Unit 07: Southwest Asia Maps

What two narrow waterways, located at the west end of the Anatolian Peninsula, separate the Black Sea from the Mediterranean Sea?

• Bosporus Strait & Dardanelles

• Arabian Sea & Red Sea

• Caspian Sea & Gulf of Aden

• Gulf of Oman & Indian Ocean

• Persian Gulf & Strait of Hormuz

What mountain ranges located along the western edge of the Arabian Peninsula? What desert is located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula? (2x)

• Elburz Mts

• Hejas Mts

• An-Nafud

• Rub Al-Khali

• Najd

Which river along the Eastern Mediterranean coast has no outlet on the sea but flows south into the Dead Sea?

• Euphrates R.

• Tigris R.

• Jordan R.

• Diyala R.

• Nile R.

What mountain chains frame the northern and the southern borders of the Anatolian Peninsula? (2x)

• Elburz Mts.

• Hejaz Mts.

• Kindu Kush Mts.

• Pontic Mts.

• Taurus Mts.

What mountains are located at the western end of the Plateau of Iran? What mountain chain is located south of the Caspian Sea? (2x)

• Zagros Mts.

• Hejaz Mts.

• Hindu Kush Mts.

• Pontic Mts.

• Elburz Mts.

What is the largest country located on the Arabian Peninsula, that has the Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina?

• Saudi Arabia

• Yemen

• Oman

• United Arab Emirates

• Qatar

The two most important rivers in Southwest Asia are the Euphrates and Tigris. What countries do they flow through? (3x)

• Lebanon

• Turkey

• Syria

• Iraq

• Iran

What Turkish city, formerly known as Constantinople, is the only city in the world located on two continents?

• Abu Dhabi

• Baghdad

• Istanbul

• Damascus

• Kabul

What Southwest Asian city in Israel contains the holy places of the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

• Manama

• Nicosia

• Riyadh

• Jerusalem

• Kuwait

What Southwest Asian country touches the southern borders of the Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan? Include its capital city.

• Sanaa, Yemen

• Tehran, Iran

• Amman, Jordan

• Beirut, Lebanon

• Kabul, Afghanistan