Geography
Politics
Art and Culture
Food and Drink
History
100
The most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, (UAE) this city is known for having one of the tallest building's in the world.
What is Dubai.
100
The flag of this large country, which recently changed it's official name, partially to have less resemblance to a North American bird.
What is Türkiye.
100
A traditional labor intensive handwoven craft from the modern-day nation of Iran.
What is Persian rug or Iranian carpet. This one is in an Isfahan style, named after the city the style originates from.
100
In many Middle Eastern homes, it is tradition to serve this hot beverage to guests.
What is tea.
100
Considered the birthplace of some of the worlds earliest civilizations, this ancient region sits between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is Ancient Mesopotamia.
200
A large desert which covers parts of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, and Jordan, on a peninsula of the same name.
What is the Arabian Desert.
200
The flag of the former government of this country, which fell shortly after U.S miltary troops completed their withdraw in 2021.
What is Afghanistan.
200
A connected and flowing, primarly handwritten, script prized for it's elegance and beauty.
What is Arabic Calligraphy. This art piece is by Taha Al-Hiti.
200
A world-wide famous Middle Eastern dip made of chickpeas.
What is hummus.
200
A stone known for helping crack an ancient language.
What is the Rosetta Stone.
300
A body of water near the modern-day nations of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and Bahrain.
What is the Persian or Arabian Gulf.
300
The flag of a North African country which is sometimes considered part of the Middle East because of cultural simularities rather than geographic location.
What is Morocco.
300
A collection of folk tales which inspired the Disney movie, Aladdin.
What is One Thousand and One Nights.
300
A famous Middle Eastern street food made with chickpeas or fava bean and fried.
What is Falafel. This version is a Lebanese recipe.
300
An ancient city, which is famous for it's half carved, half built architecture.
What is Petra, Jordan
400
A manmade waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal
400
The leaders of this large Kingdom are known for wearing a traditional red and white checkered headdress.
What is Saudi Arabia. This is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, wearing a ghutra.
400
A traditional Levantine dance popular in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
What is the Dabke or Dabkeh.
400
A layered dessert stuffed with nuts and sweetened with syrup.
What is Baklava or Baklawa. This version is a Syrian recipe.
400
A series of anti-goverment protests that arose in many Middle Eastern countries in the early 2010s.
What is Arab Spring, or the First Arab Spring
500
Identify five countries in the Middle East.
500
The largest stateless ethnic group in the Middle East, they live in the mountainous areas of Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq.
What are the Kurdish people.
500
This famous mosque in Istanbul is known for it's distinct color.
The Blue Mosque, of Istanbul, Türkiye.
500
The Ottomans would invent the first of these, spaces dedicated to drinking this modern caffeinated beverage.
What is a coffeehouse.
500
A political and religious leader during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is a caliph. This is Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire