Question 1 of 20Middle East mapEasy
Middle East map quiz
Deserts, mountains and ancient river valleys stretch from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea and the Gulf. Each question highlights one country on the map, from regional giants to tiny Gulf states. Name it, then learn something new.
A free quiz from Megan Moran, author of The Mighty Geography Quiz Book.
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Natural Earth (map data) · Public domain Question 2 of 20Middle East mapEasy
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Natural Earth (map data) · Public domain Question 3 of 20Middle East mapMedium
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Natural Earth (map data) · Public domain Question 16 of 20Middle East mapHard
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Natural Earth (map data) · Public domain Question 18 of 20Middle East mapHard
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Natural Earth (map data) · Public domain Question 20 of 20Middle East mapHard
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- Which country is highlighted on this map? Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia is the largest country in the world without a single permanent river.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? TurkeyGöbekli Tepe, a ring of carved stone pillars raised around 9500 BC, is among the oldest known monumental structures and became a UNESCO site in 2018.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? SyriaDamascus is often cited as one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and its old city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? IranPersepolis, the ceremonial capital of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, was founded by Darius I around 518 BC.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? JordanThe red sandstone desert of Wadi Rum has stood in for Mars in several films, including The Martian (2015).
- Which country is highlighted on this map? EgyptThe Suez Canal, opened in 1869, links the Mediterranean and Red seas without a single lock.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? YemenThe 16th-century walled city of Shibam, with mud-brick tower houses up to seven stories high, is nicknamed the 'Manhattan of the Desert'.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? IraqCuneiform, one of the world's earliest writing systems, developed in Sumerian cities such as Uruk in what is now southern Iraq, around 3200 BC.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? OmanSultan Qaboos ruled Oman for almost 50 years, from 1970 until his death in January 2020, by then the longest-serving ruler in the Arab world.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? QatarIn 2022 Qatar hosted the first FIFA World Cup held in the Middle East, and the first played in November and December.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? AfghanistanThe two giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, carved into a cliff in the 6th century, were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? United Arab EmiratesAt 828 meters (2,717 feet), Dubai's Burj Khalifa became the world's tallest building when it opened in 2010.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? BahrainBahrain hosted the first Formula One Grand Prix in the Middle East, in 2004.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? KuwaitThe Kuwaiti dinar has long ranked among the world's highest-valued currency units, typically worth more than three US dollars.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? CyprusCyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily and Sardinia.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? LebanonThe ancient port of Byblos, which exported papyrus, gave Greek its word for papyrus, byblos, the root of the word 'Bible'.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? GeorgiaResidue in pottery jars shows people here were making wine about 8,000 years ago, the earliest known evidence of grape winemaking.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? ArmeniaArmenia is traditionally regarded as the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion, in AD 301.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? SudanIts capital, Khartoum, sits beside the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile, where the two rivers join to form the main Nile.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? AzerbaijanYanar Dag, a hillside near Baku, burns continuously, fed by natural gas seeping up through the sandstone.
