Geography Chapter 2

Question 1

the holy book of Islam

Answer 1

Koran

Question 2

Islamic pilgrimage

Answer 2

haj

Question 3

most of Saudi Arabia is ______ (climate)

Answer 3

desert

Question 4

Turkey’s capital

Answer 4

Ankara

Question 5

cathedral in Turkey built by Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great

Answer 5

Hagia Sophia

Question 6

formerly known as Persia

Answer 6

Iran

Question 7

Iran’s capital

Answer 7

Tehran

Question 8

Saudi Arabia was named after ______

Answer 8

the Al Saud family

Question 9

capital of Saudi Arabia

Answer 9

Riyadh

Question 10

two straits that connect the Black Sea to the Mediterranean

Answer 10

Bosporus and Dardanelles

Question 11

Turkey’s highest point

Answer 11

Mount Ararat

Question 12

Turkey’s largest city

Answer 12

Istanbul

Question 13

temporary rivers

Answer 13

wadis

Question 14

largest country in the Fertile Crescent

Answer 14

Iraq

Question 15

semi nomadic people who dwell in the northeastern highlands of Iraq

Answer 15

Kurds

Question 16

Iraq’s capital and largest city

Answer 16

Baghdad

Question 17

three characteristics that dominate the Arabian Peninsula

Answer 17

desert, Islam, and oil

Question 18

Lebanon’s capital city

Answer 18

Beirut

Question 19

Lebanon’s only year-round river

Answer 19

Litani River

Question 20

Syria’s capital city

Answer 20

Damascus

Question 21

Jordan’s largest city and capital

Answer 21

Amman

Question 22

ancient city carved completely out of rock; found in Jordan

Answer 22

Petra

Question 23

most foreign governments recognize _____ as the capital of Israel

Answer 23

Tel Aviv

Question 24

Israel’s leading export

Answer 24

cut diamonds

Question 25

great seafaring merchants of the Mediterranean world

Answer 25

Phoenicians

Question 26

marks the beginning of nations

Answer 26

dispersion from Babel

Question 27

also called Canaan or Palestine

Answer 27

Israel

Question 28

Israel became a nation

Answer 28

1948

Question 29

people that practice Judaism are _______

Answer 29

Jews

Question 30

people that practice Islam are __________

Answer 30

Muslim

Question 31

mosque that stands on the Temple Mount

Answer 31

Dome of the Rock

Question 32

two most important rivers in the Fertile Crescent

Answer 32

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 33

most important river in the western Fertile Crescent

Answer 33

Jordan River

Question 34

world’s largest peninsula

Answer 34

Arabian Peninsula

Question 35

world’s largest archipelago

Answer 35

Malay Archipelago

Question 36

largest and highest mountain range

Answer 36

Himalayas

Question 37

highest point on earth

Answer 37

Mount Everest

Question 38

world’s highest plateau

Answer 38

Tibet

Question 39

lowest point on land

Answer 39

Dead Sea

Question 40

Transcaucasia is named after __________

Answer 40

the Caucasus Mountains

Question 41

most people in Turkey are referred to as _____

Answer 41

Turks

Question 42

church in Turkey where the disciples were first called Christians

Answer 42

Antioch

Question 43

Azerbaijan’s capital and largest city

Answer 43

Baku

Question 44

Armenia’s capital and largest city

Answer 44

Yerevan

Question 45

Georgia’s capital and largest city

Answer 45

Tbilisi

Question 46

What former leader is from Georgia originally

Answer 46

Joseph Stalin

Question 47

what country in the Arabian Peninsula doesn’t depend on oil

Answer 47

Yemen

Question 48

Turkey’s first president

Answer 48

Ataturk

Question 49

caller on minneret that signals when it is time for prayer

Answer 49

muezzin