Capitals
Amman is the capital of...
Jordan
What is Israel's capital?
Jerusalem
Turkey
The first prime minister of Israel is named?
David Ben-Gurion
What hemisphere is the Arctic Circle?
Northern Hemisphere
Ankara is the capital of...
Turkey
What is Saudi Arabia's capital?
Riyadh
The largest city in turkey is called?
Istanbul
A famous missionary for the Middle East?
Henry Martyn
The Tropic of ________ is in the northern hemisphere
Cancer
Baghdad is the capital of...
Iraq
What is the largest country in the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia
the Caspian Sea
The most important natural resource in the Middle East today?
oil
the imaginary line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Equator
Beirut is the capital of...
Lebanon
The Middle Eastern country that was once called Persia?
Cyrpus
The highest mountain peak in Turkey (Noah's ark landed here)
Mt. Ararat
The dominant language in the Middle East?
Arabic
What meridian measures the meridians from east to west? (this is a line of longitude, it runs UP AND DOWN on a globe!)
prime meridian
Damascus is the capital of...
Syria
What country is known for its cedars in ancient times?
Lebanon
the triangular peninsula between Egypt and Israel?
Sinai Peninsula
Land that is able to grow crops?
fertile
29,035 feet is the altitude of WHAT mountain in Asia?
Mt. Everest