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Who were the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
The war in which Israel captured the east side of Jerusalem from Jordan was the _________ ________ _______
Six Day War
What is the name of the two Saudi Arabian cities that are considered holy by Muslims
Mecca and Medina
Which river valley civilization is one the oldest civilizations in the world?
Indus River Valley
What do you call the strict social separation of different classes in India?
Caste System
The country of ______ ________ was previously known as Ceylon
Sri Lanka
The source of Jordan River is ______ ______
Mount Hermon
The capital of Assyria is ______
Ninevah
Hammurabi
What is the world's largest peninsula?
What do you call part of a body of water smaller than a sea and reaching into the land?
Bay
What is the sheltered place where ships may anchor safely?
Harbor
Beach
What do you call narrow, manmade channel of water that joins other bodies of water?
canal
What is usually wider than either a strait or channel and sometimes separates an island from the mainland?
Sound
Capital of Lebanon
Beirut
Capital of Iran
Tehran
Capital of Pakistan
Islamabad
Who was the Jewish captive who was trained to serve the king of Babylon
Daniel
Who was the first prime minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Who was the leader of Persia who conquered the Second Babylonian Empire
Cyrus the Great
Who was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa
Vasco De Gama
Supreme leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
Ayatollah Khomeini
Iraqi dictator who invaded Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
What do you call temporary rivers that appear in heavy rains
wadis
The country that is formerly known as Persia
Iran
The founder of the religion of Buddhism was
Siddartha Gautama
The lowest place on the earth's land surface is
Dead Sea
The largest religion in the Middle East
Islam
People who have left their country because of hardship
refugees
Abraham Accords
The oldest independent state in the Arab world
Oman +
The Northern Highlands region contain the country of Turkey and _____________
Iran
Turkey's largest city is
Istanbul