What is the source of the Jordan River?
Mount Hermon
What is the capital of Assyria?
Ninevah
Which ruler loved to make laws about the everyday life of Babylonians?
Hammurabi
What is the world's largest peninsula?
Arabian Peninsula
What country was previously known as Ceylon?
Sri Lanka
Who was the Jewish captive that was trained to serve the king of Babylon?
Daniel
A sheltered place wher ships may anchor safely?
Harbor
What is the system in India that separates different social classes?
Caste system
What civilization is one of the oldest in the world?
Indus River Valley civilization
What two Saudi Arabian cities are considered holy by Muslims?
Mecca and Medina
In what war did Israel capture the east side of Jerusalem from Jordan?
Six-Day War
Who was Israel's first king?
Saul
Who was the first prime minister of India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Part of a body of water smaller than a sea and reaching into the land, generally with a wide opening?
Bay
Who are the Israelites descendants from?
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Who founded the religion of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
What country was formerly called Persia?
Iran
What is the southernmost country in the Middle East?
Yemen
What are rivers that appear in heavy rains called?
Wadis
Who was the Iraqi dictator that invaded Kuwait?
Saddam Hussein
The capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the lowest place on the earth's surface?
The Dead Sea
What is the largest religion in the Middle East?
Islam
What do you call people who have left their country because of hardships?
Refugees
What peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel recognized Israel as an independent country?
Abraham Records
What is the oldest independent state in the Arab world?
Oman
Who was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa?
Vasco da Gama
Where is Kuwait?
Small pink one under Iraq
What countries are in the Northern Highlands region?
Turkey and Iran
What is Turkey's largest city and leading seaport?
Istanbul
What was the first empire to include most of the country of India?
Mauryan Empire
Who was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979-1989?
Ayatollah Khomeini
Which leader of Persia conquered the Second Babylonian Empire?
Cyrus the Great
What is the capital of Lebanon?
Beruit

Where is Georgia?
Northernmost blue one
The capital of Jordan?
Amman
The capital of Pakistan?
Islamabad
The capital of Iran?
Tehran
The capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
The capital of India?
New Delhi
The capital of Turkey?
Ankara

Where is Iran?
Eastern large blue one
The capital of Syria?
Damascus
The capital of Saudi Arabia?
Riyadh
The capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
What is usually wider than either a strait or channel and sometimes separates an island from the mainland?
Sound
A narrow, manmade channel of water that joins other bodies of water?
Canal
Gently sloping coast covered by sand or pebbles?
Beach
Where is Bahrain?
Teeny tiny one off of Saudi Arabia