Unit 6 Map Checks: SW Asia

Arabian Desert

A desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia

Caspian Sea

A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River, world's largest inland body of water located between Europe and Asia

Caucasus Mountains

A mountain system in southeastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

Black Sea

Large body of water separating Ukraine from Turkey

Zagros Mountains

Mountains on the western side of Iran help isolate that country from the rest of Southwest Asia. The birthplace of agriculture located in northeastern Iraq.

Tigris River

River that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and joins the Euphrates River

Red Sea

This body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.

Persian Gulf

This body of water separates the Arabian peninsula from the more mountainous land of Persia

Israel

a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea, is regarded by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the biblical Holy Land.

Arabian Sea

a body of water that lies between Arabia and India; the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean

Yemen

a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula,

UAE (United Arab Emirates)

a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south. Consists of seven tiny kingdoms. Profits from oil and natural gas, people with modern comfortable lifestyle

Iraq

a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad.

Syria

a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.

Saudi Arabia

a desert country encompassing most of the Arabian Peninsula, with Red Sea and Persian (Arabian) Gulf coastlines. Known as the birthplace of Islam,

Turkey

a nation straddling eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires.

Jordan River

a river in southwestern Asia that flows from the Lebanon Mountains, south through the Sea of Galilee, into the Dead Sea

Iran

also called Persia, is a country in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants. It is the world's 18th most populous country. Comprising a land area of 1,648,195 km², it is the second largest country in the Middle East and the 17th largest in the world.

Rub al-Khali

also known as the Empty Quarter; one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, covering about 250,000 square miles; located on the Arabian Peninsula

Syrian Desert

also known as the Syrian steppe, the Jordanian steppe, or the Badia, is a region of desert, semi-desert and steppe covering 500,000 square kilometers of the Middle East, including parts of south-eastern Syria, northeastern Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, and western Iraq

Jordan

an Arab country in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and Israel and Palestine (West Bank) to the west.

Oman

an Arab country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. Its official religion is Islam.

Taurus Mountains

are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region of southern Turkey from the central Anatolian Plateau.

Euphrates River

one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf