Monday, February 11, 2013

Review of the Persian Gulf states

map1 Persian Gulf Map by steve9r
map1 Persian Gulf Map, a photo by steve9r on Flickr.

Ten nations on the Arabian peninsula

1. Island nation on the Persian Gulf.
2. Nation closest to the Horn of Africa.
3. Iraq is a Persian Gulf nation. T / F
4. Peninsular nation on the Persian Gulf.
5. Persian Gulf nation surrounded by Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
6. The Persian Gulf flows into the Gulf of Oman which opens into the __ Sea.
7. Abu Dhabi is the capital city of a nation composed of several emirates, or Arabian kingdoms. Name the nation.
8. On the eastern side of the Persian Gulf is the nation of __, long known as Persia.
9. Makkah (Mecca), Medina and Riyadh are cities in the nation of __ __ .
10. Arabia is seen as a peninsula because it is defined on 3 sides by these bodies of water: the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf and the __ Sea.
11. Mosul, Basrah, Fallujah, Ramadi, Sadr City, Baghdad: the nation?
12. The oil-wealthy, fabulous city of Dubai, home of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifah, is in what nation?