Q1 Bells

Question 1

What is the name of the Peninsula that contains Yemen and Omen

Answer 1

Arabian Peninsula

Question 2

What body of water separates Saudi Arabia and Iran

Answer 2

Persian Gulf

Question 3

What mountain range separates Europe from Asia

Answer 3

Ural Mountains

Question 4

What Ocean is located north of Russia?

Answer 4

The Arctic Ocean

Question 5

What ocean is located east of Asia?

Answer 5

The Pacific Ocean

Question 6

The oldest written Chinese documents date back to when?

Answer 6

1700-1050 BCE

Question 7

The Kamchatka peninsula is located in which country?

Answer 7

Russia

Question 8

What is the name of the plateau located in Turkey?

Answer 8

Anatolia Plateau

Question 9

Jerusalem is located in which country?

Answer 9

Israel

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Kuwait

Question 11

What is the capital city of Iraq?

Answer 11

Baghdad

Question 12

What body of water is north of Iran?

Answer 12

The Caspian Sea

Question 13

What body of water is north of Turkey?

Answer 13

The Black Sea

Question 14

What body of water is west of Lebanon and Israel?

Answer 14

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 15

In what country is the “Forbidden City” located?

Answer 15

China

Question 16

The Caucasus mountains are next to what country?

Answer 16

Georgia

Question 17

The Gulf of Aden is next to what country?

Answer 17

Yemen

Question 18

Damascus is the capital of what country?

Answer 18

Syria

Question 19

Where did Buddhism originate?

Answer 19

The Indian Subcontinent

Question 20

What sea separates Saudi Arabia and Africa

Answer 20

Red Sea

Question 21

UAE 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 in Saudi Arabia

Answer 23

Oil

Question 24

What is the most Islamic religious city found in Saudi Arabia?

Answer 24

Mecca

Question 25

In what country does the Ganges river flow?

Answer 25

India

Question 26

Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in what country?

Answer 26

Tokyo, Japan

Question 27

Where are the Maldives Islands located?

Answer 27

Indian Ocean

Question 28

What type of government does Iran have

Answer 28

Theocracy

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Mesopotamia

Question 30

What country has the largest sand dessert 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 degrees longitude?

Answer 32

International dateline

Question 33

Muhammad was the founder of what?

Answer 33

Islam

Question 34

Where is the lowest point in elevation?

Answer 34

The Dead Sea

Question 35

What is the official language of Iran

Answer 35

Persian

Question 36

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

Answer 36

OPEC

Question 37

The Monastery at Petra carved into the sandstone hill is located in which country?

Answer 37

Jordan

Question 38

Beirut is located in which country?

Answer 38

Lebanon

Question 39

What city does the Bosporus strait split?

Answer 39

Istanbul

Question 40

What country contains the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?

Answer 40

Israel

Question 41

What two major rivers run through Iraq?

Answer 41

The 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 or Demilitarization Zone 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 which country?

Answer 46

Nepal

Question 47

What continent is just below East Asia?

Answer 47

Australia

Question 48

What country used to be a part of India?

Answer 48

Pakistan

Question 49

Across Central Asia a yurt functions as what?

Answer 49

A portable home

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Cambodia