The inscription on the back of each of the pictures referred to below will answer the question and the text, referred to in brackets, will tell the story more in detail.
| Why is Hebron one of the most interesting spots in the world? | [166 G.B.], [44 H.T.],
[74 H.T.] |
| Of what interesting events was the Ancient Shechem, now known as
Nablous, the scene? | [24 H.T.], [82 H.T.],
([82-87 L.J.]) |
| Who is associated with the town of Ramah? | [136 H.T.], [349 H.T.] |
| What kind of boats were used on the Nile and what were they called? | [154 H.T.] |
| Of what value was the Nile to Egypt? | [148 H.T.] |
| Describe the wilderness where the children of Israel wandered for forty years. | [200 H.T.], [206 H.T.],
[224 H.T.], [240 H.T.] |
| What important discovery was made in the monastery of Saint Catherine near Mount Sinai? | [210 H.T.] |
| Why is Palestine called a "living Pompeii"? | [234 H.T.] |
| What is a Druse family? | [134 G.B.] |
| Why is Petra one of the strangest and most marvelous cities in the world? | [252 H.T.] |
| Locate it on the map. | [14 T.J.] |
| What happens when the muddy waters of the Jordan flow into the Dead Sea, and why? | [258 H.T.] |
| Tell the name of "the city of palm trees" and two important facts about it. | [280 H.T.], [290 H.T.] ([287-292 H.T.]) |
| What is the modern condition of this once important city? | [390 T.J.], [394 T.J.] |
| How does Smith explain this condition? | [279 H.T.] |
| Give three important facts about the Plain of Esdraelon. | [328 H.T.], [56 T.J.] |
| Explain the meaning of the national saying, "from Dan to Beersheba." | [340 H.T.] |
| What valley was called the "Valley of the Smiths," and why? | [364 H.T.] |
| What do you know about Endor? | [378 H.T.] ([376-380 H.T.]) |
| What were the two chief industries of Judea? In illustrating his
mission by referring to these pursuits, what words did Jesus use? | [410 H.T.] |
| What do you know about the rock-hewn tombs used in Bible lands? | [176 H.T.], [310 H.T.], [450 H.T.] |
| What do you know of the Cedars of Lebanon, and what is the meaning of the word "Lebanon"? | [454 H.T.], [460 H.T.] |
| What stands to-day on the old temple area in Jerusalem? | [464 H.T.], [468 H.T.] |
| What awful contest between rival faiths was fought out for a full day
on Mount Carmel? | [118 T.J.] ([116-122 T.J.]) |
| What influence did the great wilderness of the Brook Cherith have on
the life and literature of the Hebrew people? | [126 T.J.] |
| Between what two important cities of Palestine does the road run that
is made famous by the story of the Good Samaritan? Why is it called the
"Ascent of Blood"? For what reasons have pilgrims, both in Jesus' time
and ours, traveled this road? | [132 T.J.], [90 L.J.] |
| What two great prophets are associated with the village of Shunem, and how? | [136 T.J.] ([138-143 T.J.]) |
| In whose reign was Samaria made capital of the Northern Kingdom? | [384 T.J.], [374 T.J.] |
| How did the location of Samaria make it easy for it to resist assault?
Tell the story of one dreadful siege there. | [156 T.J.] ([152-157 T.J.]) |
| How was Samaria finally brought low? | ([411-413 T.J.]) |
| How does the city to-day justify Isaiah's name for it,
"the crown of the pride of Ephraim"? | [360 T.J.] |
| What other ruins tell the story of the once proud city? | [350 T.J.] |
| Explain the statement made in the time of Jesus ([82 L.J.]) "For Jews
have no dealings with Samaritans" | [237 T.J.], [488 L.J.] |
| What great seaport, the only inside harbor between Egypt and Mount
Carmel, was the scene of Jonah's attempt to escape from the command of
the Lord? | [167 T.J.], [458 T.J.] ([165-171 T.J.]) |
| Through what valley does the modern railroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem run? | [180 T.J.] |
| What great loss was suffered there in the time of Eli? | [180 T.J.] ([342-346 H.T.]) |
| Give the name of some of the gates in the ancient wall of Jerusalem and
explain their use | [216 T.J.] [322 L.J.],
[338 L.J.] |
| What was the fate of the first wall that surrounded the city? | [224 T.J.] |
| Does any of the wall still exist? | [224 T.J.], [230 T.J.] |
| When and for what reason did the ancient Jews gather at their wailing place in Jerusalem? | [244 T.J.] |
| What two important mounts are separated by the valley of Jehosaphat, also known as Kidron? | [252 T.J.] |
| Name something that distinguishes each mount. | ([264 L.J.], [461 H.T.]) |
| What important roads run through the valley of Jehosaphat? Tell some
other interesting features of the valley. | [260 T.J.], [264 T.J.] |
| What little village at the base of the Mount of Olives is remembered
because of its pool, which was the scene of one of Jesus' miracles? | [274 T.J.] ([197 L.J.]) |
| What interesting discovery has been made in connection with this pool? | [304 T.J.] |
| What was the system of water supply in ancient Jerusalem? | [298 T.J.] |
| What astonishing discovery has been made by excavation concerning the
mound that covers the ancient city of Lachish in Palestine? | [310 T.J.] |
| What mount was made a rival of Jerusalem by the erection of a temple
which marked it as the central shrine of the nation? | [366 T.J.] |
| What range is the great mountain barrier of northern Palestine? | [372 T.J.], [60 S.A.] |
| Locate this range on map. | [213 L.J.] |
| Tell the name and character of the famous monument of Mesha, king of Moab. | [376 T.J.] |
| What can be said of the city of Damascus both as to character and location? | [406 T.J.] |
| What great man of New Testament times is associated with this city? | ([371 L.J.]) |
| In the midst of Mohammedan occupancy to-day, what portion of the old
Christian city of Damascus is left to preserve the prophecy, "Thy
kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting kingdom"? | [378 L.J.] |
| What river at Damascus was once compared with the Jordan river? | [410 T.J.] |
| By whom was it compared? | ([144 T.J.]) |
| What two famous cities on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean held
the commercial supremacy of the East? | [436 T.J.], [442 T.J.] |
| How did a king of one of these cities come into business relations with a king of Israel? | ([457 H.T.]) |
| What Judean city possessed such fertile soil that it was called the "House of Bread"? | [478 T.J.] |
| What beautiful character is associated with these harvest fields? | ([35 T.J.]) |
| What is the meaning of the name "Gethsemane," and why was the garden so called? | [260 L.J.] |
| How did the location of Lydda make it a business center? | [352 L.J.] |
| Name and locate the Roman city in which Paul the Apostle grew to
manhood; and give two sources of civic pride. | [374 L.J.] |
| What great prophet had his home in Anathoth, a little city near Jerusalem? | [316 S.A.] |
| What scenes in the lives of two great men of Judea were laid in the
hill country of Judea now marked by the Convent of Mar-Sarba? | [358 S.A.] |
| What were some of the distinguishing features of the city of Corinth
in the time of Paul? | [418 S.A.], [432 S.A.] |
| How did her situation contribute to Corinth's greatness? | [402 L.J.] |
| For what characteristics did Corinth became proverbial in the ancient world? | [410 L.J.] ([408-412 L.J.]) |
| Name and describe the most pronounced object in Ancient Athens. | [406 L.J.],[442 S.A.] |
| What Bible hero visited these scenes on his travels? | [398 L.J.] ([404-408 L.J.]) |
| Tell how the situation of Antioch made it a place of concourse for all classes and kinds of people. | [446 S.A.] |
| Locate Antioch on map. | [381 L.J.] |
| What historical ground did Paul's route in Macedonia cover? | [428 L.J.] |
| What natural cause accounts for the decay of the city of Miletus which
was in Paul's day one of the leading centers of Greek civilization? | [420 L.J.] ([425-426 L.J.]) |
| Describe the aspect, as seen from the sea, of the city of Assos,
visited by Paul on his third missionary journey. | [424 L.J.] ([425 L.J.]) |
| What is the appearance of the AEgean Sea to-day, commercially speaking,
as compared with classic times? | [432 L.J.] |
| Of what historical events was the city of Salonica the scene and by
what name was it known in the time of Paul? | [436 L.J.] ([403-404 L.J.]) |
| What interesting points might have been viewed by Paul from the deck of
the "Twin Brothers," as it lay in the port of Puteoli? | [440 L.J.] |
| Name and give the interesting events that centered about the mount known as the "Mount of God". | [94 S.A.] |
| What stands on the island of Malta to-day commemorating Paul's visit there? | [480 L.J.] ([474-477 L.J.]) |
| Describe and give the name of the great Way which has been called the
"Queen of Roads". | [476 L.J.] |