Syria
Syria has a short Mediterranean coastline. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 10 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Syria trivia questions
What is the capital of Syria?
Answer: Damascus
Bonus fact: Damascus is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Syria lies along which sea?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
Bonus fact: Syria has a short Mediterranean coastline.
Which ancient city in Syria was famous for monumental Roman ruins before major wartime destruction?
Answer: Palmyra
Bonus fact: Palmyra was a major caravan city in antiquity.
Who was president of Syria when the war began?
Answer: Bashar al-Assad
Bonus fact: Assad had been president since 2000.
Which country lies on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean between Israel and Syria?
Answer: Lebanon
Bonus fact: The UN map shows Lebanon’s narrow Mediterranean coastline.
Cyprus lies in the eastern Mediterranean directly south of which country?
Answer: Türkiye
Bonus fact: Cyprus lies west of Syria and Lebanon as well as south of Türkiye.
Petra was the rock-cut capital city of which ancient people?
Answer: Nabataeans
Bonus fact: Petra became a major caravan center linking Arabia, Egypt, and Syria-Phoenicia.
Palmyra became an established caravan oasis on trade routes linking the Roman Empire with Persia, India, and which other region?
Answer: China
Bonus fact: Palmyra came under Roman control in the mid-1st century CE as part of the Roman province of Syria.
Damascus is the capital of which country?
Answer: Syria
Bonus fact: Damascus is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
One major demand of the Cedar Revolution was the withdrawal of troops from which country?
Answer: Syria
Bonus fact: Syrian forces withdrew from Lebanon in 2005.