[REG GEO] Quiz: North Africa and The Middle East + MAP QUIZ 1

The Arab Spring of 2011 saw the start of many civil wars in the Middle East. Name the nation that turned, for at least a few years, into a democratic state.

Tunisia

Which Middle Eastern nation controls a part of Cyprus?

Turkey

The Elburz Mountains can be found mostly in which nation?

Iran

The Kurdish People reside in 4 nations throughout the Middle East. Their settlements can be found in the nations of Turkey, Syria, Iran, and this fourth nation?

Iraq

For the "stan" countries, what does the term "stan" mean?

Land of “X” People

Which State controls Western Sahara?

Morocco

Which Central Asian state has an active Spaceport named the Baikonur Cosmodrome?

Kazakhstan

Where is the Burj Khalifa?

UAE

war that was in the 1980s between a military dictatorship and a newly religious state.

Iran-Iraq War

Which Nations have been invaded by American forces in the last 20 years?

Syria; Iraq

What is the name of the main Chilean Desert where all the country’s telescopes are located?

Atacama Desert

Which South American nation is recognized as owning Easter Island?

Chile

Many South American nations from the 1930s until the 1990s were ruled by a military junta via a coup d’etat. Which Patagonian nation (pictured below) was under a coup from 1976 to 1983? 

Argentina

The Brazilian Space Program has a launch site in this northern state. In which Brazilian state is the site located?

Maranhão

What is the name of the new world canal

Panama Canal

In which South American country is the resort town of Cancun located?

Mexico

What state doesn’t have a space port

Ohio