The Middle East Buddy List - Slate

So, I've learned my states fairly well. Still have some issues placing states like Arkansas and Oklahoma, but who cares really? I've been getting a pretty consistant mid-80's score on Europe, all of the mistakes coming from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, but this whole WWIII thing has me skipping ahead to the Middle East. Josh gave me the above "buddy list" link so that I could put the countries I'm learning in context.