Ch 4 - Middle East Today Geography

Question 1

Name the three peninsulas of the Middle East.

Answer 1

Arabian Peninsula

Sinai Peninsula

Asia Minor

Question 2

Name the peninsula identified on the map below.

Answer 2

Arabian Peninsula

Question 3

Name the peninsula identified on the map below.

Answer 3

Sinai Peninsula

Question 4

Name the peninsula identified on the map below.

Answer 4

Asia Minor

Question 5

Which peninsula is the largest in the world?

Answer 5

The Arabian Peninsula

Question 6

Which peninsula is known as Turkey today?

Answer 6

Asia Minor

Question 7

Which sea is marked by the letter A on the map below?

Answer 7

The Black Sea

Question 8

Which sea is marked by the letter D on the map below?

Answer 8

the Caspian Sea

Question 9

Which sea is marked by the letter E on the map below?

Answer 9

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 10

Which body of water is marked by the letter M on the map below?

Answer 10

The Persian Gulf

Question 11

Which body of water is marked by the letter N on the map below?

Answer 11

The Red Sea

Question 12

Which body of water is marked by the letter O on the map below?

Answer 12

The Arabian Sea

Question 13

Which river is marked by the letter G on the map below?

Answer 13

The Euphrates River

Question 14

Which river is marked by the letter H on the map below?

Answer 14

The Tigris River

Question 15

Which body of water is marked by the letter Q on the map below?

Answer 15

The Sea of Galilee

Question 16

Which river is marked by the letter R on the map below?

Answer 16

The Jordan River

Question 17

Which body of water is marked by the letter S on the map below?

Answer 17

The Dead Sea

Question 18

Which mountain is marked by the letter C on the map below?

Answer 18

Mount Ararat

Question 19

Which mountain is marked by the letter K on the map below?

Answer 19

Mount Sinai

Question 20

Name the second-highest mountain in the Middle East, where Noah’s ark is believed to have settled after the great Flood.

Answer 20

Mount Ararat

Question 21

Amman is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 21

Jordan

Question 22

Amman is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 22

U

Question 23

Ankara is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 23

Turkey

Question 24

Ankara is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 24

B

Question 25

Baghdad is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 25

Iraq

Question 26

Baghdad is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 26

J

Question 27

Beirut is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 27

Lebanon

Question 28

Beirut is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 28

P

Question 29

Damascus is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 29

Syria

Question 30

Damascus is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 30

F

Question 31

Jerusalem is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 31

Israel

Question 32

Jerusalem is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 32

T

Question 33

Riyadh is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 33

Saudi Arabia

Question 34

Riyadh is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 34

L

Question 35

Tehran is the capital of which Middle Eastern country?

Answer 35

Iran

Question 36

Tehran is marked by which letter on the map below?

Answer 36

I