1. Damascus
   India
2. Bethlehem
   Egypt

The birth of Jesus is one of the most famous Biblical stories. He was born in Bethlehem, a city five miles south of Jerusalem.

1. Memphis
   Alexandria
2. Mumbai
   Damascus

Alexandria was the capital of Egypt around 330 BC. It was famous for its ancient library and ornate lighthouse.

1. Tigris
   Euphrates
2. Nile
   Brahmaputra

As a baby, Moses was found by the Pharaoh's daughter floating down the Nile in a basket. His mother did this to try to help him escape death at the Pharaoh's orders.

1. yes
2. no

While the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are largely considered to be mythic, Babylon itself was a real place. This Mesopotamian city is estimated to have been the largest city in the Ancient World at different points in history.

1. Thermopylae
   Eden
2. Babylon
   Mesopotamia

Right after creation, God planted the Garden of Eden. This is where Adam and Eve lived before they were exiled.

1. a mountain
   a valley
2. a forest
   on an island

Solomon built a temple to the Lord on Mount Moriah. This was located in Jerusalem.

1. Nile
   Ganges
2. Hudson
   Amazon

In Genesis, Pharaoh dreams that seven cows come out of the Nile. No one can interpret his dream, until he asks Joseph.

1. Jerusalem
   Damascus
2. Ur
   Bethany

Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth. Today it is the capital of Syria.

1. Caribbean
   Caspian
2. Mediterranean
   South China

Israel of the Old Testament and modern-day Israel share a Mediterranean shore in common. They both touch the easternmost part of the sea.

1. Egypt
   Cush
2. Babel
   Judea

The land of Cush in the bible is thought to roughly correspond with modern day Ethiopia. It is thought to be the home of the Queen of Sheba, who famously visited King Solomon.

1. The Heart of Rome
   The Dead Sea
2. Judah
   A mountain in Moriah

This is one of the most famous biblical stories. Abraham was about to sacrifice his son Isaac on a mountaintop in Moriah, which is believed to be in Jerusalem by Christian and Jewish sources and near Mecca by Muslim sources.

1. The Nile
   The Euphrates
2. The Rio Grande
   The Ganges

The Euphrates is one of the most important rivers in world history. With the Nile and Tigris rivers it helped to form the fertile crescent, where numerous ancient civilizations innovated and thrived.

1. Yes
2. No

The Garden of Eden is considered mythological by most modern scholars. There have been some suggestions of its location throughout the Middle East, but these cannot be proved.

1. Greece
   Rome
2. Israel
   Egypt

This occurred for the first time in the Greek city of Antioch. It was founded by one of Alexander the Great's generals and later became the capital of the Roman province, Syria.

1. Jerusalem
   Rome
2. Canaan
   Philippi

Abraham traveled from Ur to Canaan. He made this journey by going through Haran.

1. Havilah
   Assyria
2. Greece
   Aijalon

In Genesis, Havilah is said to be a land of gold. One of the four rivers which flows from the Garden of Eden skirts it.

1. two
   18
2. four
   nine

Four rivers flowed out of the Garden of Eden. According to Genesis, they are the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates.

1. Crete
   Beersheba
2. Ethiopia
   Babylon

Today, Beersheba is the largest Israeli city in the Negev Desert of Southern Israel. Biblical patriarchs Abraham and Jacob were there in ancient days.

1. Israeli
   Roman
2. Syrian
   Mesopotamian

Akkad was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, though no one is quite sure where it was. This empire politically dominated Mesopotamia for over a century,

1. India
   Beirut
2. Memphis
   Canaan

Canaan was biblically the promised land where the Israelites settled initially, led by Moses. In modern times, this land took up parts of Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Syria.

1. The Dead Sea
   The Black Sea
2. The Indian Ocean
   The Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is part of the Mediterranean. It contains many Islands, including Patmos, and sits between Greece and Turkey.

1. Iraq
   Turkey
2. Greece
   Nigeria

Ur was located in lower Mesopotamia. This would have been modern-day Iraq.

1. Europe
   North America
2. Antarctica
   Australia

In Acts, Paul travels to Macedonia, Greece, and Italy. These are part of the European continent.

1. Jerusalem
   India
2. Nazareth
   Bethany

Jesus raised Lazarus in Bethany. It was a village outside of Jerusalem.

1. Ur
   Bethany
2. Transjordan
   Bohemia

In Luke, Jesus ascends to heaven while his disciples watch. This took place in the village of Bethany.

1. Sinai
   Everest
2. McKinley
   Tabor

Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Scholars think this was located either in Egypt or Saudi Arabia.

1. Galilee
   Nazareth
2. Egypt
   Sheba

In the Gospel of John, Jesus attends a wedding in the city of Cana in Galilee. There he turns water into wine.

1. Caspian
   Dead
2. Mediterranean
   Cortez

These biblical cities were destroyed for turning away from God. Their ruins have been excavated near the shores of the Dead Sea.

1. a river
   a valley
2. a mountain range
   a forest

Noah's ark came to rest in the Ararat mountain range after God's flood ended. Today, Mount Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey.

1. Dead Sea
   Mount Carmel
2. Egypt
   Mount Sinai

In 1 Kings, Elijah defeats 450 prophets of Baal. This occurs on Mount Carmel.

1. a city
   a region
2. a country
   a kingdom

Mesopotamia was a historic region in the Middle East within the Tigris-Euphrates river system. It roughly contained Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Iran.

1. Nazareth
   Ur
2. Nineveh
   Jericho

In biblical times, Jericho was a part of Israel. It was here that Jesus healed the blind man, Bartimaeus.

1. Damascus
   Ethiopia
2. Alexandria
   Tarsus

In Acts, Paul talks about his life before becoming Christian. He was from the city of Tarsus, which is in present-day south-central Turkey.

1. Israel
   Jordan
2. India
   China

Moab was located in present-day Jordan. It was on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.

1. United Arab Emirates
   Yemen
2. Iraq
   Turkey

While most scholars think that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are a myth, Babylon was a real place. It was located in modern-day Iraq.