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1. Abraham started his journey to Canaan, via Haran, in Ur of the Chaldeans. If he were starting this journey in the 21st century, from which country would he be leaving?
2. Moses and the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years; he received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai during this time. In which country is this mountain thought to be today?
3. Ruth was a Moabite woman who married a man from Bethlehem. Moab was located in what present-day country?
4. Jonah was told by God to go to Nineveh in Assyria to preach. Although we cannot be certain, in which present-day city and country is the "great city" of Nineveh thought to be located?
5. Jonah disobeyed the Lord and, instead of going to Nineveh, he boarded a ship headed to Tarshish. In which of the following modern-day countries is that city thought to have been?
6. Jesus called his first disciples at the Sea of Galilee and, following the resurrection, he appeared to them there again. What is this body of water called today?
7. Judea and Samaria were both important places in Jesus' life and ministry. What is the area where these historical territories were located now called?
8. The apostle Paul was born as a Roman citizen in Tarsus of Cilicia. What country would that city be located in today?
9. Which of the following churches that are mentioned by name in the New Testament are in modern-day Greece?
10. The book of Revelation in the New Testament includes letters to the following seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. All of these cities were located in which of the following present-day countries?
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