Abraham
A line of rulers in the same family that succeed each other is a ___?
dynasty
The greatest distance around the earth is its ___?
circumference
Two important line of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere are the ___ and the Tropic of Cancer.
Arctic Circle
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 study of the earth's surface, climate, countries, people, and culture is ___?
geography
A Jewish captive who was trained to serve the king of Babylon was ___?
Daniel
The ___ River Valley civilization was the largest of the three ancient Asian river valley cultures.
The world's highest mountain peak is?
Mount Everest
The Taj Mahal was a tomb built for the wife of a ruler of ___?
India
The multicontinental chain of volcanoes located along the Pacific coasts that experience frequent earthquakes is the ___?
The Western Hemisphere contains the continents of North America and ___?
South America
One of the greatest cities of ancient times that was also a trading post in North Africa was ___.
Carthage
The first known civilization to develop and use writing was the ___?
Sumerians
A government ruled by religious authority is a ___?
theocracy
The Babylonian ruler who wrote 300 laws for the everyday life of Babylonians was ___?
Hammurabi
A group of people who share a culture is called a ___?
civilization
The Venetian trader who explored China was ___?
Marco Polo
The three countries that were collectively called French Indochina before World War II were ___, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Laos
The peninsula that connects Africa and Asia is the ___ Peninsula.
Sinai
Largest Middle Eastern country is?
Saudi Arabia
Country known for its caste system was?
India
Country where Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991 was?
Philippines
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
The third-largest island in the world is ___?
Borneo
What is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
Country in the ancient world known for its cedar trees is?
Lebanon
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
Country that used cowrie shells as currency was?
Maldives
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
The fierce Mongol ruler who united the Mongol tribes was ___?
Genghis Khan
A ___ monarchy is a monarchy in which nine sultans take turns ruling for five years.
rotating
Country whose earliest known empire was the Khmer Empire was?
Cambodia
What is the capital of Taiwan?
Taipei
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
One of the largest shifting-sand deserts in the world is the ___ Desert?
Taklamakan
The site of a 1989 protest against Communism in China was ___?
Tiananmen Square
The three countries in the South Caucasus are Georgia, ___, and Azerbaijan.
Armenia
Country known as the "Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon" is?
Bhutan
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