A beverage that is consumed heavily by college students for its caffeine.
Coffee. The term “mocha” originates from the city of Mocha in Yemen that was a port known for its exportation of coffee in the 15th century.
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A combination of ground chickpeas, oil, tahini, salt, and garlic.
Hummus; the earliest known record of hummus is in a cookbook published in Cairo in the 13th century.
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The Arab country that is directly south of Spain.
Morocco; This proximity is reflected in many aspects of Spanish and Moroccan culture, particularly their architecture.
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A musical instrument that has six strings.
Guitar; This instrument is said to be an evolution of the four-string Arabic oud.
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What country’s king is known as the “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques”?
Saudi Arabia. The first Saudi king to adopt this title was Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, who took the title in 1986.
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A branch of mathematics that involves using letters to represent numbers.
Algebra. This term comes from the Arabic word for completing or restoring broken parts.
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A deep fried ball of ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both.
Falafel. The largest ball of falafel was 164.4 pounds and was created in Amman, Jordan on July 28, 2012.
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Other than Egypt, what Arab country does the Nile run through?
Sudan. Sudan still contains a few nomadic tribes who herd camels, cows, and sheep.
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A sharp instrument used in surgery.
Scalpel. This handy tool was first created in the late 10th century by the Arab Muslim al-Zahrawi, known as the father of modern surgery.
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Which country contains the Coptic pope?
Egypt. The Coptic Church is the largest Christian church in the Middle East and was said to have been founded around 42 AD by Saint Mark.
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A person who kills an important public figure for political or religious reasons.
Assassin. The original assassins were a militant group of Muslims during the Crusades who supposedly used hashish before every mission.
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A mixture of chopped parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers, oil, mint, and onion.
Tabouli. The largest recorded dish of tabouli weighed 9,532 pounds and 12 ounces and was created on November 13, 2009 at an elementary school in Israel.
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The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean and this body of water.
The Red Sea. The Red Sea is the world’s northernmost tropical sea and is home to 1,000 species of invertebrates and 200 types of coral.
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A group of people with instruments who play while moving to create shapes.
Marching band. Ottomans used to have a group of musicians whose job was to play loud music, heavy with drum beats and cymbal crashes, that would scare the enemies and encourage allies.
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In which country does Ferrari own the largest indoor theme park?
The United Arab Emirates. Ferrari World includes the Rosso, which is the world’s fastest rollercoaster, reaching 150 mph in 5 seconds.
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A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
Cipher. This word comes from the Arabic word for “zero,” which evolved into meaning “placeholder” in European languages.
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Balls of ground beef or lamb and onion that can be fried, grilled, baked, or marinated.
Kafta. The meat used in kafta differs depending on the geographic location and culture that you are in.
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A set of islands in the Indian Ocean that identify as part of the Arab World.
Comoros Islands. Inhabitation of these islands started in the 6th century by people of Indian, Arab, French, Portuguese, Bantu, and Malagasy origins.
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A branch of science that studies sight and the behavior of light.
Optics. Around the year 1000 Ibn al-Haitham proved that humans see objects via light bouncing off and entering the eye.
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Which Arab country used to be divided between North and South, with the South being communist and the North a republic?
Yemen. Yemen was unified in 1990 when oil was discovered in the contested land between the two and the Soviet Union withdrew support for Yemen.