Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.9 World regional geography: features, resources and places

3.9.11 Places in news: West Asia, Europe and Central Asia

"Places in news" questions ask where a place is and what lies next to it; for West Asia, Europe and Central Asia, learn the map around the Gaza–Red Sea–Hormuz arc, the Black Sea–Baltic front of the Russia–Ukraine war, and the landlocked Central Asian states.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Prelims
  • Standard level
  • 9 min read
  • Full course

Key terms

  • Gaza
  • West Bank
  • Golan Heights
  • Rafah
  • Sinai
  • Litani
  • Red Sea
  • Houthis
  • Hodeidah
  • Strait of Hormuz
  • Fordow
  • Natanz
  • Chabahar
  • IMEC
  • INSTC
  • Crimea
  • Kerch
  • Donbas
  • Zaporizhzhia
  • Odesa
  • Black Sea Grain Initiative
  • Kaliningrad
  • Suwalki Gap
  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • NATO
  • Transnistria
  • Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Nakhchivan
  • Kosovo
  • Svalbard
  • Central Asia
  • Fergana Valley
  • Wakhan Corridor
  • Aral Sea
  • TAPI
  • popular names

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Mains writingMains writing
  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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