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
