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What is the source of the Jordan River?

Mount Hermon

100

What is the capital of Assyria?

Ninevah

100

Which ruler loved to make laws about the everyday life of Babylonians?

Hammurabi

100

What is the world's largest peninsula?

Arabian Peninsula

100

What country was previously known as Ceylon?

Sri Lanka

100

Who was the Jewish captive that was trained to serve the king of Babylon?

Daniel

100

A sheltered place wher ships may anchor safely?

Harbor

200

What is the system in India that separates different social classes?

Caste system

200

What civilization is one of the oldest in the world?

Indus River Valley civilization

200

What two Saudi Arabian cities are considered holy by Muslims?

Mecca and Medina

200

In what war did Israel capture the east side of Jerusalem from Jordan?

Six-Day War

200

Who was Israel's first king?

Saul

200

Who was the first prime minister of India?

Jawaharlal Nehru

200

Part of a body of water smaller than a sea and reaching into the land, generally with a wide opening?

Bay

300

Who are the Israelites descendants from?

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

300

Who founded the religion of Buddhism?

Siddhartha Gautama

300

What country was formerly called Persia?

Iran

300

What is the southernmost country in the Middle East?

Yemen

300

What are rivers that appear in heavy rains called?

Wadis

300

Who was the Iraqi dictator that invaded Kuwait?

Saddam Hussein

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The capital of Iraq?

Baghdad

400

What is the lowest place on the earth's surface?

The Dead Sea

400

What is the largest religion in the Middle East?

Islam

400

What do you call people who have left their country because of hardships?

Refugees

400

What peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel recognized Israel as an independent country?

Abraham Records

400

What is the oldest independent state in the Arab world?

Oman

400

Who was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa?

Vasco da Gama

400

Where is Kuwait?

Small pink one under Iraq

500

What countries are in the Northern Highlands region?

Turkey and Iran

500

What is Turkey's largest city and leading seaport?

Istanbul

500

What was the first empire to include most of the country of India?

Mauryan Empire

500

Who was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979-1989?

Ayatollah Khomeini

500

Which leader of Persia conquered the Second Babylonian Empire?

Cyrus the Great

500

What is the capital of Lebanon?

Beruit

500

Where is Georgia?

Northernmost blue one

600

The capital of Jordan?

Amman

600

The capital of Pakistan?

Islamabad

600

The capital of Iran?

Tehran

600

The capital of Afghanistan?

Kabul

600

The capital of India?

New Delhi

600

The capital of Turkey?

Ankara

600

Where is Iran?

Eastern large blue one

700

The capital of Syria?

Damascus

700

The capital of Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh

700

The capital of Israel?

Jerusalem

700

What is usually wider than either a strait or channel and sometimes separates an island from the mainland?

Sound

700

A narrow, manmade channel of water that joins other bodies of water?

Canal

700

Gently sloping coast covered by sand or pebbles?

Beach

700

Where is Bahrain?

Teeny tiny one off of Saudi Arabia