MIDDLE EAST MAP QUIZ STUDY GUIDE
Geography 111
MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES
On the map matching section, you will match all 20 Middle Eastern countries to letters on a blank map of
the Middle East. Use your atlas to study the Middle Eastern countries until you know their locations
extremely well! A fun way to study is the Rethinking Schools Middle East Map Quiz at
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
A. REGIONAL MAP
Quiz will have this blank map of Middle East, with letters (A-E) for most of these 20 countries :
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Qatar
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
West Bank (Palestinians)
Yemen
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B. ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Quiz will have this blank map of Middle East, with letters (A-E) for each of these 5 areas.
The text at right is additional information that will be useful later.
State of Israel
Golan Heights
West Bank
East Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
(borders since 1949)
(annexed by Israel after 1967 War, claimed by Syria)
(occupied by Israel since 1967 War, claimed by Palestinians)
(annexed by Israel after 1967 War, claimed by Palestinians;
small area to the right of the Jerusalem dot.)
(occupied by Israel since 1967 War, claimed by Palestinians)
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C. IRAQI CITIES
(Quiz will have this blank map of Iraq, with dots for half
of these cities, so study their positions relative to each other.
The text at right is additional information that will be useful later.
Baghdad
(capital of 5 million, mixed Sunni & Shi’a Muslim)
Basra
(Al Basrah; 2nd largest city, Shi’a)
Mosul
(3rd largest city; mixed Arab & Kurdish)
Kirkuk
(Karkuk; oil-rich; mixed Arab & Kurdish)
Erbil
(Arbil; main city in Kurdish region)
Nasiriyah
(An Nasiriyah; Shi’a city)
Najaf
(An Najaf ; Shi’a holy city)
Karbala
(Shi’a holy city)
Sulaimaniya
(As Sulaymaniyah; Kurdish city in north)
Samarra
(City in Sunni Arab region)
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