Using the statistics listed below, distinguish between the countries of the middle east, their capitals and any significant natural boundaries on the attached map. Include a legend if needed. Indicate religious affiliation of the country on the map as well. Answer the questions at the end of the chart and attach to map.
| Country | Capital | Area (sq. Miles) | Population | Religious Affiliation | Languages (offical first) | **Annual Per Capita Income | Form of government |
| Afghanistqan | Kabul
|
647,500 sq km | 21,251,821 | Sunni Muslim 84%, Shi'a Muslim 15%, other 1% | Pashtu 35%, Afghan Persian (Dari) 50%, Turkic 11%, Pashai) 4%, | not available | transitional government |
| Algeria | Algiers
|
2,381,740 | 28,539,321 | Muslim Sunni 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% | Arabic (official, French, Berber dialects | $3,480 | republic |
| Bahrain | Manama | 258 | 575,925 | Muslim:
30 % Sunni 70 % Shiite |
Arabic
Persian |
$12,100 | Absolute ruler
(Emir)
Sunni family |
| Cyprus | Nicosia
|
9,250 | 736,636 | Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, | Greek, Turkish, English | Greek:$12,500
Turkish area: $3,500 |
republic divided |
| Egypt | Cairo | 386,650 | 62,359,623 | Mulim
90% Sunni 10% Coptic Christians |
Arabic | $2,490 | Multi-party democracy |
| Iran | Tehran | 636, 293 | 64,625,455 | Muslim 93 % Shiite | Farsi/Persian, Kurdish, Turkic, Arabic, Baluchi | $4,720 | Islamic fundamentalist theorcracy; power held by the mullahs |
| Iraq | Baghdad | 167,924 | 20,643,769 | 95% Muslim
60 % Shiite 35 % Sunni |
Arabic, Kurdish | $880
was
$ 1950 prior to Gulf War in 1989 |
Ba'ath one party dictatorship controlled by the military and Sunnis with Sadham Huessein at the head |
| Israel | Jerusalem | 7,847 | 5 million | Jewish 90%
Muslim 6 % |
Hebrew, Arabic | $6,000 | Parliamentary democracy |
| Jordan | Amman | 37,737 | 4,100,709 | Muslim
92%, mostly
Sunni
8% Christian |
Arabic | $4,280 | Constitutional monarch parliamentary elections held in 1989 after 30 years |
| Kuwait | Kuwait | 6,880 | 1,817,397 | Muslim
85% Sunni 13 % Shiite |
Arabic | $16,900 | Constitutional monarchy (Emir) |
| Lebanon | Beirut | 4,000 | 3,695,921 | Muslim 57
%
Sunni/Shiite Christian 42% |
Arabic | $4,360 | Republican government strongly backed by Syria after long Civil War; local militas backed by Syria, Iran, PLO still have power. |
| Libya | Tripoli | 679,359 | 4.5 million | Muslim
97% Sunni |
Arabic | $5,500 | Socialist republic led by Muammar al-Qaddafi commited to revoltuion and Arab unity |
| Morocco | Rabat
|
446,550 sq km | 29,168,848 | Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% | Arabic | $3,060 | constitutional monarchy |
| Oman | Muscat | 82,030 | 1.3 million | Muslim
75%Ibadhi 25% Sunni |
Arabic | $6,000 | Absolute
monarchy
(Sultan) |
| Palestine | Jerusalem | 5,860 sq km | 1,319,991 | Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8% | Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers), English (widely understood) | $2,800 | Transitional with Afarfat at the head |
| Quatar | Doha | 4,416 | 533,916 | Muslim
95% Sunni-Wahhabi |
Arabic | $20,820 | One man rule guided by strict religious law (Emir) |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 839,996 | 18,729,576 | Muslim
99% Sunni-Wahhabi |
Arabic | $9,510 | Patriarchal absolute monarchy; king rules in accoradance with Shari'a |
| Syria | Damascus | 71,498 | 15,451,917 | Muslim
74% Sunni 16% Shiite 10% Christian |
Arabic, Kurdish | $5,000 | Nationalist Ba'ath Party controlled by military which is controlled by minority Alawite Muslim sect |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 163,610 sq km | 8,879,845 | Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish 1% | Arabic | $4,250 | Republic |
| Turkey | Ankara | 301,381 | 63,405,526 | Muslim 98% Sunni majority with 25% Alavite minority | Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic | $4,910 | Republic |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 32,000 | 2.5 million | Muslim
94% Sunni |
Arabic | $19,000 | Federation of 7 Sheikdoms |
| Yeman | San'a | 205,356 | 12 million | Muslim
53% Sunni 46% Shiite |
Arabic | $650 | Military controlled republic united 1990 |
1. What type conflicts would occur in areas like Yeman, Syria, Lebenon, Bahrain?
2. What is the major difference between Israel and the other Middle Eastern nations?
3. What is the correlation between relious conflicts and income?
4. Tell the differences between Sunnis and Shiites
5. Tell in which type of country would a theorcracy most likly occur.