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