The event that marks the beginning of history
What is the creation of Adam and Eve?
The ruler of a tribe
What is a chief?
This event marked the beginning of human government
What is the flood?
This famous citizen of Ur was promised the land of Canaan by God
Who is Abraham?
This beautiful place is where history began
Where is the Garden of Eden?
The ruler for a constitutional monarch
What is a king or queen?
The most important event in human history
What is Christ coming to earth?
The land "between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
The ruler of a republic
What is a president?
The "Cradle of Civilization"
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The "enlightened one"
Who is Buddha?
The setting up of authorities to rule a city
What is government?
This tropic line runs through the Middle East
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
First to bring cotton goods to Europe
Who is Alexander the Great?
the land in which a nation dwells
What is a country?
The largest city in Turkey
What is Istanbul?
First European to reach India by sailing around Africa
Who is Vasco da Gama?
These were the most common occupations in ancient Sumer
What are farmers and herdsmen?
The founder of Islam
Who is Muhammad?
the three continents that meet at the Middle East
What are Asia, Africa, and Europe?
The largest religious group in the world
Who are Muslims?
The island nation located south of Turkey
What is Cyprus?
The lowest place on the earth's land surface
What is the Dead Sea?
A key leader in India's struggle for independence
Who is Gandhi?
The largest Middle Eastern nation
What is Saudi Arabia?
The largest and most important river in Israel
What is the Jordan?
First prime minister of India
Who is Nehru?
The holy book of Islam
What is the Koran?
Developed first alphabet
Who are the Phoenicians?
The god of Islam
Who is Allah?
Three important rivers in the Middle East
What are the Jordan, Tigris, and Euphrates?
The four castes in order of importance
What are the Brahmins, warriors / princes, landowners / merchants, and farmers / servants?
Structure built as a tomb for the wife of an Indian ruler
What is the Taj Mahal?
The three religions that began in the Middle East
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
World's highest mountain and country of location
What is Mt. Everest and Nepal?
What is Tel Aviv?
Indian contributions to mathematics
What are place value and zero?
Used to be called Persia
What is Iran?
Mountain range between China and India
What are the Himalayas?
The main religion in India today
What is Hinduism?