advantages does the location of Saudi Arabia give the nation economically?
2. Why is the geography and climate of Saudi Arabia consistently a challenge for the nation?
3. Explain the importance of oil to Saudi Arabia.
4. What efforts has Saudi Arabia made to create technologies to solve the water crisis?
5. What is the role of Islam in Saudi Arabia?
6. What is the major ethnicity of Saudi Arabia?
7. Explain the plight of Saudi women and girls. Why have many pressed Saudi Arabia to change?