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Middle East Mapping Activity: Instructions

Complete the following instructions using the map provided:

1. Write and color neatly.

2. Label the following countries and color them:

• Afghanistan--purple

• Bahrain—purple

• Iran—yellow

• Iraq—purple

• Israel—pink

• Jordan—orange

• Kuwait—green

• Lebanon—yellow

• Oman—green

• Qatar—purple

• Saudi Arabia—yellow

• Syria—green

• Turkey—orange

• United Arab Emirates—Pink

• Yemen—Pink

• Kazakhstan—Pink

• Uzbekistan—Yellow

• Turkmenistan—green

• Kyrgyzstan—orange

• Tajikistan—green

• Azerbaijan—green

• Armenia—purple

• Georgia—yellow

• Pakistan—orange

• Cyprus--green

3. Label the following cities. Use a star in a circle to identify the location of the country’s capital and a dot for a major city.

• Istanbul

• Beirut

• Jerusalem

• Damascus

• Baghdad

• Tehran

• Kabul

• Mecca

• Islamabad

• Abu Dhabi

• Riyadh

• Ankara

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4. Draw, using a blue colored pencil, and label the following rivers:

• Tigris

• Indus

• Euphrates

5. Label the following bodies of water:

• Caspian Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Gulf of Oman

• Arabian Sea

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Gulf of Aden

• Dead Sea

• Aral Sea

• Lake Balkhash

• Lake Ysyk

6. Using brown colored pencil draw ^^^^^ for mountains and also label these other physical features:

• Hindu Kush

• Anatolia Plateau

• Zagros Mountains

• Syrian Desert

• Arabian Peninsula

• Kazakh Uplands

• Caucasus Mountains

• Turan Lowland

• Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter)

Answer the following questions using your map:

1. In which direction would you travel if you started in Baghdad and journeyed to Riyadh?

2. True or False: Turkey is located on the Arabian Peninsula?

3. Name the countries that have access to the Persian Gulf.

4. How many countries border Iraq? Name them

5. The capital city of United Arab Emirates is in what direction of the capital of Kazakhstan? As the bird flys (straight line) what is the approximate distance between these two capitals?

6. What physical feature covers most of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan along with the northern parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan?

7. Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan all have coniferous forest vegetation, what physical feature do they all have in common as well?

8. In which two countries is the Aral Sea located in?

Answer the following questions using your map: Key

1. In which direction would you travel if you started in Baghdad and journeyed to Riyadh?

a. South

2. True or False: Turkey is located on the Arabian Peninsula?

a. False

3. Name the countries that have access to the Persian Gulf.

a. Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran

4. How many countries border Iraq? Name them

a. 6: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran

5. The capital city of United Arab Emirates is in what direction of the capital of Kazakhstan? As the bird flys (straight line) what is the approximate distance between these two capitals?

a. Northeast: about 2,000 miles (a little more)

6. What physical feature covers most of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan along with the northern parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan?

a. Hindu Kush

7. Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan all have coniferous forest vegetation, what physical feature do they all have in common as well?

a. Mountains

8. In which two countries is the Aral Sea located in?

a. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

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