HUMA 1850A THE BIBLE IN MODERN CONTEXTS
MAP QUIZ
Be prepared to locate the following places and areas on a map of the Ancient Near East.
Consult the list of maps on page ix of Carr and Conway and/or use your map index at the back of
the New Oxford Annotated Bible book to find where they are located.
IMPORTANT: SPELLING COUNTS!
Cities
1. Ugarit
2. Ur
3. Babylon
4. Jerusalem
5. Megiddo
6. Troy
7. Memphis
8. Damascus
9. Elephantine
10. Nineveh
11. Mari
12. Shechem
13. Tyre
14. Asshur
15. Byblos
16. Tarsus
Bodies of Water
1. Euphrates River
2. Nile River
3. Dead Sea
4. Jordan River
5. Red Sea
6. Mediterranean Sea
7. Black Sea
8. Lake Van
9. Persian Gulf
Countries/Empires/Land Areas
1. Sinai Peninsula
2. Arabian Desert
3. Hittite Empire
4. Palestine
5. Assyria
6. Asia Minor
7. Babylonia
8. Caucasian Mountains