Middle east
What middle eastern city is home to the tallest building in the world?
Dubai
Turkish word for "hello"?
Merhaba
What is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Sarajevo
What is the longest river in Africa?
The nile
What is the name of the ancient musical instrument, similar to a lute, that is widely used in Syrian music
Oud
Which Middle Eastern country has the largest natural gas reserves in the world?
Iran
Which city in Türkiye is the only city in the world that extends across two continents?
Istanbul
What year did Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence from Yugoslavia?
1992
What ancient African empire was ruled by Mansa Musa, one of the richest people in history?
Mali empire
What is the name of the famous Byzantine church-turned-mosque-turned-museum in Istanbul?
The city of Petra, known as the “Rose City,” is located in which modern-day country?
Jordan
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire before it was renamed Istanbul?
Constantinople
What empire ruled Bosnia and Herzegovina for over 400 years until the late 19th century?
Ottoman empire
Which two African countries were never colonized by European powers?
Liberia and ethiopia
What is the largest country in Africa by area?
Algeria
What agreement in 1916 secretly divided the Ottoman Empire’s territories between Britain and France?
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
Who was the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey in 1923?
Ataturk
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s landscape is predominantly covered by which type of terrain?
Mountains
In which African country is the Yorùbá religion primarily practiced?
Nigeria
Eritrea shares borders with three countries. Name all of them.
Sudan, Ethiopia, dijibouti
Which empire controlled the most middle eastern territory
Umayyad caliphate
Which fruit, introduced to Europe through the Ottoman Empire, is called “Turkish Delight” in some cultures but has no relation to the confection?
Fig
What year did Bosnia host the Olympics?
1984
South Africa completely surrounds which other African nation?
Lesotho
Which sultan was known as “the Magnificent” during the Ottoman Empire’s golden age?
Suleiman