True or False
The Israelites are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
True
The country of Sri Lanka was previously known as what?
Ceylon
Temporary rivers that appear in heavy rains are?
wadis
Jewish captive who was trained to serve the king of babylon?
Daniel
first prime minister?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Israel's first king was Solomon?
False (Saul)
The source of the Jordan River is?
Mount Hermon
The southern most country of the middle East is?
Yemen
leader of Persia who conquered the Second Babylonian empire?
Cyrus the Great
capital of Lebanon
Beirut
The war in which Israel captured the east side of Jerusalem from Jordan was the Persian Gulf War?
False (Six Day war)
The capital of Assyria was?
Ninevah
The country formerly known as Persia is?
Iran
Iraqi dictator who invaded Kuwait?
Saddam Hussein
capital of Iran ?
Tehran
Two Saudi Arabian cities that are considered holy by Muslims are Doha and Medina?
False (Mecca)
The ruler who developed 300 laws about marriage, business, farming, and everyday life of Babylonians was?
Hammuurabi
The founder of the religion of Buddhism was?
Siddhartha Gautama
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989?
Ayatollah Khomeini
Capital of Pakistan?
Islamabad
The strict social separation of different classes in India is the Dynasty System?
False (Caste)
The worlds largest peninsula is the ?
Arabian Peninsula
The lowest place on the earths land surfaces is the?
Dead sea
First European to reach India by sailing around Africa?
Vasco Da Gama
largest religion in the middle east?
Islam