Bible lands
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Now that you’ve had a chance to take a reading
tour of the lands of the Bible, what do you remember
about your journey? See how you do with the
questions below. Also, take a moment to write
down your thoughts at the end of each section.
EGYPT
1. __________________ was sold as a slave and was taken to Egypt.
2. _____________________ was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter and led the Israelites out of Egypt.
3. Moses heard the voice of God from (a) a big rock, (b) a desert stream, (c) a burning bush, (d) his walking stick.
4. There are about (a) 400, (b) 125, (c) 75, (d) 25 pyramids in Egypt.
If
IRAQ
1. Mesopotamia, another name for Iraq, means _________________________________.
2. The tower of ________________________ was built in Iraq.
3. Another name for Iraq in the Bible is (a) Babylon, (b) Land of Shinar, (c) Mesopotamia, (d) all three.
4. Iraq is mentioned in the Bible the most except for the country of (a) Israel, (b) Greece, (c) Egypt, (d) Lebanon.
If I could visit Iraq, I’d ask a kid my age this question: ____________________________________________________________________
LEBANON
1. Hiram was king of ________________________ in what is now Lebanon.
2. Solomon asked King Hiram to send _____________________ wood from Lebanon to build the temple in Jerusalem.
3. When Solomon built the temple, he covered the inside with (a) glass, (b) gold, (c) marble, (d) bronze.
4. Lebanon is mentioned (a) 200, (b) 150, (c) 100, (d) 76 times in the Bible.
If I could visit Lebanon, I’d take a picture of this: __________________________________________________________________________
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ISRAEL
1. God told ___________________________ that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars.
2. Jesus went up to heaven from a place in Israel called the ________________________ of ________________________.
3. Jesus rose from the grave on the (a) third, (b) fourth, (c) fifth, (d) sixth day.
4. When Rome made war with Israel, Roman soldiers destroyed (a) Jerusalem’s temple, (b) the walls of
Jericho, (c) every village in Judea, (d) the road to Emmaus.
If I could visit Israel, I’d like to visit the place where Jesus did this: ____________________________________________________
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GREECE
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1. Another name for Mars Hill is the ___________________________.
2. ______________________________ talked to the people of Athens about Jesus.
3. The Romans were so impressed with the ideas of the (a) French, (b) Babylonians, (c) Greeks, (d) Hittites,
that they tried to copy many of them.
4. The people of Athens had a statue to the (a) “unknown,” (b) “all-powerful,” (c) “favorite,” (d) “invisible” God.
If I could visit Greece, I’d learn the Greek words for this question: _____________________________________________________
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ITALY
1. ________________________ was the most important city in Italy.
2. Emperor ________________________ blamed Christians for a big fire and then persecuted them.
3. Tradition says that (a) Paul and Silas, (b) Paul and Peter, (c) Paul and Barnabas, (d) Paul and Timothy were
imprisoned in the Mamertine Prison.
4. Christians met in catacombs, which were (a) old buildings, (b) sewer tunnels, (c) secret caves, (d) city dumps.
If I could visit Italy, I’d like to eat this Italian dish: _________________________________________________________________________
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My favorite country in this magazine is __________________. Here’s why: ___________________________________
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Answers — Egypt: 1. Joseph, 2. Moses, 3. C, 4. C; Iraq: 1. “Between two rivers,” 2. Babel, 3. D, 4. A; Lebanon: 1. Tyre, 2. cedar, 3. B, 4. D; Israel: 1. Abraham, 2. Mount of Olives, 3. A, 4. A; Greece: 1. Areopagus, 2. Paul, 3. C, 4. A; Italy: 1. Rome, 2. Nero, 3. B, 4. C.
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