Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Syria?

Syria is a country in the Middle East. It touches Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. People have lived there for thousands of years, and Damascus is known as one of the oldest cities on earth. The land is big, about 185,000 square kilometers, and before the war around 22 million people lived there, but now many are far from home. Syria has very old places like Palmyra and Bosra, with buildings from Romans and Muslims. The culture mixes Arab, Kurdish, and Assyrian ways, making life full of many traditions.

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Quiz: How much do you know about Syria?

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Which ancient city in Syria is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world?

Aleppo

Homs

Latakia

Damascus

2 / 10

The ancient city of Palmyra was an important center for which ancient trade route?

Amber Road

Silk Road

Tea Horse Road

Spice Route

3 / 10

Which Syrian city is famous for its soap made from olive oil and laurel oil?

Tartus

Aleppo

Raqqa

Latakia

4 / 10

The Citadel of Aleppo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating back to which period?

Iron Age

Abbasid Period

Bronze Age

Ottoman Period

5 / 10

What is the highest mountain in Syria?

Mount Ansarieh

Mount Simeon

Mount Qasioun

Mount Hermon

6 / 10

Which ancient kingdom once had its capital at Ebla, in modern-day Syria?

Akkadian Kingdom

Hittite Kingdom

Eblaite Kingdom

Assyrian Kingdom

7 / 10

What is the meaning of the name “Syria” in ancient Greek usage?

Derived from “Assyria”

Mountainous Land

Land of the Sun

People of the East

8 / 10

Which empire built the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus?

Umayyad Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

Byzantine Empire

Ottoman Empire

9 / 10

What is the official language of Syria?

Arabic

Syriac

Kurdish

Armenian

10 / 10

Which famous river flows through the city of Damascus?

Barada

Orontes

Euphrates

Tigris

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