capitals
Syria
Damascus
The first known civilization to develop and use writing was the______
Sumerians
A _______ monarchy is a monarchy in which none sultans take turns ruling for five years.
Rotating
The study of the earth’s surface, climate, countries, people, and cultures is ______
Geography
One of the largest shifting-sand deserts in the world is the ________desert
Taklamakan
India
New Delhi
The Babylonian ruler who wrote 300 laws for everyday life of the Babylonians was___
Hammurabi
A government ruled by religious authority is a _______.
Theocracy
The greatest distance around the earth is its_____
Circumference
One of the greatest cities of ancient times that was also a trading post in North Africa was _______
Carthage
Turkey
Ankara
The Jewish captive who was trained to serve the King of Babylon was_____
Daniel
A group of people who share a culture is called a_______
Civilization
The Western Hemisphere contains the continents of North America and _______
South America
The ______ River Valley civilization was the largest of the three ancient Asian river valley cultures.
Yellow
Thailand
Bangkok
The Venetian trader who explored China was_______
Marco Polo
The _______ accords was the peace agreement in which several countries recognized Israel as an independent country.
Abraham
Two important lines of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere are the _______ and the Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
The three countries in the South Caucasus are Georgia, _______, and Azerbaijan
Armenia
Taiwan
Taipei
The fierce Mongol ruler who untied the Mongol tribes was_____
Genghis Khan
A line of rulers in the same family that succeed each other is a ______
Dynasty
A group of lines that go up and down and from side to side, forming squares or boxes on a map, is a ______
Grid
The third-largest island in the world is_____
Borneo