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History test 2
History test 2 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a part of a body of water smaller than a sea and reaching into the land, generally with a wide opening | Bay |
| What is the lowest place on the earth's land surface | Dead Sea |
| Who was the first prime minister of India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| What is the southernmost country of the Middle East | Yemen |
| What do you call people who have left their country because of hardships | Refugees |
| What is the source of the Jordan River | Mount Hermon |
| Who was a Jewish captive who was trained to serve the king of Babylon | Daniel |
| What are temporary rivers that appear in heavy rains called | Wadis |
| The Israelites are descendants of whom | Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob |
| Who was Israel's first king | Saul |
| What do you call a narrow, man-made channel of water that joins other bodies of water | Canal |
| Who was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989 | Ayatollah Khomeini |
| Who was Israel's second king | David |
| What country was previously known as Persia | Iran |
| What was the name of the war in which Israel captured the east side of Jerusalem from Jordan | Six-Day War |
| What do you call a gently sloping coast covered by sand or pebbles | Beach |
| What is the name of the world's largest peninsula | Arabian Peninsula |
| Who developed nearly 300 laws about marriage, business, farming, and everyday life of Babylonians | Hammurabi |
| What were Hammurabi's laws called | Code of Hammurabi |
| What is the name of the 2020 Peace Agreement between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Israel | Abraham Accords |
| Which country was previously known as Ceylon | Sri Lanka |
| What is one of the oldest civilizations in the world | Indus Valley Civilization |
| What was the capital of Assyria | Nineveh |
| What is the largest religion in the Middle East | Islam |
| What is usually wider than either a strait or channel and sometimes separates an island from the mainland | Sound |
| What is the strict social separation of different classes in India called | Caste system |
| Who was the founder of Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) |
| What are the two Saudi Arabian cities considered holy by Muslims | Mecca and Medina |
| Sri Lanka was previously known as what | Ceylon |
| What is a sheltered place where ships may anchor safely called | Harbor |
| What is the oldest independent state in the Arab world | Oman |
| Who was the Iraqi leader who invaded Kuwait | Saddam Hussein |
| The Northern Highlands region contains which two countries | Turkey and Iran |
| Which empire was the first to include most of the country of India | Mauryan Empire |
| Istanbul is Turkey's largest city and is also its leading what | Port |