48 Asian Map Outlines Quiz

[B] Malaysia | A slender, southward-stretching land-bar that splits into two uneven legs: the Malay Peninsula and Borneo’s rugged northwestern claw.

[B] North Korea | A compact, northeast-tilted triangle whose western waist is pinched by Korea Bay and whose eastern spine is the Tumen River.

[A] Saudi Arabia | An immense, west-sloping rhombus whose southwest edge is the straight Red Sea cut and whose eastern flank curves along the Persian Gulf.

[D] Syria | A roughly rectangular slab turned slightly eastward, its western coast a brief, straight Mediterranean bite.

[C] Bangladesh | A compact, east-leaning deltaic parallelogram, its northern top squared by India and southern tip frayed by the Bay of Bengal.

[B] Japan | A north-south arc of four main islands—like stepping-stones—curving toward the Pacific, with Honshu as the longest stride.

[D] Yemen | A southwest-pointing wedge whose western edge is the long Red Sea scimitar and southern tip the Gulf of Aden hook.

[B] Uzbekistan | A doubly landlocked oval slightly dented on the west by the Aral Sea’s shrinking bite.

[A] Sri Lanka | A teardrop pendant hanging just below India’s southern tip, its southwest coast rounded and northeast tail tapered.

[D] Cyprus | A small, northeast-tilted leaf floating in the eastern Mediterranean, its northern coast gently indented.

[B] Bhutan | A tiny, east-west sliver tucked high along the Himalayas’ southern folds like a folded prayer flag.

[C] Indonesia | A sprawling archipelagic chain, thousands of islands strung like scattered pearls across the equator from Sumatra to Papua.

[B] Pakistan | A north-south rectangle tilted northwest, its Arabian Sea coast a smooth diagonal cut.

[B] Lebanon | A narrow, north-south ribbon pressed between mountains and sea, barely wider than a coastline.

[C] State of Palestine | A small, fractured patchwork on the western edge of the Jordan River, its outline interrupted by Israeli enclaves.

[A] Oman | A southeast-pointing dagger whose blade is the long Arabian Sea coast and whose hilt is the Musandam Peninsula.

[C] Kuwait | A tiny, northeast-facing rectangle snug against Iraq and the Persian Gulf’s northwestern corner.

[B] Philippines | An east-west scatter of more than 7,000 islands, like shards of a broken plate across the western Pacific.

[A] Vietnam | A long, sinuous S-curve hugging the South China Sea, tapering south to the Mekong delta.

[C] Iran | A broad, eastward-bulging shield whose southern edge is the long Persian Gulf arc and northern edge the Caspian lip.

[B] Kazakhstan | A vast, westward-sprawling quadrilateral, its northern side ruler-straight and southern rim scalloped by deserts.

[C] Cambodia | A compact, southeast-leaning diamond whose southwest corner is the Gulf of Thailand’s small bite.

[D] Jordan | A near-square tilted slightly east, its western edge cut by the Jordan Rift and eastern edge the straight Arabian desert.

[C] Turkey | A transcontinental bridge: the bulky Anatolian rectangle and the small European Thrace peninsula thumb.

[B] Thailand | A broad, south-pointing axe whose long handle is the Kra Isthmus and broad blade the northern highlands.

[C] Myanmar | A large, southeast-tilting kite whose western coast is the Bay of Bengal’s ragged edge.

[A] Maldives | A necklace of tiny coral dots strung across the equatorial Indian Ocean, barely visible on a world map.

[B] Brunei | A miniature sultanate split into two green puzzle pieces embedded in Borneo’s northwestern coast.

[C] Azerbaijan | A compact, eastward-pointing comma whose curled tail is the Absheron Peninsula jutting into the Caspian.

[D] Israel | A narrow, north-south strip widening slightly into a southern Negev triangle and a northern coastal bulge.

[B] Kyrgyzstan | A petite, east-west lozenge locked high in the Tien Shan’s alpine embrace.

[C] India | A vast, south-pointing triangle whose northern crown is the Himalayas and southern tip is the teardrop of Sri Lanka’s neighbor.

[A] Qatar | A small, thumb-shaped peninsula jutting north into the Persian Gulf like a tiny Arabian hitchhiker.

[D] Armenia | A compact, landlocked diamond tucked between the Lesser Caucasus ranges.

[A] Laos | A land-locked, northeast-leaning parallelogram, its western edge carved by the Mekong’s slow curve.

[B] Turkmenistan | A broad, westward-tilted rectangle whose western coast is the straight Caspian shoreline.

[D] Bahrain | A tiny, irregular cluster of islands just off Saudi Arabia’s east coast, shaped like a broken cookie.

[C] Timor-Leste | A sliver on the eastern half of Timor Island, its southern coast scalloped by the Timor Sea.

[A] China | A colossal, west-east rooster silhouette stretching from the Pamirs to the Pacific, tail feathers in Xinjiang and beak at Shanghai.

[C] South Korea | A compact, southeast-tilting rectangle whose western coast is the Yellow Sea’s gentle curve.

[B] Iraq | A broad, eastward-leaning quadrilateral whose southern tip is the Persian Gulf’s small deltaic mouth.

[A] Afghanistan | A rugged, west-east rectangle pinched in the northeast by the Wakhan Corridor’s thin finger.

[B] Georgia | A small, west-tilting parallelogram between the Black and Caspian Seas, its northern edge the Caucasus wall.

[A] Mongolia | A vast, land-locked oval riding the high plateau between Russia and China like a steppe saddle.

[D] Nepal | A narrow, east-west rectangle climbing the Himalayas’ southern slope, its northern edge the world’s highest ridgeline.

[A] Singapore | A single, diamond-shaped dot at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, enlarged by reclaimed land at its edges.

[D] United Arab Emirates | A compact, south-east tilted wedge on the Persian Gulf, its eastern side nibbled by Oman’s enclaves.

[C] Tajikistan | A rugged, east-west lozenge folded by the Pamirs, its southeastern corner a jagged mountain claw.