WorksheetsMiddle Eastern Geography and History Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Identify: Bedouins
Nomadic Arab people
A type of architecture
A river in Iraq
A city in Turkey
Identify: Bosporus Strait
A waterway in Turkey connecting Europe and Asia
A desert in the Arabian Peninsula
A plateau in Iran
A city in Jordan
Identify: Rub’ al Khali
A desert in the Arabian Peninsula
A city in Jordan
A river in Iraq
A mountain in Iran
Identify: Tigris River
A desert in Saudi Arabia
A city in Iran
A mountain in Turkey
A major river in Iraq
List three characteristics that dominate the Arabian Peninsula.
Deserts, oil reserves, Bedouin culture
Mountains, rivers, forests
Lakes, glaciers, tundra
Valleys, plateaus, savannas
Name the plateau and peninsula occupied by Asiatic Turkey.
Anatolian Plateau and Arabian Peninsula
Iranian Plateau and Sinai Peninsula
Anatolian Plateau and Anatolian Peninsula
Tibetan Plateau and Balkan Peninsula
Name the three countries that make up Transcaucasia. What empire ruled these countries before 1991?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia; Soviet Union
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon; Ottoman Empire
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait; Persian Empire
Egypt, Libya, Sudan; British Empire
Who was Turkey’s first president? To what city did he move the capital?
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ankara
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Istanbul
Suleiman the Magnificent, Bursa
Mehmed II, Izmir
What ancient city in Jordan draws tourists?
Petra
Amman
Aqaba
Jerash
Identify: Mount Ararat
A mountain in Turkey
A desert in Saudi Arabia
A river in Iran
A city in Iraq
Identify: Hagia Sophia
A historic mosque in Istanbul
A river in Iraq
A desert in the Arabian Peninsula
A mountain in Iran
Which city is the capital of Iran?
Riyadh
Baghdad
Tehran
Damascus
Where are the ruins of ancient Babylon found?
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Syria
What two cities in Saudi Arabia are visited by millions of Muslim pilgrims every year?
Riyadh and Jeddah
Mecca and Medina
Dammam and Khobar
Taif and Abha
Identify: Saddam Hussein
Former President of Iraq
A famous poet from Iran
A mountain in Turkey
A river in Saudi Arabia
By what name was Iran known before World War I? Who began the drive to modernize Iran after the war?
Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mesopotamia, Ayatollah Khomeini
Ottoman Empire, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Byzantium, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Identify: Kurds
An ethnic group in the Middle East
A type of desert in Arabia
A mountain range in Turkey
A river in Iraq
Identify: Wadis
Dry riverbeds in desert regions
Mountain ranges in Turkey
Cities in Saudi Arabia
Lakes in Iran
