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Countries of the Middle East

Oh no! All the countries of the Middle East have fallen into the sea. Guess their names to bring them back.
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First submittedJune 28, 2016
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Country
Bahrain
Cyprus
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
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Oman
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
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100 Recent Comments
QuizTAKER27
+2
Level 15
Mar 9, 2017
nice quiz
Elan
+4
Level 66
Mar 9, 2017
Jetpunk seems to be very adamant that the Palestinian territories and separate from the state of Israel, and yet that land is filled in when you type in Israel.
Jerry928
+8
Level 76
Aug 24, 2017
And the reverse happens - wen you type in Palestine, it also gives you Israel! I doubt the Israelis would class themselves as a territory of Palestine. Since Israel has specifically not claimed Palestine as its own territory, then "Territories" makes no sense in the Palestine answer, because to be a territory, you have to be a territory of somewhere, and the only possible place it would have been classed as a territory (unwillingly, since it's declared itself to be a country anyway, with majority world recognition) would have been of Israel.
TWM03
+2
Level 72
Jul 26, 2019
Basically Isralestine gets you two points.
TWM03
+1
Level 72
Jul 26, 2019
And maybe a more accurate name would be the Palestinian Pieces of Land
SnowAintMyThing1
+7
Level 45
Nov 3, 2019
It's still part of Israel - Palestine isn't a country
BlahajEnthusiast
+7
Level 20
Sep 3, 2025
yeah it is
auroradane122
+1
Level 44
Mar 21, 2026
I feel like on a moral basis, it's good to acknowledge it. It's like if this existed when Hitler had invaded Poland. You would probably want people to know.
jmellor13
+9
Level 68
Mar 9, 2017
I didn't understand the premise at first and was wondering why in the world the quiz included a random photo of water...
EpicGeographer
+1
Level 47
Mar 12, 2017
I didn't know that Bahrain was in the Middle East.
Tomtrific
+2
Level 80
Aug 18, 2017
I still don't know exactly where Bahrain is, either. All I know is it's an island, it's loaded with money, and it's somewhere near Saudi Arabia. Must be tiny.
HendogJP
+2
Level 62
Feb 10, 2021
Yeah, it's rich for the same reason as pretty much every Middle Eastern country: OIL!
ThePerfectBoing
+1
Level 43
Aug 26, 2024
@HendogJP Not every Middle eastern country has oil.... Jordan has nothing
emwcee
+3
Level 47
Aug 18, 2017
I kept trying to type "cypress" instead of "Cyprus." I guess i was thinking of the tree.
NSP
+2
Level 35
Aug 18, 2017
Middle East is a term created by the Americans. It is correctly termed Southwest Asia, if in Asia.
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Aug 26, 2018
Bless you! -
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Sep 10, 2018
for what? Recognizing a kindred spirit in truthiness?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Sep 10, 2018
False
grantdon
+3
Level 74
Mar 14, 2020
More a British/Western Europe term and differentiates that part of Asia from the Far East (China etc). And as opposed to the eternal debate over continental borders, the "Middle East" is more cultural and political than geographic
JonOfKent
+3
Level 61
Apr 17, 2020
Yes, and I'm never quite sure, if this is the Middle East, what the Near East is. I thought the ME is basically the Iran/Iraq/Arabia area, and the Turkey are is the NE. But what do I know...
Thisisreal
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Level 90
Nov 10, 2024
The Near East is just the former popular name for the Middle East, which is still the more popular name for West Asia. I believe the Greco-Roman world started calling the area the “near” east. Later when the British and French became the dominant force the area became the “middle” east, and now that geographers try to normalize objective naming conventions which don’t put any region as the point of view region, they call it “West Asia”.
Tomtrific
+1
Level 80
Aug 18, 2017
Fun quiz! Thanks!
Archer1212
+2
Level 65
Aug 18, 2017
since when are Cyprus and Egypt considered part of the middle east? and since when are the "stans" not? i'm confused.
smartguy2
+9
Level 68
Aug 31, 2019
Since when were the "stans" ever included in the Middle East?
jojo8
+2
Level 65
May 5, 2022
The "-stans" have always been considered Central/South Asia afaik.
IkeLek
+3
Level 66
Jun 7, 2023
I would always count Egypt but not Cyprus, and none of the -stans other than Afghanistan.
Thisisreal
+2
Level 90
Nov 10, 2024
The -stans were never considered part of the Middle East by the area’s inhabitants, not even Afghanistan. But iirc there is at least one “Countries of the Middle East” quiz in another Jetpunk language (French maybe? Or Dutch?) that includes the -stans and the Caucasian countries.
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
That's usually the "Greater Middle East", and some people don't count north African countries, often including Egypt; but historic ties to the region adds them to it.
rphxx
+1
Level 71
Aug 29, 2017
2:41 left XD
divantilya
+3
Level 36
Nov 9, 2017
Since American politicians decided they should be. But, it is very telling that in attempting to shove Egypt-as-part-of-the-Middle-East down our throats because of language, historical, ethnic and what-not similarities, they fail to acknowledge those same similarities in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Sep 10, 2018
Do you speak with such hyperbole in everyday conversation, too?
blox6man
+1
Level 15
Sep 16, 2017
I made a quiz for the most populated countries in the middle east https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/253623/most-populated-middle-eastern-countries
SilentFox
+2
Level 47
May 29, 2018
Good quiz. It is to my understanding Egypt is in Africa not Asia and therfore should not be considered Middle East; but then again...............
MiniHunter
+1
Level 27
May 31, 2020
Yeah, yeah. PART of Egypt is in Asia, from the cannal to the east it's all part of Asia, as well as Yemen, an island that is south from continental Yemen is part of Africa. Part of Turkey is in Europe, from the Istanbull to the west.
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
True
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Aug 26, 2018
To Roger 77024: You are hilarious! - I don't dismiss possibility. Stranger things have happened and I wouldn't put anything past him!
Bryson
+1
Level 32
Sep 10, 2018
Easy
SalmanTheQuizzer
+1
Level 36
Jul 26, 2019
100% first try :)
lazydaisee
+1
Level 43
Jul 26, 2019
1) Israel is part of Europe..please refer to Eurovison :)

2) If Egypt is the Mid East then how far do we extend? The Arab culture goes right across the top of Africa to Morocco.

sorra
+6
Level 27
Aug 14, 2019
Australia is in Eurovision lol
ItzIngenious
+1
Level 66
Apr 24, 2023
Israel is in Europe…
ThePerfectBoing
+1
Level 43
Aug 26, 2024
The Philippines is in Europe because it was colonized by Spain
NerdyPolyglot
+2
Level 44
May 6, 2025
israel is not geographically part of europe, but for a lot of international competitions it is, to prevent a lot of hostility
GoldenEagleQuiz
+2
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
1) Israel is geographically part of the Middle East - as it is surrounded by Middle Eastern countries. It is around 3000 kilometers away from Europe, and never was officially part of Europe, even though they have joined international contests from Europe.

2) The region of North Africa is big enough and far enough from the Middle East to be a different region altogether. Some people do include North Africa as part of the Middle East, often referred to as the "Greater Middle East." Egypt's stronger historical and geographical ties adds it to the region, as well as owning the Sinai Peninsula, which is of no doubt in the Middle East.

GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
Don't call me a nerd pls tho lol
fabulousbat86
+2
Level 21
Nov 5, 2019
At first I was like "What happened to this map!!! there's no ocean there!" And then I realized that I have to fill in the countries. Makes sense now.
CatcoolH
+1
Level 69
Mar 26, 2020
I never think as Egypt as a country in the Middle-East.
MiniHunter
+1
Level 27
May 31, 2020
You forgot the UK, but for the most part, well done. I really enjoy doing these kind of geography quizzes. Maybe you didn't forget the UK and you just wanted not to answer dozens of people on the comments saying that the UK is not there. I would also do that. XD
ananjon
+1
Level 66
Jun 7, 2020
100%first try. 2:11 left
djiak19012
+2
Level 26
Jun 28, 2020
KSA for Saudi Arabia
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Aug 27, 2020
I got Cyprus and I got Egypt, even though they are not really in the Middle East. Wanna know why? Because I have used jetpunk before. Here's what the internet says: "The Middle East is a loosely defined geographic region; the countries listed are generally considered part of the Middle East. These Middle East countries are part of the Asian continent, with the exception of Egypt, which is part of Africa, and the northwestern part of Turkey, which is part of the European landmass.

"The Middle East" is a term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait), and Egypt and Libya. The area was viewed as midway between Europe and East Asia

EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Aug 27, 2020
(traditionally called the Far East ). The term is sometimes used in a cultural sense to mean the group of lands in that part of the world predominantly Islamic in culture, thus including the remaining states of N Africa as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Sep 10, 2020
Why are you quoting "the Internet" when it seems to disagree with you?
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Apr 6, 2021
I guess I learned something on that day. I can't actually remember.
GeographyDawg7
+2
Level 65
Dec 27, 2020
Maybe it's a good thing the middle east fell into the sea...
kahootgudN
+2
Level 23
Jan 12, 2021
in my almost 22 years of life this website is the first time I've ever seen cyprus being seen as middle eastern
Hampus
+1
Level 56
Jan 13, 2021
5 stars for the description
filiphoset
+1
Level 63
Jan 26, 2021
is all of Egypt considered as a part of Middle East, or just Sinai?
Gllombfek
+1
Level 54
Mar 29, 2021
Hi relessness. I really like this quiz! I hope you don't mind, but inspired by this, I have made these quizzes with the same 'fallen into the sea' idea.
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
Lot of the Middle East countries are Muslim countries
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
Most of them are. The ones that are not Muslim are Israel, Cyprus, and potentially Lebanon.
StabakMallick
+1
Level 21
Apr 24, 2021
Maybe the Medditerain Sea or Red or Dead Sea
bacoachi
+3
Level 81
Jul 13, 2021
How to achieve world peace
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 60
Dec 6, 2021
easy
bestanford
+2
Level 73
Jan 12, 2022
The map with no answers is just so beautiful :)
Divicos
+3
Level 46
Jan 12, 2022
Turkey in it but no Arménie, Georgia nor Azerbaïdjan?
3nchiladas
+2
Level 69
Jan 12, 2022
Yes. Why is that strange to you?
Divicos
+2
Level 46
Jan 12, 2022
Turkey in it but no Arménie, Georgia nor Azerbaïdjan?
Lightning10
+1
Level 15
Nov 4, 2022
Yes. Why is that strange to you?
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jan 12, 2022
No Comment
ItzIngenious
+2
Level 66
Apr 24, 2023
Yes. Why is that strange to you?
3nchiladas
+2
Level 69
Jan 12, 2022
Brilliant way of including Israel and Palestine
bishu
+1
Level 29
Jan 12, 2022
I forgot Kuwait! agh
GrenDolphin79
+2
Level 44
Jan 12, 2022
First time I see a map without Palestine being in color grey
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
ikr
mjolnir
+1
Level 56
Jan 15, 2022
dammit i forgot bahrain!!!!!
sar7
+1
Level 71
Feb 21, 2022
Hard to believe that 90% of the people got kuwait and lebanon. I missed both
juxtaposition
+1
Level 53
Apr 8, 2022
iran is not middle eastern
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Jun 9, 2022
You sound like you know what you're talking about.
bratdiva
+1
Level 36
Jun 23, 2022
2:15 left
HappyQuizzer
+2
Level 68
Sep 21, 2022
I like to think in culinary terms rather than geopolitical as it brings to mind thoughts of delicious dishes including some of my favourite ingredients like chick peas, yoghurt, mint, some of my favourite vegetables, nuts, seeds, flavoursome but not spicy spices... :)
Lightning10
+1
Level 15
Nov 4, 2022
would have gotten it easy but misspelt it 'Cyrus' and wondered why it wasn't accepted
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
He comes from Persia.
Quizerboi
+1
Level 22
Feb 4, 2023
You scored 17/17 = 100%

63.4% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 16

Your high score is 17

misterbleusky
+1
Level 43
Apr 9, 2024
30 seconds :)
GoldenEagleQuiz
+1
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
21 for me :)
joshpq
+2
Level 57
Apr 10, 2024
I believe this is a "Countries of the Middle East" quiz, "Palestinian Territories" is not a country nor should it be considered a country.

Maybe make a a quiz called "Maybe potentially countries of the middle east one day" quiz and include Kurdistan.

GoldenEagleQuiz
+2
Level 40
Dec 27, 2025
Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by over 80% of UN members - a clear majority. If that doesn't make it a country, I don't know what does.
Patrickv19
+1
Level 75
May 26, 2024
Everyone is arguing about Cyprus, but in my opinion the glaring mistake here is Iran.

The Middle East commonly refers to the Arab countries in SW Asia. Iran is not an Arab country, similar to Afghanistan. Unlike Iraq where Arabic is the primary language, Iran speaks Farsi. It seems odd to include Iran and not Afghanistan. But I would argue both are part of SW Asia, both are part of the Islamic World, but neither are Middle Eastern.

ThePerfectBoing
+2
Level 43
Aug 27, 2024
To everyone claiming to know what the Middle East is off of the internet: I am a Middle Eastern myself.

The Middle East is not confined just to one Continent. It's an area located at the Asia-Africa junction.

Geographical Borders:

North: Turkey and everything south of it, including Cyprus.

South: Yemen, Oman and the northern part of the Sudan.

East: Iran to western parts of Afghanistan/Pakistan.

West: the whole of Egypt + the Eastern 1/4 of Libya.

Countries encompassed: KSA, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt

"Al-Sharq Al-Awsat" a newspaper published in Saudi Arabia literally translates to "The Middle East" has a map of the Area as its logo. Just google a map of the region if you like.

People need to understand the difference between geographical position and political/treaty membership, esp. when trying to support your arguments with music contests such as Eurovision.

Sebbel
+1
Level 20
Mar 13, 2025
there are different definitions of Middle East, some include Iran, Afghanistan and even Pakistan, some do not.
carrotseeds
+1
Level 45
Mar 30, 2025
I never knew Egypt was part of the middle east
CiXAzique
+1
Level 33
Jul 13, 2025
Cyprus?
malamuer
+1
Level 44
Jul 31, 2025
why is Egypt even here?
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 61
Sep 2, 2025
I am surprised by Egypt as it is in Africa
BlahajEnthusiast
+1
Level 20
Sep 3, 2025
I've never considered Iran, Cyprus, or Turkiye to be part of the Middle East.
armaandoman2796
+1
Level 47
Dec 2, 2025
I'm not so sure about Cyprus, I just never learned it as it being in the middle east
sumeowss
+1
Level 22
Feb 19, 2026
Is turkey really considered a part of the Middle East… never heard of that
EnriqueGuerra
+1
Level 34
Feb 24, 2026
Only missed Cyprus and Yemen
Quizzletime
+1
Level 23
Mar 31, 2026
Got it all in 41 seconds!!!
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