SW ASIA & N AFRICA
What is the name of the desert that dominates the Arabian Peninsula?
THE ARABIAN DESERT
What is Darth Vader's true name?
ANAKIN SKYWALKER
What was the name of the trade route that linked Europe with China?
THE SILK ROAD
Jonah was swallowed by a fish when he refused to go to what city?
NINEVEH (Jonah)
Emperor Justinian made this the official state religion of the Byzantine Empire
CHRISTIANITY
The ruler of the Ottoman Empire was known as this
SULTAN
Who started the free book-gifting service known as IMAGINATION LIBRARY?
DOLLY PARTON
This was (and still is) the largest man-made project in the world
THE GREAT WALL
What king threw Daniel in the lions' den?
KING DARIUS (Daniel 6:18)
The Byzantine Empire preserved earlier Greek works. The preservation of these works would later influence what European artistic movement?
THE RENAISSANCE
This is a group of people who traveled together across the desert in Asia or North Africa
CARAVAN
What singer warned "They're out to get you, better leave while you can. Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man. You wanna be tough, better do what you can"?
MICHAEL JACKSON (Beat It)
This project was built to connect the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
THE GRAND CANAL
Before He was crucified, Jesus prayed in a garden. What was the name of this garden?
GETHSEMANE
(Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, John 18)
What was the name of the Ottoman ruler that ultimately conquered Constantinople?
MEHMED II
Name the TWO Arabic coins used by North African and Southwest Asian merchants
DINAR and DIRHAM
What classical music composer went deaf toward the end of his life?
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
This was one of the MOST sought after Ming Dynasty exports
MING PORCELAIN
What was the FIRST animal Noah released from the ark?
RAVEN (Genesis 8:7)
The collection of Byzantine laws was known as this
JUSTINIAN CODE
The Ottoman Empire emerged from this former empire
SELJUK TURK EMPIRE
EMILY
China was reunified during this dynasty.
SUI DYNASTY
What was the name of the king who tried to kill Jesus soon after He was born?
HEROD (Matthew 2:13)
This emperor divided the Roman Empire into the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire
VALENTINIAN I