1. ARMENIA

3. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as state religion.

4. When did Armenians adopted Christianity as a State Religion? 1. 1 st century AD 2. 405 AD 3. 301 AD 4. 9 th century B.C

5. Town of ECHMIADZIN

6. Echmiadzin, the residence of Catholicos, 4 th century A.D.

7. Town of ECHMIADZIN CHURCH HRIPSIME St. HRIPSIMEH CHURCH, 7th century A.D.

8. Town of ECHMIADZIN CHURCH GAYANE St. GAYANE CHURCH, 7th century A.D.

9. NORAVANK 13th century A.D.

10. NORAVANK

11. GEGHART CATHEDRAL 4th-13th century A.D.

12. KHOR VIRAP 16 th -18 th century A.D.

13. SAKHMOSAVANK 13 th century A.D

14. OSHAKAN, 19 th century A.D.

15. GARNI, 1 st century A.D. a temple existing from pagan times

16. UNIQUE ALPHABET

17. When the Armenian Alphabet was invented by Mesrop Mashtots? 1. 707 A.D. 2. 102 B.C 3. 405 A.D. 4. 1014 A.D

18. How many letters exist in the Armenian Alphabet? 22 letters 22 letters 27 letters 27 letters 35 letters 35 letters 39 letters 39 letters 51 letters 51 letters

19. MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM

20. CAPITAL OF ARMENIA YEREVAN

21. How old is Yerevan? 3,746 years old 3,746 years old 2,790 years old 2,790 years old 1,568 years old 1,568 years old 657 years old 657 years old

22. CAPITAL OF ARMENIA YEREVAN is 2,790 year-old

28. An old street in Yerevan

30. GENOCIDE MEMORIAL (genocide organized by Turks in 1915-1918)

38. SYMBOLS OF ARMENIA

39. KHACHKARKHACH-crossKAR-stone

40. KHACHKARS

42. MountainARARAT

49. LAKE SEVAN

52. Armenian Bread - LAVASH

53. Making Armenian bread - LAVASH

54. Armenian bread - LAVASH Making Armenian bread - LAVASH

56. Armenian bread - LAVASH

57. NATIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

58. Duduk

59. WORLD FAMOUS ARMENIANS

60. ART Archile Gorky Armenian-American Painter (1904-1948) Ivan Aivazovsky Armenian-Russian Painter (1817-1900) The Ninth Wave

61. Authors William Saroyan Armenian-American short story writer, novelist, playwright (1908-1981) ) Henri Troyat (Levon Aslan Torossian) French-Armenian Author, biographer, historian and novelist (1911-2007)

62. Entertainment/Film Atom Egoyan Born in 1960 Armenian-Canadian Film Director Cher (Cherylin Sarkisian) Born in 1946 American-Armenian Singer, Actress Charle Aznavour Born in 1946 French-Armenian Singer, Actor

63. Entertainment/Music PATRICK FIORI Born in 1969 French-Armenian Singer SYSTEM OF A DOWN American Rock Band Major members:John Dolmayan, Serj Tankian, Shavo Odadjian, Daron Malakian

64. Entertainment/Music ARAM KHACHATURIAN Armenian Composer (1903-1978) ARNO BABAJANIAN Armenian Composer (1921-1983)

65. Armenian Beauties Alice Panikian Miss Universe Canada 2006 Lusine Tovmasyan Miss Armenia 2003 Vice Miss Europe 2005

66. SPORT ANDRE AGASSI American-Armenian Tennis Player World Champion in 1995

67. INVENTORS The First Color TV (1928) Artem Mikoyan Aircraft designer (1905-1970) MiG aircraft Hovhannes Abgari Adamian Engineer (1879-1932)

68. INVENTORS Armenian LUTHER GEORGE SIMJIAN Armenian inventor (1905-1997) ATM (1939) Postage Meter Autofocus Camera Flight Stimulator More than 200 inventions!

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