The Arabian Peninsula
This is the largest nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
What is Saudi Arabia?
The Zagros Mountains run through this nation.
What is Iran?
This city is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
What is Riyadh?
This nation was invaded by Saddam Hussein in 1991.
What is Kuwait?
This sea gives Israel military and trade access to Europe and North Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This holy city in Islam is located in western Saudi Arabia.
What is Mecca?
This body of water boarders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
What is the Persian Gulf?
This disputed city is claimed as the capital of Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
The U.S. once supported a coup in this massive nation, located east of Iraq.
What is Iran?
Saddam Hussein was allowed to remain in power in this capital city after the end of the First Gulf War.
What is Baghdad?
This body of water lies directly west of the Arabian Peninsula.
What is the Red Sea?
This salt water lake is found near the Israeli boarder.
What is the Dead Sea?
This city was the site of an international hostage crisis during 1979 to 1981.
What is Tehran?
This capital city of Lebanon has also experienced its fair share of violence in recent decades.
What is Beirut?
While not home to the Burj Khalifa, this neighboring city is the capital of the nation that does.
What is Abu Dhabi?
This wealthy nation near the Persian Gulf is home to the world's tallest building.
What is the UAE?
This passage between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman is the site of frequent confrontation between Iran and the U.S.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
The Syrian capital of Damascus is located due south of this city which experienced extensive fighting during the battle against ISIS.
What is Aleppo?
This city in Turkey is considered vitally important during the Cold War, as it guards the Turkish Straits.
What is Istanbul?
Amman is the capital of this nation that also shares the Jordan River with Israel.
What is Jordan?
This nation on the edge of the Peninsula boarders a Gulf that shares its name.
What is Oman?
These two rivers flow through what was once known as ancient Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
This capital city of Qatar has perfect waterfront access to the Persian Gulf.
What is Doha?
Sana'a, the capital of this nation, has recently been embroiled in a war with neighboring Saudi Arabia.
What is Yemen?
This tiny nation neighbors Qatar along the Persian Gulf.
What is Bahrain?