Can you name the countries of the Middle East? by blahblahblah02

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Middle East Map Quiz

by blahblahblah02

Created Nov 18, 2010 in Geography
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	javonzir:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 23:16 GMT		6 points
	The time is a little generous - i did it in 1:10

	mrkonjichris:	Nov 18th, 2010 at 23:50 GMT		-1 points
	Cyprus? Cyprus is in Europe and the map specifically says North Africa and Southwest Asia

	Pit_trout:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 00:07 GMT		14 points
	@mrkonjichris: By the standard Sporcle conventions, Cyprus gets put in Europe; but this quiz is fairly clearly using a political/cultural definition of the Middle East, so it doesn't seem completely unreasonable to include Cyprus. …in any case, I basically read the quiz as “name the countries coloured in on this map”, under which Cyprus definitely counts; I don't think there’s too much ambiguity :-)

	gqb:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 01:52 GMT		3 points
	Great map - too bad you couldn't label it and make us guess specific to the country. I did this in less than a minute.

	bsd987:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 03:34 GMT		-2 points
	I'd like the source for including Pakistan and Afghanistan. Even Iran is iffy.

	phishface:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 06:32 GMT		5 points
	I don't really understand how Morocco could be described as being in the Middle East, geographically speaking at least. It's west of most of western Europe.

	Obaggins:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 10:04 GMT		4 points
	If you assign an ID to each country in the map, and then make us answer in order, it would be a lot better (and educational).

	joebobs:	Nov 19th, 2010 at 15:48 GMT		4 points
	On this map, the West Bank (and possibly Gaza, I can't quite see on my screen) is labelled as a separate country. If you put in the instructions 'contains one country not normally recognised on Sporcle' then you could include it, otherwise, it may be best to find another map.

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	Disraeli:	Jan 30th, 2012 at 06:30 GMT		3 points
	Make it a 1 minute blitz!

	CoolBeans:	Mar 1st, 2012 at 02:05 GMT		1 point
	Afghanistan and Pakistan are not in the Middle East

	Fusty:	Jan 23rd, 2013 at 06:29 GMT		3 points
	Palestine could be included. My only suggestion.

	jamic39:	Feb 11th, 2013 at 03:30 GMT		1 point
	Cyrpus is an island in the Mediterranean. It's directly between North Africa and Europe.