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Middle Eastern Geography Quiz

Can you answer these geography questions about the Middle East?

Quiz by WolfCam

Last updated: September 13, 2018

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Hint	Answer
What is the dominant religion in the Middle East?	Islam
What gulf is often referred to as simply "The Gulf"?	Persian Gulf
What is the historical name for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?	Mesopotamia
What is the largest peninsula of Egypt?	Sinai
What is the capital of Qatar?	Doha
What is the second most populous city in Syria, after Damascus?	Aleppo
What is the tallest mountain in Turkey, thought by some to be the place where Noah's ark landed?	Mount Ararat
What is another name for the Persian language?	Farsi
What is the tallest building in Dubai - and also the world?	Burj Khalifa
What mountain range separates the Middle East and Europe?	Caucasus
What mountain range, starting with the letter Z, passes through western Iran?	Zagros Mountains
What ethnic group's homeland is split between Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq?	Kurds
What river is the West Bank on the west bank of?	Jordan
What is the largest dam on the Nile river?	Aswan Dam
In what city would you find the Kaaba?	Mecca
What "strip" of land borders Israel, Egypt, and the Mediterranean Sea?	Gaza Strip
What country borders Saudi Arabia on a small, man-made island called "Passport Island"?	Bahrain
What peninsula makes up most of Turkey?	Anatolia
What major city is located on the South Coast of Yemen?	Aden
What type of star is depicted on the flag of Israel?	Star of David

Malbaby

level 66

Feb 7, 2018

Good quiz, missed a couple but enjoyed the test.

sumguy

level 73

Aug 9, 2018

"What is the tallest mountain and Turkey" should be "in Turkey".

cpgatbyu

level 74

Aug 9, 2018

Wikipedia: "Aleppo was the largest Syrian city before the Syrian Civil War; however, now Aleppo is probably the second-largest city in Syria after the capital Damascus."

Quizmaster

level ∞

Aug 10, 2018

Fixed

jafe

level 68

Aug 10, 2018

Dari/Tajik should be accepted for the Persian question.

skoldpadda

level 59

Nov 6, 2018

Both are varieties and not usually called simply Persian.

azhfandak

level 69

Aug 10, 2018

burj means tower in arabic. please accept khalifa instead

azhfandak

level 69

Aug 10, 2018

What's your idea to call "Arabian sea" just "the sea" for more simplicity?!

someone2018

level 58

Oct 7, 2018

What?

JoshPen

level 71

Aug 11, 2018

It would be interesting to see how the average-person-on-the-street would do on this quiz, particularly those with the whole "we should just bomb the whole Middle-East and be done with them" mentality.

jkabq

level 59

Nov 6, 2018

why?

Leek1

level 45

Aug 14, 2018

What is Aleppo?

someone2018

level 58

Oct 7, 2018

A leprous hippo.

ander217

level 74

Nov 6, 2018

Poor Gary Johnson will never forget that day. "What would you do, if elected, about Aleppo?" "What?" "Aleppo." And he replied, "What is a leppo?"

kalbahamut

level 74

Nov 6, 2018

You guys might enjoy this series

If I make another one of those I'm going to have to remember Zagros mountains. Z answers are a little hard to come by.

Npredella

level 44

Nov 6, 2018

Can gulf of persia maybe do for persian gulf...?

JoshuaHines

level 33

Nov 6, 2018

All easy. Perfect score.

ddddan

level 69

Nov 6, 2018

Is Burj al Khalifa not acceptable?