Geography
A fertile area in a desert, fed by a freshwater source.
What is an oasis?
For a person to be saved in the Catholic Church, he or she must submit to the authority of this person.
Who is the Pope?
This means "a person who has made their peace with Allah."
What is Muslim?
Early Arab tribes tied this animal to their grave.
What is a camel?
What is a she-wolf?
The eruption of this volcano buried the Roman city of Pompeii.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
Referred to as 'Heaven's Waiting Room,' and is where a person's sin debt is paid off.
What is purgatory?
This means "peace through the submission to the will of Allah."
What is Islam?
A series of trade routes that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea, through Arab territory, to east Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
A form of government in which there is no king and some citizens are able to vote.
What is a Republic?
The location of the city of Rome on this river provided protection from pirates.
What is the Tiber River?
In Protestant churches, absolute authority comes from this.
What is Scripture?
23 years
How long did Muhammad receive revelations from the Angel Gabriel?
This war ended the Ottoman Empire.
What is WW1?
Octavian declared war on Marc Antony because he feared this ally of his was trying to take over Rome.
Who is Cleopatra?
Early Arab tribes lived and moved about this area of the Middle East.
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
Who is the Apostle Peter?
The month in which Muslims fast from sunup to sundown.
A group of Muslims who originally supported Ali as the successor to Muhammad.
Who are the Shia?
A series of 3 wars in which Rome gained control of the western Mediterranean Sea.
What are the Punic Wars?
Mt. Vesuvius was a volcano that formed along this type of plate boundary.
What is 'Protestant'?
An article of belief in Islam that states: he's the creator, eternal, and sovereign god.
What is the Belief in Allah?
Groups of captured Christian children who were trained to be an elite fighting group for the Ottoman Empire.
Who are the janissiries?
The church that formed after a disagreement with the Catholic Church regarding the use of icons in prayer.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?