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A) Syria B) Egypt C) Jordan D) Saudi Arabia
A) Fortress B) Valley C) Temple D) Rock
A) Sandstone B) Marble C) Granite D) Limestone
A) Cultural Landmark B) World Heritage Site C) Man-Made Wonder D) National Park
A) Roman Empire B) Byzantine Empire C) Persian Empire D) Ottoman Empire
A) 18th century B) 16th century C) 20th century D) 19th century
A) Aqueducts and cisterns B) Irrigation channels C) Wells and pumps D) Canals and dykes
A) Camels B) Horses C) Donkeys D) Elephants
A) The Tombs B) The Theatre C) The Monastery D) The Treasury
A) Umm el-Biyara B) Raqmu C) Al-Batrāʾ D) Petra
A) 1999 B) 2001 C) 1985 D) 1967
A) Johann Ludwig Burckhardt B) Frederick Cook C) Howard Carter D) T.E. Lawrence
A) 10,000 inhabitants B) 20,000 inhabitants C) 50,000 inhabitants D) 5,000 inhabitants
A) A plague outbreak B) An earthquake destroyed many structures C) A flood swept through the city D) An invasion by a foreign army
A) Monastery B) The Great Temple C) El-Deir D) Al-Khazneh
A) Seir B) Nabataea C) Edom D) Arabia Petraea
A) Byzantines B) Egyptians C) Romans D) Edomites
A) They built massive walls around Petra B) They formed alliances with powerful neighbors C) They had a large standing army D) They were accustomed to living in barren deserts
A) Large lakes B) River systems C) Artificial reservoirs D) The configuration of mountains
A) Aramaic B) Greek C) Roman D) Egyptian
A) Pliny the Elder B) Herodotus C) Josephus D) Tacitus
A) Garshu B) Raqēmō C) Rekem D) Sela
A) Diodorus Siculus B) Herodotus C) Thucydides D) Xenophon
A) World Book Encyclopedia B) Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable C) The Oxford English Dictionary D) Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)
A) Moab B) Israel C) Edom D) Ammon
A) Seleucus I Nicator B) Alexander the Great C) Antigonus D) Ptolemy I Soter
A) 125 B) 114 C) 106 D) 130
A) Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus B) Sextius Florentinus C) Septimius Severus D) Hadrian
A) Nabataean Capital B) Roman Petra C) Hadriānī Petra Metropolis D) Byzantine Petra
A) Nabataean Caravan Route B) Via Traiana Nova C) Hadrian's Way D) Petra Roman Road
A) Theodosius II B) Arcadius C) Justinian I D) Constantine I
A) Festival of Allat B) Celebration of Manat C) Nabataean New Year D) A feast on December 25
A) Elagabalus B) Hadrian C) Trajan D) Septimius Severus
A) Arabia Petraea B) Palaestina Salutaris C) Syria Palaestina D) Nabataea
A) Liber Pater B) Dushara C) Khaabou D) al-Uzza
A) An inscription on Qasr al-Bint B) A statue of himself C) Marks pointed out by documents found at the Dead Sea D) Coins with his portrait
A) Athenogenes B) Septimius Severus C) Epiphanius of Salamis D) Sextius Florentinus
A) Trade center B) Governorship C) Metropolitan bishopric D) Military command
A) Hadrian B) Sextius Florentinus C) Trajan D) Elagabalus
A) Church of the Holy Sepulchre B) Qasr al-Bint C) The Byzantine Church D) Temple of Dushara
A) Dushara B) al-Uzza C) Allat D) Manat
A) Al-Ashraf Khalil B) Saladin C) Qutuz D) Baibars
A) 1812 B) 1839 C) 1828 D) 1909
A) Wadi Musa B) Umm Sayhoun C) Al-Karak D) Little Petra
A) Mount Sinai B) Jabal Al-Madbah C) Mount Hermon D) Mount Nebo
A) Wadi Arabah B) Cisterns C) The Siq D) Nabataean aqueducts
A) 2–3 meters (6–10 feet) B) 3–4 meters (10–13 feet) C) 7–8 meters (23–26 feet) D) 5–6 meters (16–20 feet)
A) A mountain pass B) A dark, narrow gorge C) An open plain D) A wide valley
A) The east B) The north C) The south D) The west
A) Nabataean B) Roman C) Byzantine D) Hellenistic
A) A Roman arch B) An Egyptian pyramid shape C) A broken pediment with a central tholos D) A large dome
A) Isis-Tyche B) Venus C) Demeter D) Athena
A) Military training ground B) Residential area C) Marketplace D) Worship
A) 10,000 people B) 12,000 people C) 5,000 people D) Around 8,500 people
A) Gladiator fights B) Poetry readings C) Dramas D) Musical performances
A) A semi-circle nymphaeum B) An amphitheater C) A temple D) A Roman bathhouse
A) Nabataean Plateau B) Mount Hor C) Wadi Musa D) Jebel Madbah Mountain
A) Dfb (humid continental) B) Af (tropical rainforest) C) BSk (semi-arid) D) Csa (Mediterranean)
A) ICOMOS B) UNDP C) World Bank D) UNESCO
A) 20.7 °C (69.3 °F) B) 25.3 °C (77.5 °F) C) 10.2 °C (50.4 °F) D) 15.5 °C (59.9 °F)
A) Military fortification B) Ceremonial, though speculative C) Commercial trading hub D) Residential
A) Overcrowding by local residents B) Unsustainable tourism C) Lack of tourist interest D) Insufficient ticket sales
A) 1877 B) 1902 C) 1923 D) 1845
A) Agatha Christie's mystery novels B) Bartleby C) Left Behind Series D) The Adventures of Tintin
A) Mohammed Abdullah B) John Yarbrough C) Joan Ward D) Marguerite van Geldermalsen
A) Jinn B) Last Act in Palmyra C) The Red Sea Sharks D) Appointment with Death
A) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade B) Civilization V C) Mortal Kombat Annihilation D) Overwatch
A) American PBS Nova B) Lebanese Civil War C) Zionist Youth movement D) New Zealand Bedouin
A) Haim Hefer B) Joan Ward C) Meir Har-Zion D) John William Burgon
A) Jinn B) Petra: Lost City of Stone C) Time Scanners D) Living with Arabs: Nine Years with the Petra Bedouin
A) Overwatch B) Civilization C) Transformers D) Indiana Jones |