Iraq map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Iraq!
Quizzes in this pack
Iraq: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 9 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital on the Tigris River, once the center of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Islamic Golden Age
- Answer: Baghdad
- Northern city on the Tigris, near the ruins of ancient Nineveh, capital of the Assyrian Empire
- Answer: Mosul
- Capital of Kurdistan Region, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with a famous citadel
- Answer: Erbil
- Southern port city on the Shatt al-Arab waterway near the Persian Gulf, Iraq's main oil export hub
- Answer: Basra
- Holy city of Shia Islam south of Baghdad, site of Imam Ali's shrine and one of the world's largest cemeteries
- Answer: Najaf
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Babylon
Babil, near Hillah
Babylon, on the Euphrates south of Baghdad, was one of the greatest cities of the ancient world, ruled by kings such as Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II. Its blue-tiled Ishtar Gate now stands in a museum in Berlin; the gate at the site is a smaller copy.
- Built
- Ishtar Gate about 575 BC
- Did you know?
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders, have never been found
- Rings a bell?
- The Tower of Babel in the Bible is thought to be based on Babylon's great temple tower
Erbil Citadel
Erbil
Erbil Citadel stands on a mound about 30 metres high in the middle of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, built up from thousands of years of houses on top of houses. People have lived here for perhaps 6,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world.
- Height
- About 30 m high mound
Mesopotamian Marshes
Southern Iraq
The Mesopotamian Marshes, where the Tigris and Euphrates meet in southern Iraq, are one of the largest wetlands in the Middle East. The Marsh Arabs build houses and great guest halls, mudhifs, entirely of reeds, and they were drained in the 1990s and partly flooded again after 2003.
- Did you know?
- Some think the marshes inspired the story of the Garden of Eden
Hatra
Nineveh Governorate
Hatra was a round, walled city in the desert of northern Iraq, rich from the caravan trade in the first centuries AD. Its thick walls held off Roman armies twice, and its great temples mixed Greek, Roman and Eastern styles. The Islamic State group damaged it in 2015.
- Did you know?
- Emperor Trajan and Emperor Septimius Severus both failed to take it
Imam Ali Shrine
Najaf
The Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf holds the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, and is one of the holiest places for Shia Muslims. Its dome and minarets are covered in gold, and millions of pilgrims come every year.
- Did you know?
- Wadi al-Salam, the cemetery beside it, is one of the largest in the world
Ziggurat of Ur
Dhi Qar, near Nasiriyah
The Ziggurat of Ur is a stepped temple tower of mud brick, built around 2100 BC by King Ur-Nammu in the Sumerian city of Ur. At the top once stood a shrine to Nanna, the moon god, who protected the city.
- Built
- About 2100 BC
- Did you know?
- Ur is often taken to be Ur of the Chaldees, Abraham’s home town in the Bible
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
