Welcome Let’s explore Israel This country lies in the Middle East Israel looks like an arrow pointing down Israel’s northern neighbor is Lebanon To the east of Israel sit Syria and Jordan Egypt shares Israel’s southwestern border In the south Israel meets the Gulf of Aqaba The Gulf of Aqaba is part of the Red Sea The Mediterranean Sea lies to the west Israel’s western coast is on the Mediterranean Sea 4
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A Colorful Land Israel has green fields and brown deserts It has bright blue waters too The Mediterranean Sea laps the flat coastal plains To the east big hills line the plains These flowers grow in a field in the desert region of Israel 6
Map Whiz Quiz Look at the map on page 5 Trace an outline of the map onto a piece of paper Trace the dotted lines too People do not agree who should control the land inside the dotted lines Find Lebanon Then mark it with an N for north Find the Mediterranean Sea Mark it with a W for west Color the water blue Next find the Negev Desert Color the desert brown Mark the Negev Desert with an S for south Find Jordan and mark it with an E for east The Great Rift Valley runs along the eastern border of Israel Past the hills are highlands They fan out over northern and central Israel Mountains stand in the highlands The Great Rift Valley lies to the east 7
