History Test #4

2. capital Tehran
4. the first European to reach India by sea sailing around Africa.
6. Sumerian writing
8. when history began
10. the cotton material first made in India
13. a seasonal wind that brings rain
16. the first people to make coins
18. the tool Sumerians used to stamp their documents
19. the country that became a nation in 1948, capital Jerusalem
24. among the first people to build an empire
29. the world's largest peninsula
32. a famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible
36. the country once called East Pakistan
37. the main religion of India
38. the belief that man began as an animal
39. a group of people who invaded India from the north and developed the caste system
40. what our system of dating is centered on
42. people who study ancient cultures
43. people who do not belong to any caste
44. the most important natural resource in the Middle East today
45. the person who first took cotton goods from India to Europe
47. the prophet sent to preach at Nineveh
48. the country once called Persia, the capital is Baghdad
49. an important leader in the struggle for India's independence
50. capital Amman
51. capital Ankara

1. built by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon, and was considered a wonder of the ancient world
3. their most valuable contribution was the alphabet
5. a group without any great accomplishments
7. founder of Islam
9. man's attempt to put himself in place of or above God
11. home of India's ancient civilization
12. the holy book of Islam
14. the Buddhists state of being free from suffering
15. an important math principle developed in India
17. allowed the Jews to rebuild their temple
20. capital Damascus
21. capital Riyadh
22. Bombay, India's largest city
23. a temple
25. one of India's major rivers
26. means "Enlightened One"
27. a tomb built by an Indian ruler for his favorite wife
28. which civilization had these inventions/discoveries wheel, writing, arch
30. capital New Delhi
31. India's first prime minister
33. the belief that the soul is reborn into some other man or animal
34. country known for its cedars in ancient times, the capital is Beirut
35. a line of rulers all in the same family
41. the father of "Modern Missions"
46. most commonly used language in the Middle East