Middle East Physical Features Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A coastal inlet forms the northeastern arm of the Red Sea and lies between the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian mainland. Which feature is it?
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Oman
2. A ship leaves a port in the Persian Gulf and heads toward the open Arabian Sea. Which route correctly lists the next major waters it enters?
Strait of Hormuz, then Gulf of Oman
Bab el-Mandeb, then Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aqaba, then Red Sea
Suez Canal, then Mediterranean Sea
3. Which combination best explains why the Dead Sea is both extremely low in elevation and highly saline?
Glacial excavation and direct exchange with the Mediterranean
A tectonic depression, no ocean outlet, and strong evaporation
River erosion and unrestricted flow to the Red Sea
Volcanic damming and heavy year-round rainfall
4. Which river flows through Baghdad before continuing toward southern Iraq?
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Tigris River
Orontes River
5. Which mountain range extends across southern Turkey near the Mediterranean coast?
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Asir Mountains
Pontic Mountains
6. A person travels east across Egypt's Sinai Peninsula from one narrow arm of the Red Sea to the other. Which two gulfs mark the peninsula's western and eastern sides?
Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba
Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Aqaba and Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman
7. A traveler crosses from the lowlands of eastern Iraq into western Iran and soon encounters a long, rugged mountain belt. Which range is this?
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Lebanon Mountains
Hajar Mountains
8. Moist Mediterranean air rises over the Lebanon Mountains and loses precipitation. Why can areas farther east be substantially drier?
They are below the floor of the Mediterranean Sea
They receive cold currents from the Persian Gulf
They lie in the mountains' rain shadow
They are cut off from sunlight by the mountains
9. A route crosses Turkey's broad interior highland, with the Pontic Mountains to the north and the Taurus Mountains to the south. Which landform is being crossed?
Mesopotamian Plain
Anatolian Plateau
Negev Desert
Jordan Rift Valley
10. Which major inland body of water lies directly north of Iran?
Black Sea
Aral Sea
Dead Sea
Caspian Sea
11. Which sequence follows the Euphrates River through the countries it crosses from upstream to downstream?
Turkey, Armenia, Iran
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait
Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Turkey, Syria, Iraq
12. Which narrow waterway connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman?
Bab el-Mandeb
Suez Canal
Bosporus
Strait of Hormuz
13. The Jordan River drains into which body of water?
Sea of Galilee
Mediterranean Sea
Dead Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
14. In which larger land region is the Rub' al Khali, also called the Empty Quarter, located?
Anatolian Peninsula
Iranian Plateau
Sinai Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
15. Which body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from northeastern Africa?
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
16. Why is the Mesopotamian Plain generally flatter and more agriculturally productive than the rugged highlands to its north and east?
It consists mainly of recently exposed coral reef
It was built largely from sediments deposited by the Tigris and Euphrates
It was leveled primarily by wind removing all surface material
It receives meltwater directly from permanent local glaciers