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