MAP ITEMS FOR SOUTHWEST ASIA



Map Items for the Middle East and Northern Africa

Political Map: Color each country, label the cities (underline capitals), and label each country.

Physical Map: Neatly color and label the listed items.

The Middle East

PAGES 479 – 481; DARK PURPLE SECTION OF THE BOOK

Political

Countries

Turkey

Iran

Afghanistan

Syria

Iraq

Lebanon

Cyprus

Israel

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Bahrain

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Oman

Egypt

Cities

Ankara

Tehran

Kabul

Damascus

Baghdad

Beirut

Nicosia

Jerusalem

Amman

Riyadh

Kuwait City

Manama (no dot on the map, just include it with its country’s name)

Doha

Abu Dhabi

Sanaa

Muscat

Istanbul

Mecca

Medina

Cairo

Physical

Make sure you color the entire area of the item below, not just where the words are on the map.

Water (Label, but don’t color * items): Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea*, Aegean Sea*, Red Sea, Arabian Sea*, Persian Gulf*, Gulf of Oman, Dead Sea (on the Jordan River), Gulf of Aden, Strait of Hormuz (circle it in red), Sea of Marmara, Suez Canal

Rivers: Tigris River, Euphrates River, Jordan River, Nile River

Mountains: Kopet Mountains (along the northern border of Iran with Turkmenistan), Hindu Kush, Elburz Mountains, Zagros Mountains, Pontic Mountains, Taurus Mountains, Mt. Ararat, Khyber Pass (along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, SE of the Hindu Kush Mountains)

Landforms: Sinai Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula (south of a straight line from the where Jordan/Israel meet the Red Sea to Iraq touching the Persian Gulf), Anatolia (the peninsula part of Turkey)

Northern Africa

PAGES 403 & 405; TEAL SECTION OF THE BOOK

Political

Countries

Morocco

Western Sahara

Algeria

Tunisia

Libya

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Jordan

Israel

Yemen

Cities

Casablanca

Algiers

Tripoli

Tunis

Alexandria

Cairo

Physical

Water (Label, but don’t color * items): Atlantic Ocean*, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea*, Strait of Gibraltar (circle it in red), Lake Nasser

Rivers: Nile River, White Nile, Blue Nile, Suez Canal

Landforms: Sahara Desert (stretches from W. Sahara to the Red Sea and from Med. Sea to half-way through Mali, Niger, Sudan, etc.; look at the map on page 421 for help), Nubian Desert (It’s a part of the Sahara Desert), Sinai Peninsula

Mountains: Ahaggar Mountains, Atlas Mountains

Map Items for the Sea of Marmara Map

LABEL AND COLOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

← Turkey (both parts)

← Greece

← Bulgaria

← Istanbul (draw and shade it in on your own; use the Middle East map for help…)

← Sea of Marmara

← Dardanelles Strait

← Bosporus Strait

← Black Sea

← Aegean Sea

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