AP Human Geography-certain countries & capital cities of North Africa & Southwest/Central Asia

Euphrates and Tigris Rivers

-these rivers begin in eastern Turkey and flow in a southeast direction, meet in southeast Iraq, and empty into the Persian Gulf. In ancient times, the land between these twin rivers was called Mesopotamia or the fertile crescent. (Euphrates is on the left and Tigris is on the right)

Atlas Mountains

A high mountain range in northwestern Africa

What is the capital of Turkey?

Ankara

What is the capital of Iraq?

Baghdad

What is the capital of Lebanon?

Beirut

Caucasus Mountains

Between Black and Caspian Sea and above Georgia

Persian Gulf

Body of water surrounded by the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran

Meditteranean Sea

Body of water to the north of Egypt

Caspian Sea

Borders Iran to the south and Kazakhstan to the east

What is the capital of Egypt?

Cairo

What is the capital of Syria?

Damascus

What is the capital of Pakistan?

Islamabad

What is the capital of Israel?

Jerusalem

What is the capital of Afghanistan?

Kabul

Black Sea

Right above Turkey

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh

What country is Mecca located in?

Saudi Arabia

What country is Medina located in?

Saudi Arabia

What is the capital of Iran?

Tehran

Red Sea

This body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.

Strait of Hormuz

To the right of the Persian Gulf

What country is Istanbul located in?

Turkey

Arabian Peninsula

a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf where Saudi Arabia is

Sinai Peninsula

a peninsula in northeastern Egypt

Bosporus Strait

links the Mediterranean and Black Sea through Turkey