Southwest Asia Physical Map Quiz

1. Which mountain range forms much of the boundary between the Iranian Plateau and the Mesopotamian lowlands?

2. Two major rivers flow southeast across Mesopotamia and meet before reaching the Persian Gulf. Which pair is it?

3. Which country occupies the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with coastlines on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea?

4. Which mountain chain runs across southern Türkiye, roughly parallel to its Mediterranean coast?

5. A ship travels from the Persian Gulf toward the Gulf of Oman. Which narrow waterway must it pass through?

6. A map shows a very large inland body of water north of Iran and east of the Caucasus. What is it?

7. A vessel leaves the Red Sea through the Bab el-Mandeb strait. Which body of water does it enter immediately?

8. If you stand on the eastern shoreline of the Dead Sea, which country are you in?

9. A small country appears at the northwestern end of the Persian Gulf, south of Iraq and north of Saudi Arabia. Which country is it?

10. Which country occupies most of the Anatolian Peninsula, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

11. Traveling along the southwestern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, you enter a country with coasts on both the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Which country is it?

12. Which island country lies in the eastern Mediterranean, south of Türkiye and west of Syria?

13. Which narrow Mediterranean country lies west of Syria and directly north of Israel?

14. At the Strait of Hormuz, Oman lies on the southern side of the passage. Which country lies directly to the north?

15. Which vast sand desert covers much of the southern interior of the Arabian Peninsula and extends across parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen?

16. Which arid region extends across much of interior Syria and into eastern Jordan, western Iraq, and northern Saudi Arabia?