Geography
What climate does The Middle East have? (most of the time...)
Hot and dry
What is the earliest civilization?
Mesopotamia!
What do Muslim women wear?
Hijab
Meat on a stick!!!
Shawarma!!!!!!
Name a bad leader in Iraq
Saddam Hussein
What were the two rivers?
The Tigris and The Euphrates
Has The Middle East experienced war?
Most Likely..
Do men wear headdresses in the middle east??
Yes.
Name a stuffed vegetable dish!
mahshi, dolma
What does Qatar and Kuwait have in common?
They both have a emir!
Where are the two rivers?
Western Asia (Turkey, Syria, Iraq)
What writing system did the Sumerians use?
Cuneiform!
QUICK!!! 15 SECONDS!!!
Name an Middle Eastern language OTHER than Arabic!!
Persian, Kurdish or Hebrew
What is usually served on the side with Middle Eastern dishes?
Flatbread
How much money does Kuwait make off gas?
$70 billion - $95 billion
Can it snow in the hot and dry Middle East??
yes...
When were the pyramids of Giza built!?
2589 - 2504 BC
The book al-Zahrawi put his medical knowledge into
Kitab al-Tasrif
Where did Cherry Kebab come from?
Aleppo, Syria
Name a good leader in The UAE
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Name an eco-region in Syria
The Mediterranean Broadleaf, The Xeric Grass and Shrub Lands, The Mesopotamia Shrub or The Southern Anatolian Decidous Forest.
Who seized Iraq in 1534?
The Ottoman Empire
The Mu'allaqat
Where did Hummus come from?
The Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan)
Who is the current president of Syria?
Ahmed al-Sharaa