Middle East Countries

• UAE
• Yemen
• Oman
• Bahrain

• Syria
• Iran
• Turkey
• Saudi Arabia

• Oman
• UAE
• Yemen
• Qatar

Identify the following country on the map.

• Israel
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• Iraq

This country's capital is Damascus and it has been torn apart by a long civil war that stemmed from the Arab Spring in 2011. 

• Syria
• Kuwait
• Egypt 
• Libya 

Once home to the Ottoman Empire, this country sits on the Anatolian Peninsula (Asia Minor) and contains the cities Istanbul and Ankara. 

• Saudi Arabia
• Turkey
• Syria 
• Iraq

With its capital of Baghdad, this country was once home to advanced empires. Today large parts of it are controlled by ISIS and the US has been involved in several conflicts here. 

• Iran
• Kuwait
• Saudi Arabia 
• Iraq

This country has been ruled by a fundamentalist Shi'ite government since 1979. Its supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, rules in the name of Islamic Sharia Law. Its people speak Persian Farsi. 

• Iran 
• Syria 
• Egypt
• Iraq

The most important waterway for the transportation of oil is through the

• Nile Valley
• Mediterranean Sea
• Persian Gulf
• West Bank

Which country in Southwest Asia is known for the most amount of oil and sacred religious sites?

• Turkey
• Iran
• Egypt
• Saudi Arabia