True/False
One of the greatest cities of ancient times that was also a trading post in North Africa was Nineveh
False: Carthage
A _______ monarchy is a monarchy in which nine sultans take turns ruling for five years.
rotating
The Taj Mahal was a tomb built for the wife of a ruler of _______
India
The Western Hemisphere contains the continents of North America and _______
South America
The study of the Earth's surface, climate, countries, people, and cultures is ______
geography
The fierce Mongol ruler who united the Mongol tribes was _____
Genghis Khan
capital of Turkey
Ankara
The Babylonian ruler who wrote 300 laws for the everyday life of Babylonians was Hammurabi
true
The _________ River Valley civilization was the largest of the three ancient Asian River Valley cultures
The multicontinental chain of volcanoes located along the Pacific coasts that experience frequent earthquakes is the ________
Ring of Fire
Two important lines of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere are the ______
Arctic Circle
The Peninsula that connects Africa to Asia is the ________ Peninsula
Sinai
Country in the ancient world known for its cedar trees
Lebanon
Capital of Syria
Damascus
The Arab Accords was the peace agreement in which several countries recognized Israel as an independent country.
False: Abraham
A government ruled by religious authority is a _____
theocracy
The three countries that were collectively called French Indochina before World War II were ______, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Laos
A group of lined that go up and down and from side to side, forming squares or boxes on a map, is a _____
grid
The World's largest mountain peak is ________
Mount Everest
largest middle eastern country
Saudi Arabia
Country where Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991
Philippines
A line of rulers in the same family that succeed each other is a dynasty
true
The first known civilization to develop and use writing was the ____
Sumerians
The site of a 1989 protest against Communism in China was ________
Tiananmen Square
A group of people who share a culture isa called a _______
civilization
The third largest island in the world is _______
Borneo
country known for its caste system
India
country whose earliest known empire was the Khmer empire
Cambodia
One of the largest shifting-sand deserts in the world is the Gobi Desert
False: Taklamakan
The three countries in the South Caucasus are Georgia, ______ and Azerbaijan
Armenia
The greatest distance around the Earth is its _______
circumference
The Jewish captive who was trained to serve the King of Babylon was ________
Daniel
The venetian trader who explored China was ______
Marco Polo
Country known as the "Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon"
Bhutan
Country that used cowrie shells as currency
Maldives