POLI/INTL 391 Bill Newmann

Map Quiz Instructions:

 

You will be asked to identify 60 countries/geographic areas for your map quiz.  To study, use any maps available in books or on the web.  The 60 countries/geographic you need to identify on the quiz are only those listed below.  For the quiz, you will be given several maps.  In the countries/geographic areas you are responsible for identifying there will be a letter.  You will also be given an answer sheet with a list of all the countries areas (so you don't have to worry about spelling).  You will simply match the letters on the maps with the name of the nation on your answer sheet.

 

Map 1 (5)       

Map 2             (6)

Map 3             (19)

Map 4 (11)

Map 5 (19)

Venezuela

United Kingdom

Qatar

Nigeria

Afghanistan

Colombia

Germany

Bahrain

Somalia

Japan

Cuba

France 

Iran

South Africa

Indonesia

Brazil

Poland

Israel   

Rwanda

Viet Nam

Panama Canal

Turkey

Iraq

Ethiopia

Pakistan

Russia

Jordan 

Uganda

China

Syria

Algeria

India

Kuwait

Morocco

Taiwan

           

Lebanon

Mali

North Korea

Saudi Arabia

Djibouti

South Korea

 

Yemen

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Philippines

 

 

Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories)

 

Burma (Myanmar)

 

 

West Bank (Palestinian Territories)

 

Taiwan Strait

 

 

Golan Heights (Syria, but controlled by Israel)

 

Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

 

 

Suez Canal

 

Singapore

 

 

Persian Gulf

 

Okinawa

 

 

Strait of Hormuz

 

Guam

 

 

Egypt

 

Diego Garcia

 

 

United Arab Emirates

 

Spratly Islands

 

 

 

 

 

Some quick hints on how to remember the tricky ones: Iran is MUCH bigger in size than Iraq.