Middle East Map
Capitals
Terms
Cities
Miscellaneous
People
Map of Asia
100
What color is Turkey?
Red
100
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
100
What name is given to the combined land mass or Asia and Europe?
Eurasia
100
Name the two cities that Muslims travel to as a requirement of Islam.
Mecca & Medina
100
Structure that separates Asia from Africa.
Suez Canal
100
Iraqi dictator that directed the invasion of Kuwait in what is remembered as the Persian Gulf War.
Saddam Hussein
100
What color is Saudi Arabi?
(Light) Yellow
200
What country is orange on the map?
Oman
200
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
200
A chain or grouping of islands is called:
Archipelago
200
Lebanon's capital that was destroyed during civil war and greatly affected tourism and the Lebanese economy.
Beirut
200
Temporary rivers due to downpours of rain.
Wadis
200
People group that trace their language and culture to Persia.
Tajiks
200
What color is the large purple country below western Russia?
Kazakhstan
300
What country is purple on the map?
Saudi Arabia
300
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
300
The beginning of nations at Babel was a result of the:
Dispersion
300
Many countries recognize this city as the capital of Israel instead of Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv
300
Year in which the modern state of Israel was created by the regaining of their land.
1948
300
Governing family of Saudi Arabia since 1932.
Al-Saud
300
Light blue country between China and India? (Hint: home to Mt. Everest)
Nepal
400
What is the smaller light green country?
Jordan
400
What is the capital of Georgia?
Tbilisi
400
An Islamic pilgrimage:
haj
400
Ancient city in Jordan carved from solid rock?
Petra
400
Iran occupies the land formerly known as ______in world history.
Persia
400
Nomadic people that traveled from place to place in accordance with seasonal patterns to benefit their life and livestock.
Bedouins
400
Dark blue archipelago.
Philippines
500
Among others, what specifically named land structure is made up of a purple, brown, red, and orange country on the map?
Arabian Penninsula
500
What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
500
A "caller" or the person who stands atop an Islamic minnaret at the time of prayer.
Muezzin
500
Largest city in Turkey with a population of over 10 million people.
Istanbul
500
Three main characteristics of the Arabian Peninsula
Desert, Islam, & Oil
500
Formerly exiled religious leader who took over the country of Iran in 1979 and reinstituted Islamic law.
Ayatollah Khomeini
500
What is the large reddish country between the dark and light green countries?
Iran
600
What is the name of the fortress that sits on a high plateau near the Dead Sea where according to history almost one thousand Jews took a final stand against the Roman Empire. AND who originally had the fortress built?
Masada / King Herod the Great