Bell Questions: First Quarter

Question 1

What sea separates Saudi Arabia and Africa?

Answer 1

The Red Sea

Question 2

What is the name of the peninsula that contains Yemen and Oman?

Answer 2

The Arabian Peninsula

Question 3

What body of water separates Saudi Arabia and Iran?

Answer 3

The Persian Gulf

Question 4

What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?

Answer 4

The Ural Mountains

Question 5

What ocean is north of Russia?

Answer 5

The Arctic Ocean

Question 6

What ocean is located east of Asia?

Answer 6

The Pacific Ocean

Question 7

The oldest written Chinese documents date back to the Shang dynasty in which period?

Answer 7

1700-1050 BC

Question 8

The Kamchatka Peninsula is located in which country?

Answer 8

Russia

Question 9

What is the name of the plateau in Turkey?

Answer 9

Anatolia Plateau

Question 10

Jerusalem is located in which country?

Answer 10

Israel

Question 11

What country is located at the head of the Persian Gulf?

Answer 11

Kuwait

Question 12

What is the capital of Iraq?

Answer 12

Baghdad

Question 13

What body of water is north of Iran?

Answer 13

The Caspian Sea

Question 14

What body of water is north of Turkey?

Answer 14

The Black Sea

Question 15

What body of water is west of Lebanon and Israel?

Answer 15

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 16

In what country is the Forbidden City located?

Answer 16

China

Question 17

The Caucasus Mountains are in what country?

Answer 17

Georgia

Question 18

The Gulf of Aden is next to what country?

Answer 18

Yemen

Question 19

Damascus is the capital of what country?

Answer 19

Syria

Question 20

Where did Buddhism originate?

Answer 20

The Indian subcontinent

Question 21

U.A.E. stands for what?

Answer 21

United Arab Emirates

Question 22

What is the only Hindu country in the world?

Answer 22

Nepal

Question 23

What is the main natural resource found in Saudi Arabia?

(Hint: It’s not sand)

Answer 23

Oil

Question 24

What is the most religious Islamic city in Saudi Arabia?

Answer 24

Mecca

Question 25

In which country does the Ganges River flow?

Answer 25

India

Question 26

Mt. Fuji is the highest point in what country?

Answer 26

Japan

Question 27

Where are the Maldives Islands located?

Answer 27

The Indian Ocean

Question 28

What type of government does Iran have?

Answer 28

A Theocracy

Question 29

What is the ancient name given to the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Answer 29

Mesopotamia

Question 30

What country has the largest sand desert in the world?

Answer 30

Saudi Arabia

Question 31

What country invaded Kuwait in 1990?

Answer 31

Iraq

Question 32

What imaginary line runs at 180^o longitude?

Answer 32

The International Date Line

Question 33

Muhammad was the founder of what?

Answer 33

Islam

Question 34

Where is the lowest point in elevation?

Answer 34

Dead Sea

Question 35

What is the official language of Iran?

Answer 35

Persian

Question 36

What is the global organization dedicated to stability in and shared control of the petroleum markets?

Answer 36

OPEC (**O**rganization of the **P**etroleum **E**xporting **C**ountries)

Question 37

The monastery at Petra is located in what country?

Answer 37

Jordan

Question 38

Beirut is located in what country?

Answer 38

Lebanon

Question 39

What city does the Bosporus Strait split?

Answer 39

Istanbul

Question 40

Which country contains the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?

Answer 40

Israel

Question 41

What two major rivers run through Iraq?

Answer 41

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 42

What country is located between Turkey and Iraq?

Answer 42

Syria

Question 43

What British dependent territory was transferred to China in 1997?

Answer 43

Hong Kong

Question 44

The **DMZ** (**D**e**m**ilitarization **Z**one) is located where?

Answer 44

Between North and South Korea

Question 45

What monument is located in Agra, India?

Answer 45

The Taj Mahal

Question 46

The Himalayas are located mostly in what country?

Answer 46

Nepal

Question 47

What continent is south of East Asia?

Answer 47

Australia

Question 48

What two countries use to be part of India?

Answer 48

Pakistan and Bangladesh

Question 49

Across Central Asia, a yurt functions as what?

Answer 49

A portable house

Question 50

What country was taken over by the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot?

Answer 50

Cambodia

Question 51

Who is the best person evar?

Answer 51

Drake