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QUEST 2.1: Southwest Asia/the Middle East

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the longer (and more western) river of the Middle East which starts in Turkey but is mostly found in Iraq?

a)

Orontes River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Nile River

d)

Euphrates River

2.

What is the shorter (and more eastern) river of the Middle East which starts in Turkey but is mostly found in Iraq?

a)

Orontes River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Nile River

d)

Euphrates River

3.

What body of water found in the Middle East do both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into?

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Red Sea

c)

Gulf of Aden

d)

Arabian Sea

4.

Which Middle East mountain range is found in northern Turkey along the coast of the Black Sea?

a)

Pontic Mountains

b)

Taurus Mountains

c)

Zagros Mountains

d)

Caucasus Mountains

5.

Which Middle East mountain range is found in southern Turkey along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Pontic Mountains

b)

Taurus Mountains

c)

Zagros Mountains

d)

Caucasus Mountains

6.

Which Middle East mountain range is found in western Iran along the coast of the Persian Gulf?

a)

Pontic Mountains

b)

Taurus Mountains

c)

Zagros Mountains

d)

Caucasus Mountains

7.

Which large peninsula of the Middle East is surrounded by the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea?

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

Sinai Peninsula

c)

Persian Peninsula

d)

Anatolia

8.

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?

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

Sinai Peninsula

c)

Persian Peninsula

d)

Anatolia

9.

What desert is named for the country it is mostly found in the western portion of the Middle East near the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Arabian Desert

b)

Syrian Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Rub al Khali

10.

Which Middle East mountain range is found north of Georgia and Azerbaijan in between the Caspian and Black Seas?

a)

Pontic Mountains

b)

Taurus Mountains

c)

Zagros Mountains

d)

Caucasus Mountains

11.

What body of water found north of Iran in the Middle East is the largest landlocked sea in the world?

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Black Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Arabian Sea

12.

What body of water found southeast of the Middle East links the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Aden?

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Black Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Arabian Sea

13.

What body of water found southwest of the Middle East separates Africa from the Middle East?

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Gulf of Aden

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Red Sea

14.

What country known in ancient times as Anatolia is found between the between the Black and Mediterranean Seas?

a)

Iraq

b)

Turkey

c)

Syria

d)

Iran