Consider the following statements. Armenia is located in the mountaino...
Statement 2 is incorrect.
Armenia is a landlocked country in the mountainous Caucasus region between Asia and Europe. Yerevan is the capital. Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion. It underwent the Armenian genocide during World War I. After periods of independence and Soviet rule, it became independent in 1991.
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Consider the following statements. Armenia is located in the mountaino...
Explanation:
Armenia's Location:
- The statement that Armenia is located in the mountainous Caucasus region between Asia and Europe is correct. Armenia is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
Armenia's Borders:
- The statement that Armenia is bordered by both the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea is incorrect. Armenia is actually landlocked and does not have direct access to any seas. It is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south.
Adoption of Christianity:
- The statement that Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion is correct. Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity as the state religion in the early 4th century, around the year 301 AD, under King Tiridates III.
Therefore, only the first and third statements are correct, so the correct answer is option B - Only two.