WorksheetsQUEST 2.1: Southwest Asia/the Middle East
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the longer (and more western) river of the Middle East which starts in Turkey but is mostly found in Iraq?
Orontes River
Tigris River
Nile River
Euphrates River
What is the shorter (and more eastern) river of the Middle East which starts in Turkey but is mostly found in Iraq?
Orontes River
Tigris River
Nile River
Euphrates River
What body of water found in the Middle East do both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into?
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Arabian Sea
Which Middle East mountain range is found in northern Turkey along the coast of the Black Sea?
Pontic Mountains
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Which Middle East mountain range is found in southern Turkey along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea?
Pontic Mountains
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Which Middle East mountain range is found in western Iran along the coast of the Persian Gulf?
Pontic Mountains
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Which large peninsula of the Middle East is surrounded by the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea?
Arabian Peninsula
Sinai Peninsula
Persian Peninsula
Anatolia
Which large peninsula of the Middle East is at the north end of the Red Sea and is the gateway from Africa into the Middle East?
Arabian Peninsula
Sinai Peninsula
Persian Peninsula
Anatolia
What desert is named for the country it is mostly found in the western portion of the Middle East near the Mediterranean Sea?
Arabian Desert
Syrian Desert
Sahara Desert
Rub al Khali
Which Middle East mountain range is found north of Georgia and Azerbaijan in between the Caspian and Black Seas?
Pontic Mountains
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
What body of water found north of Iran in the Middle East is the largest landlocked sea in the world?
Persian Gulf
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Arabian Sea
What body of water found southeast of the Middle East links the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden?
Persian Gulf
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Arabian Sea
What body of water found southwest of the Middle East separates Africa from the Middle East?
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Aden
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
What country known in ancient times as Anatolia is found between the between the Black and Mediterranean Seas?
Iraq
Turkey
Syria
Iran
