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CCD
Geography 105 - World Regional Geography
Locations Handout Chapter 8 North Africa and Southwest Asia
For the map quiz on the main Islamic realm, on an outline map
of North Africa, supplemented with maps from Russia and Asia, you should be able to locate:
A. Regions:
| Afghanistan |
Egypt |
Israel |
Morocco |
Sudan |
Yemen |
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Algeria |
Eritrea |
Jordan |
Oman |
Syria |
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Bahrain |
Ethiopia |
Kuwait |
Qatar |
Tunisia |
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Cyprus |
Iran |
Lebanon |
Saudi Arabia |
Turkey |
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Djibouti |
Iraq |
Libya |
Somalia |
United Arab Emirates |
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B. Urban Regions On a map, showing cities as dots, you should be able to locate:
| Damascus, Syria |
Makkah, Saudi Arabia |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Algiers, Algeria |
Baghdad, Iraq |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Samarquand, Uzbekistan |
| Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia |
Babylon (ruins) |
Jerusalem, Israel |
Tehran, Iran |
| Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Cairo, Egypt |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
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| Asmara, Eritrea |
Casablanca, Morocco |
Khartoum, Sudan |
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C. Physiographic Regions, Mountains, Basins and Plateaus:
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Atlas Mountains |
Zagros Mountains |
Sahel |
Cyprus |
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Hindu Kush Mountains |
Baluchistan |
Rub al Khali (desert) |
West Bank |
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Ethiopian Highlands |
Caspian Depression |
Sinai Peninsula |
Gaza |
| Maghreb |
Sahara Desert |
Khyber Pass |
Golan Heights |
D. Capes, Bays, Gulfs, Lakes, Oceans, and Seas:
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Aral Sea |
Black Sea |
Lake Nasser |
Gulf of Oman |
| Gulf of Aden |
Bosporus Straits |
Lake Van (Van Gölü) |
Persian Gulf |
| Sea of Azov |
Caspian Sea |
Mediterranean Sea |
Red Sea |
| Suez Canal |
Gulf of Aqaba |
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E. Rivers, Straits, and Waterways:
(for rivers, be able to locate their mouths and know which way they flow).
Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, White Nile, Blue Nile, Syr Darya, Amu Darya
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