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