Central and Southwest Asia Map Assignment (H) Map Instructions:

1. Color Iraq , Afghanistan, Israel and Syria RED.

2. Color Iran, Tajikistan and Yemen ORANGE.

3. Color Armenia, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Egypt PURPLE.

4. Color Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Nepal GREEN. Circle Bahrain in GREEN.

5. Color Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Qatar, and both parts of Azerbaijan YELLOW.

6. Color Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Oman BLUE.

7. Color the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, and Jordan BROWN.

8. Draw PURPLE STRIPES in India and Saudi Arabia.

9. Circle the Arabian Peninsula.

10. Draw BLACK lines along the borders between a. Pakistan & India, b. Iraq & Iran, c. Armenia & Azerbaijan, d. Russia & Georgia, e. Iraq & Kuwait, and f. around the entire border of Israel.

11. Label the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea; Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman; and the Bay of Bengal. (Use atlases in the front of the textbook or paperback atlases on the bottom shelf of bookcase at front of room.)

12. Draw and label the Himalaya Mountains.

13. Label Russia and China.

Answer the following questions:

1.What do you think the black lines you drew on some of the international borders indicate?

2. What religion dominates most of the countries on this map?

3. List three exceptions—countries on this map that are NOT dominated by the religion you listed above.

4. What two countries on this map have the largest populations?

5. You must learn the names, spelling, and location of all 30 countries shown on this map. Explain below how you will remember at least 15 of those countries. Think about shape, size, location, and prior knowledge in addition to funny sentences, etc. You should create several mnemonics or memory tricks rather than trying to learn all the countries using only one mnemonic.

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