Geography
What covers most of North Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
A country that ruled Tunisia, Algeria, and parts of Morocco in the early 1900s
What is France?
The capital of Egypt
What is Cairo?
The name of Mediterranean flatbread
What is PEETA?
A way to say hello in arabic
What is Ahlan, marhaba, assalamu aleikum, salam
The names of the nomadic people who keep herds of camels, horses, and sheep
What are the Bedouin?
A civil war in this country started in 2011, causing many troopers to die
What is Syria?
The capital of Syria
What is Damascus?
The main ingredient in hummus.
What are chickpeas?
The name of the indigenous people of North Africa
(do not say Berber)
What is Amazigh?
A natural resource is distributed unevenly throughout the Middle East
What is Oil?
Two rivers are considered part of the same river system
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The capital of Tunisia
What is Tunis?
Traditional Moroccan dish made from semolina and stew spooned on top
What is couscous?
A crowded marketplace in North Africa or the Middle East
What is a Souk?
What separates the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt and connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Suez Canal?
Amount of years pharaonic period exist for
What is 3000 years?
The capital of Morocco
What is Rabat?
The name of a deep-fried patty of Middle Eastern origin made from chickpeas, fresh herbs, and spices
What is Falafel?
Rural Egyptian farmers or peasants
What are Fellaheen?
The waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean?
What is the Strait of Hormuz
People that conquered Mesopotamia and Persia in the A.D 1200s
What are the Mongols?
The capital of Turkey
What is Ankara?
A drink served by Moroccans to their guests as a sign of hospitality and kindness
What is Moroccan mint tea (Atay)
The word "Casablanca" in Moroccan Arabic (darija)
What is Dar Al-Baydaa (الدار البيضا ء)?