The Middle East: Southwest Asia and North Africa

Pre AP Social Studies

Map Directions

The Middle East: Southwest Asia and North Africa

PHYSICAL MAP:

*COLOR USING QUALITY MAP DIRECTIONS

Water:

Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Suez/Suez CanalNile River

Aegean SeaRed Sea Euphrates River

Arabian SeaGulf of AdenJordan River

Black SeaGulf of OmanTigris River

Caspian SeaPersian GulfBosporus (strait)

Dead SeaLake Nasser Dardanelles (strait)

Mediterranean SeaStrait of Hormuz

Strait of Gibraltar

Landforms:

Pontic Mountains Arabian Peninsula Sahara

Taurus Mountains Sinai Peninsula Empty Quarter (desert)

Atlas MountainsPlateau of Iran

Zagros Mountains Anatolia (plateau)

Elburz Mountains

POLITICAL MAP:

*COLOR EACH COUNTRY A DIFFERENT COLOR

Countries:

AlgeriaIraqLibya Syria

BahrainIsraelMorocco Turkey

CyprusJordanOmanTunisia

Egypt Kuwait QatarUnited Arab Emirates (UAE)

IranLebanonSaudi Arabia Western Sahara

Yemen

Cities:

Alexandria (zoom)Beirut (zoom)Mecca (zoom) Tehran (zoom)

Algiers Cairo (zoom)Medina (zoom) Tel Aviv (zoom)

Amman (zoom)Damascus (zoom) Rabat Tripoli

Ankara (zoom) Istanbul (zoom) Riyadh (zoom) Tunis

Baghdad (zoom)Jerusalem (zoom) Tangier

Using the map in the Atlas on page 164 label the following special features on the zoom map:

Gaza Strip Golan Heights West Bank

OVER FOR HISTORICAL MAP DIRECTIONS

Early Civilizations of Middle East: Southwest Asia and North Africa

Ancient Map and Timeline

Locate and label (in blue or black ink) the following sites of ancient cities:

Southwest Asia:

Ur UrukLagash

Babylon Tyre Sidon

Jerusalem Nineveh Susa

Persepolis

North Africa:

MemphisThebes

Identify the area of the following civilizations by OUTLINING the appropriate region USING THE COLORS LISTED BELOW (include a key on your map indicating which color represents which civilization):

Southwest Asia:

Sumerians—red

Akkadians—blue

Babylonians (Amorites)—green

Phoenicians—orange

Hebrews—purple

Assyrians—yellow

Persians—black

North Africa:

Old Kingdom Egypt—red

New Kingdom Egypt—blue

Timeline (using the colors listed below, identify the appropriate years (write the years on the line) on the time line for each group):

Southwest Asia:

Sumerians—red

Akkadians—blue

Babylonians (Amorites)—green

Phoenicians—orange

Hebrews—purple

Assyrians—yellow

Persians—black

North Africa: NOTE THAT EGYPT IS IN AFRICA

Old Kingdom Egypt—red

New Kingdom Egypt—blue