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OWHG Ancient Civilizations
OWHG Ancient Civilizations
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ancient India, Middle East, Mesopotamia
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A sacred river of India
Ganges
Buddha
Thames
Indus
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India's first prime minister
Nehru
Gandhi
Ben-Gurion
William Carey
3
a map in a shape of a sphere
glade
atlas
globe
meridian
4
Capital is Ankara
Turkey
Iraq
Jordan
5
Canaanites contribution
nothing
writing
coins
science
6
A seasonal wind that brings rain to India
nirvana
calico
monsoon
cotton
7
first empire builders
Hittites
Lydians
Arabs
Phoenicians
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Took cotton goods to Europe
Carey
Ben-Gurion
Mahatma Gandhi
Alexander the Great
9
Capital is Amman
Jordan
Israel
Iran
10
The smallest continent
Antarctica
Europe
South America
Australia
11
What is a ziggurat?
alphabet
temple
form of writing
sculpture of gold
12
First European to sail around Africa to reach India
Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Pizarro
Magellan
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Man's attempt to put himself in place of God
superstition
humanism
ziggurat
evolution
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Who developed the early alphabet?
Phoenician
Hittites
Lydians
Hebrews
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Who studies ancient cultures?
mathematicians
atheists
evolutionists
archaeologists
16
The diameter of the earth
9,500 miles
1,760 miles
8,000 miles
5,280 miles
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Not a math principle developed by India
place value
pi
decimals
zero
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Main religion of India
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
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Beginning of History
Creation of man
Creation Day One
Tower of Babel
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India's largest city
Mumbai
Bangolore
New Delhi
Calcutta
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The earth's circumference
8,000 miles
20,000 miles
12,500 miles
25,000 miles
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not in any caste
middlemen
creeps
outcastes
delhis
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Israel is the home of this Middle East religion
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Catholicism
24
World's longest river
Amazon
Nile
Volga
Danube
25
Once called East Pakistan
Nepal
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Thailand
26
Indian ruler built this for favorite wife's grave
Great Wall
Lydian
Taj Mahal
Hanging Gardens
27
Name the largest peninsula in the Middle East.
Asia Minor
Sinai
Florida
Arabian
28
Father of Modern Missions
Carey
Carmichael
Martyn
Livingstone
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World's highest mountain system
Rockies
Himalayas
Urals
Caucasus
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The largest continent
Africa
Russia
North Carolina
Asia
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Line of rulers from same family
monsoon
outcastes
dynasty
nirvana
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India's ancient civilization was built around this river
Rhine
Indus
Thames
Tibet
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Led struggle for India's independence
Nehru
Lydia
Gandhi
Carey
34
Our most famous citizen of Ur
Jonah
Gandhi
Moses
Abraham
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Allowed Jews to rebuild the temple
Solomon
Isaiah
Cyrus
Hammurabi
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Iran and Turkey are not considered this type of country, like the others in the Middle East.
Arabic
Christian
Cypriot
Islamist
37
false belief that a soul can be reborn in another being
transfiguration
evolution
conservation
reincarnation
38
The 3 words one thinks of when thinking of Saudi Arabia.
rugs, oil, desert
oil, Judaism, desert
desert, copper, Islam
Islam, oil, desert
39
the Enlightened One
Carmichael
Carey
Gandhi
Buddha
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Capital is Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
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Our system of dating is centered around _?_
Christ's coming
creation
Fall of man
Noah's Flood
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Invaded India from the north & started caste system
Dravidians
Buddhists
Europeans
Aryans
43
Buddhists state of being "free"
nirvana
monsoon
calico
dynasty
44
This country is the birthplace of Islam.
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Syria
Iraq
45
Nebuchadnezzar built this beautiful wonder
Hanging Gardens
Taj Mahal
Mosque
Great Wall
46
What chapters should we study for this test?
2-5
1-3
1-5
2-4
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The country which built the National Water Carrier for irrigation.
Israel
Syria
Yemen
Lebanon
48
Sumerian form of writing
cylinders
nirvana
humanism
cuneiform
49
The preacher sent to Nineveh
Jonah
Daniel
Jeremiah
Micah
50
The world's largest lake
Dead Sea
Black Sea
Lake Superior
Caspian Sea
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Capital is Jerusalem
Israel
Lebanon
Iran
52
Capital is Tehran
Israel
Iraq
Iran
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The largest religious group in the Middle East.
Catholicism
Judaism
Islam
Christianity