Name:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Period: ____5_______6____

Directions: Use the check list below to complete your two maps of the Middle East.
On both maps:
1. Make a map key in the space provided. The key shows your reader what the symbols on your map mean. Ex: ^^^ = mountains, blue=water, etc.
2. Circle the Middle East on the world map in the bottom right hand corner.
3. Color all water blue. (oceans, seas, rivers, canals, gulfs, straits, etc.)
4. Use the inserted image of Israel to label and color the following locations within Israel:
 Gaza Strip- political side (color green)  West Bank- political side (color green)
 Jordan River- physical side  Jerusalem- political side

On the political map:

1. Label and color each of the following countries.
 Afghanistan  Kuwait  Syria
 Egypt  Lebanon  Turkey
 Iran  Oman  United Arab Emirates
 Iraq  Pakistan  Yemen
 Israel  Qatar
 Jordan  Saudi Arabia

2. Place a (●) at the location of a city and a (*) at the location of a capital city.
Label each of the following cities:
 Baghdad  Kabul
 Cairo  Mecca
 Damascus  Riyadh
 Dubai  Tehran
On the physical map:
3. Label the physical features. Color the feature and/or draw its symbol based on directions below.
 Tigris River (color in blue)  Empty Quarter (Rub-al-Khali)  Arabian Sea (color in blue)
 Euphrates River (color in blue)  Taurus Mountains (^^^^)  Red Sea (color in blue)
 Nile River (color in blue)  Zagros Mountains (^^^^)  Strait of Hormuz
 Arabian Desert (shade in light  Suez Canal (color in blue)
brown)  Persian Gulf (color in blue)
 The Middle East Political Map

Map Key
 The Middle East Physical Map

Map Key