Unit 7: Southwest Asia (Middle East) Map Activity

Unit 7: Southwest Asia (Middle East) Map Activity

Mrs. Jordan

Geography

Unit 7: Southwest Asia (Middle East) Map Activity

Part I:

Use the map on page 865 of your textbook to label countries listed below on the POLITICAL MAP of Central and Southwest Asia. Write the name of each of the countries in BLACK colored pencil on the appropriate map:

Afghanistan

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Part II:

Use the map on page 865 of your textbook to label the national capitals of each of the countries listed below on the POLITICAL MAP of Southwest Asia.

1. Next to each of the Central and Southwest Asian countries listed below, write out the

name of its capital city in the space provided.

2. Indicate the capitals’ locations with a RED star.

Afghanistan

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Part III:

Use the maps on page 864 and 865 to draw in/label the following places on the PHYSICAL MAP of Central and Southwest Asia using GREEN colored pencil. Draw in and label the waterways and bodies of water using BLUE colored pencil.

PLACES (GREEN):Water (BLUE):

AnatoliaMediterranean SeaPersian Gulf Strait of Hormuz

Golan HeightsDead SeaIndian Ocean Red Sea

West BankGulf of AdenTigrisRiver Black Sea

Negev DesertArabian SeaEuphrates River Bosporus

Zagros MountainsGulf of OmanDardanelles

Gaza StripCaspian SeaJordan River

Part IV: Use the Regional Patterns inset on page 866. Swipe your finger across the inset to get to the Religious Groups of Southwest Asia map. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below.

  1. What area has holy places for three major religions?
  1. Which religious group covers the largest geographic area of Southwest Asia?
  1. In what country do you see the largest area of Shiite Muslims?
  1. What Saudi Arabian cities are home to holy places for both Sunni and Shiite Muslims?

Part V:Use the Regional Patterns inset on page 866. Swipe your finger across the inset to get to the Economic Activities of Southwest Asia map. Tap on the map to enlarge it, and answer the questions below.

1. What two economic activities are practiced over the largest geographic areas of Southwest Asia?

2. In which country in Southwest Asia do you see the largest geographic area where little or no economic

activity is present?

  1. Why do you think this may be the case?

3. In what area of the Middle East do you see the largest amount of petroleum production?

Part VI: Tap on the Climates of Southwest Asia map on page 880 and use it to answer the following questions:

1. Based on the map, what two climates cover the largest area of Southwest Asia?

Part VII: Tap on the Estimated Worldwide Oil Reserves map of Southwest Asia map on page 900 and use it to answer the following questions:

  1. Which two countries of Southwest Asia have over 100 Billion barrels of oil reserves?
  1. List the countries of Southwest Asia with 40-100 Billion barrels of oil reserves.

Part VIII: Use the Population Density map on page 951 to answer the following questions:

1. Which countries in this region are home to areas of high population density?

2. In which countries are large areas of land uninhabited?

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