Geography of Syria - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What is the capital of Syria? Damascus
99%
What body of water does Syria border? Mediterranean Sea
94%
What country does Syria share its longest border with? Turkey
90%
What is Syria's most populous city by city proper? Aleppo
85%
What region includes Syria, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon? Levant
80%
What area did Israel take from Syria during the Six-Day War? {Golan} Heights
79%
What ancient vegetation area was Syria part of, also known as the "cradle of civilization"? {Fertile} Crescent
74%
Put on your thinking cap ...what desert covers most of Syria? {Syrian} Desert
73%
What is the longest river in Syria? Euphrates
71%
What is the main ethnic group of the people who founded the Rojava autonomous region? Kurds
66%
What river makes Syria's extreme northeastern border with that country? Tigris
63%
Put on your thinking cap ... what mountain range makes most of Syria's border with Lebanon? Anti-{Lebanon} Mountains
62%
What large reservoir is built on that river by the Tabqa Dam? (hint: nation's president) Lake {Assad}
59%
What political party currently controls the Syrian government? Ba'ath
48%
What is the third-largest city in Syria, formerly known as Emesa? Homs
47%
What mosque in the capital is Syria's largest and one of world's oldest? (hint: namesake of a major Islamic caliphate) Umayyad Mosque
45%
What city, startin with R, did the ISIL make their capital in 2014? Raqqa
39%
What is the main port of Syria on the above? Latakia
34%
What is the name of the above in Arabic? Halab
25%
What city, starting with I, is considered the seat of the Syrian Salvation Government? Idlib
25%
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