Geography
Capitals
History
Religion
Miscellaneous
100
This is the name of the peninsula that most of Southwest Asia is located on.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
100
The capital of Iran.
What is Tehran?
100
Around this year is when Mesopotamian civilizations began.
What is 3,000 BCE?
100
This figure is important to all three religions founded in Southwest Asia.
Who is Abraham?
100
This term is used to describe a people who don't settle in one place.
What is nomadic?
200
These are the two rivers that are extremely important for ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
The capital of Iraq.
What is Baghdad?
200
This Sumerian city is the home of Gilgamesh, the hero of his own Epic.
What is Uruk?
200
This city is important to all three Abrahamic faiths.
What is Jerusalem?
200
This term refers to complex and efficient systems of mass watering crops.
What is irrigation?
300
This physical feature occurs when underground water allows plants to grow in an arid region.
What is an oasis?
300
The capital of Afghanistan.
What is Kabul?
300
This is a large Mesopotamian temple.
What is a ziggurat?
300
This religion is the youngest of the three Abrahamic faiths.
What is Islam?
300
This type of worker is a direct result of a society achieving a food surplus.
What is a specialized worker?
400
This physical feature is the result of flooding rivers, leaving fertile soil behind.
What is an alluvial plain?
400
The capital of Saudi Arabia.
What is Riyadh?
400
This area of land between the Tigris and Euphrates, home to Mesopotamia, is known for its farmable land in an otherwise arid region.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
This religion is the oldest of the 3 Abrahamic faiths.
What is Judaism?
400
This is the name of the writing system established in Sumer.
What is cuneiform?
500
This sea borders Southwest Asia, Europe, and Africa. It is one of the most important bodies of water in the ancient world.
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
500
The capital of Turkey.
What is Ankara?
500
Mesopotamia is often called the "_____ of civilization," due to it being the prototype for many civilizations that came after it.
What is the cradle?
500
This city in Southwest Asia is where Muhammad announced his message from God/Allah to the world.
What is Mecca?
500
This man is known for establishing one of the first codes of law. His most well known laws involved the idea of 'an eye for an eye.'
Who is Hammurabi?