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UAE Map Resources

Six United Arab Emirates maps — covering the nation's outline, bodies of water, and major cities — come in PDF, PNG, and JPEG versions for lessons, projects, and displays.
Grades
Not Grade Specific
File type
Multiple File Types

Updated Sep 06, 2023

Subject
Social Studies, Geography
Topic
UAE Map, Geography Resource
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets

About this resource

What's inside this resource

UAE Map Resources – Versatile Teaching Materials for Geography Lessons

This educational resource provides an assembly of flexible and adaptable map materials, focusing on the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Suitable for all types of teaching environments, these visual aids are ideal to enhance lessons about geography and global awareness.

The UAE Map Resources package includes:

  • Six unique maps

  • Availability in pdf, jpeg, png formats

  • Varying designs including blank outlines for exercises/tests and informative charts displaying water bodies and major settlements

The set is designed to exhibit the UAE independently as well as its geographical context amongst neighboring countries. These maps serve diverse purposes from improving understanding of spatial placement by tracing routes to location recognition by plotting cities. Additionally, identification exercises relating to natural resources such as water bodies serve a dual purpose in teaching about the region's

geography.

The use-case scenarios extend beyond regular geographical learning - these resources can also be harnessed during discussions about current events or history lessons revolving around Middle Eastern studies too.

Supplementary material:

To further augment your teaching tools—we provide complimentary access on our site to a detailed map of the United States—an excellent addition for comparative studies extending beyond Middle East region.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Teaching tips

  • Use the unlabeled outline versions as blank maps for students to label, and the fully labeled map as the reference to check against.

  • Drop the PNG or JPEG versions straight into slide decks or your own worksheets — one image file exists for every map.

  • Pair the detailed map with a Middle East unit: it shows the UAE's position on the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz beside Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar.

Skills covered

  • Map reading — the labeled maps place UAE cities, ports, neighboring countries, and surrounding waters for students to locate and compare.

  • Regional geography — the set situates the UAE within the Arabian Peninsula alongside the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Which places are labeled on the most detailed map?

It names the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and the neighbors Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar, plus cities and ports including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaywayn, Ra's al Khaymah, Al Fujayrah, Al Ayn, Khawr Fakkan, Mina Jabal Ali, Mina Saqr, and Ar Ruways.

How do the six map versions differ?

They step up in detail — from the nation's plain outline, to versions showing bodies of water, to maps labeling the major cities, so you can match the map to the task.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Middle East geography

  • Political maps

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