Middle East
What are the five most widely spoken indigenous languages in the Middle East?
Arabic, Hebrew, Kurdish, Persian and Turkish
What percentage of the African continent is covered by the Sahara Desert?
25%
Milan is a city in which European country?
Italy
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
When was the term “Middle East” coined, and in which language?
Late 19th century, English
Which of the countries of Africa is first alphabetically?
Algeria
Which Italian city is home to the Boboli Gardens?
Florence
What are the names of the five oceans of the world?
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and the Antarctic
What percentage of the Middle East’s population is Muslim?
85%
For most of the 20th century, what was Zimbabwe called?
Rhodesia
Which Greek city held the ancient Olympics?
Olympia
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What year did Israeli-Palestinian conflict begin?
1948
Bamako is the capital of which African country?
Mali
The Vikings were from what part of Europe?
Scandinavia
What country has the most natural lakes?
In which of the following Middle Eastern countries has the United States conducted armed interventions?
Algeria
Iraq
Libya
Somalia
Syria
Yemen
What is the largest country in Africa?
Algeria
What currency is used in many European countries?
Euros
What country does the Rhine River run through?
Germany