The term “Levant” often heard in the news roughly corresponds to which of the following regions ?
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Answer: A. The Levant is the region along the eastern Mediterranean coast, roughly Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, and sometimes Cyprus and southern Turkey.
Watch for: The word means 'where the sun rises', so it is only the eastern shore, not the whole Mediterranean.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the North African coast is called the Maghreb, not the Levant.
- C. Wrong because the Persian Gulf and Horn of Africa are separate regions.
- D. Wrong because the Levant covers only the eastern Mediterranean, not the whole sea's coast.
Source to check: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Levant'
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