Question

Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows.

A satellite map of the Eastern Mediterranean. Four areas on the map are circled and labeled A, B, C, and D. A is Turkey. B is Cyprus. C is Syria and Israel. D is the Sinai Peninsula.
Image courtesy of NASA

Look at the map above. Which of the following areas or regions are labeled correctly?

Number 1 – Asia Minor
Number 2 – Cyprus
Number 3 – Palestine
Number 4 – the Anatolian Peninsula

A. number 4 only
B. numbers 1 and 2 only
C. numbers 1, 2, and 3 only
D. all areas are labeled correctly

Answer 1

Answer: B.

Explanation: The top circled area (A) is Asia Minor/Anatolia (so 1 is correct). The island (B) is Cyprus (2 correct). The eastern coastal circle (C) includes Syria and Israel, not specifically Palestine (3 incorrect). The lower circled area (D) is the Sinai Peninsula, not the Anatolian Peninsula (4 incorrect).