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By: Griffin Munro

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  • By: Griffin Munro

  • Geography Is mostly a sandy desert About one fourth the size of USA.About 750,96 square miles.Has to deal with sand storms, temperature extremes, and intense heatAverage temperature is 110FThe hottest gets up to 140F Natural recourses are crude oil, natural gas, iron ore, gold and copperLowest point, Persian Gulf at sea levelHighest point, Jabal Sawda at 3,133 meters above sea level

  • FoodSaudi Arabians prefer to eat mildly spicy foodsThey eat a lot of rice, lamb, and chicken They drink a lot of tea, coffee, butter milk, and camel milk

  • SportsSoccer is a national sport in Saudi ArabiaOther sports are volleyball, basket ball, swimming, wrestling, and roller skatingHorse and Camel races are popularSo are hunting and hawking

  • Famous PeopleAbdul-Aziz ibn Saud 1880-1953 king founderAntar 1700-1800 poet warriorHishman Ali Abdel-Kader 1931-2000 journalistMuhammad ibn Abdal-Wahhab 1703-1792 religious leaderShiek Mohammed 19th century-1968

  • Animal lifeAnimal life in Saudi Arabia and that is very good for the animalsAnimal life includes wolves, hyenas, foxes, honey badgers, mongooses, porcupines, baboons, hedgehogs, hares, sand rats, and jer boas

  • Other FactsSaudi Arabia makes some of the sharpest swords in the world, so sharp that your skin peels off when you feel the bladeSaudi Arabia is the richest country in Asia mostly because of all of its oil

  • MapThis is the map ofSaudi Arabia

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  • BibliographyMrs. Clintons WebsiteTrack StarLibrary system Culture Grams World addition Msn.comSaudi Arabia.comSaudi Arabian swords.com