POLS-Y 239 Map Quiz
How wealthy is Yemen?
1,000 per capita (poor)
What is the population size of Jordan?
10 million
How wealthy is Turkey?
11,000 per capita (mid-tier)
What is the population size of Tunisia?
11.5 million
What is the population size of Syria?
185,000
How wealthy is Syria?
2,800 per capita (poor)
What is the population size of Qatar?
2.6 million
How wealthy is Saudi Arabia?
20,000 per capita (wealthy)
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Iraq (majorities and largest minorities)?
20-30% Sunni Arabs, 50-60% Shi`a Arabs, 15% or so Kurds (mostly Sunnis, some Shi`a or non-Muslim), Turkomen, Assirian and Chaldean Christians, Yazidis, few Armenians. The once substantial Iraqi Jewish population immigrated (mostly to Israel). Many of Persian descent were expelled to Iran during war. Yazidis and Christians abused by IS.
What is the population size of Yemen?
28 million
How wealthy is Kuwait?
29,000 per capita (wealthy)
How wealthy is Egypt?
3,500 per capita (poor)
How wealthy is Tunisia?
3,700 per capita (poor)
What is the population size of Saudi Arabia?
32 million
What is the population size of Afghanistan?
35 million
What is the population size of Iraq?
37 million
How wealthy is Israel?
37,000 per capita (wealthy)
How wealthy is UAE?
38,000 per capita (wealthy)
What is the population size of Kuwait?
4 million
How wealthy is Jordan?
4,100 per capita (mid-tier)
How wealthy is Iraq?
4,600 per capita (mid-tier)
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Afghanistan (majorities and largest minorities)?
45% Pashtun, 30% Tajik, 6% Uzbek, some Baluch (all Sunnis), 15% Shi`a Hazara, 1% Ismailis, others
How wealthy is Iran?
5,000 per capita (mid-tier)
How wealthy is Libya?
5,600 per capita (mid-tier)
How wealthy is Afghanistan?
550 per capita (extreme poverty)
How wealthy is Qatar?
59,000 per capita (wealthy)
What is the population size of Libya?
6.3 million
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Kuwait (majorities and largest minorities)?
60% of the people living in Kuwait are immigrant labor from other Arab countries, South Asia & Iran. 70% of Kuwaitis are Sunni, 30% Shi`a.
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Israel (majorities and largest minorities)?
75% Jewish (half Ashkenazi and half Mezrahi/Sephardi) 20% Arab (75% Muslim, the rest Christian & Druze), 5% non-Jewish migrants.
What is the population size of Israel?
8.5 million
What is the population size of Iran?
80 million
What is the population size of Turkey?
80 million
What is the population size of UAE?
9 million
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Jordan (majorities and largest minorities)?
90% Arab Sunni (half of Palestinian descent, half from Jordan's tribes), 6% Christian, 2% other Sunni Muslims (Cherkess...), few Druzes and Shi`a.
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Egypt (majorities and largest minorities)?
90-95% Sunni Muslim, with the rest mostly formed of Copts (An Eastern Orthodox Christian group)
What is the population size of Egypt?
96 million
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Tunisia (majorities and largest minorities)?
98% Arab Muslim, rest Jews and Christians
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Turkey (majorities and largest minorities)?
99% Muslim (mostly Sunni, up to 20% Alawites) with tiny Christian and Jewish minorities. A 20% Kurdish minority (mostly Sunni, but also some Alawites)
What is the capital of the UAE?
Abu Dhabi
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Yemen (majorities and largest minorities)?
Almost completely Arab Muslim (mostly Sunni, but a sizeable Zaydi—a type of Shi`a—minority). Most Yemeni Jews left to Israel.
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Libya (majorities and largest minorities)?
Almost completely Sunni Arab & Berber
What is the capital of Jordan?
Amman
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
What is the capital of the Qatar?
Doha
What is the capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What is the capital of Kuwait?
Kuwait
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Iran (majorities and largest minorities)?
Majority of Persians (mostly Shi`a, some Sunnis), large Shi`a Azeri minority, Sunni Kurds, Sunni Baluch, Shi`a Arabs in Khuzistan, small groups of Bahais, Jews, Zoroastrians, Armenians...
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Qatar (majorities and largest minorities)?
Mostly Arab Sunni, with large expatriate community
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Saudi Arabia (majorities and largest minorities)?
Mostly Sunni Arabs, but regional variation. 10% Shi`a Arabs in North East. A large and diverse expatriate community (from other Arab countries, Indian subcontinent...)
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in UAE (majorities and largest minorities)?
Mostly Sunni Arabs, with some Persians. A very large and diverse expatriate community (from other Arab countries, Indian subcontinent...)
What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
What is the capital of Yemen?
Sanaa
What are the important ethno-linguistic and/or religious groups in Syria (majorities and largest minorities)?
Sunni Arabs 74%, Alawites (10%), 10% Christians, Druzes, some Shi`a and Ismailis.
What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis
