Middle East Geography
This country is the largest by land size in the Middle East.
What is Saudi Arabia?
This country is home to most of the ancient churches of the book of Revelation.
What is Turkey (Turkiye)?
This is the current prime minister of Israel.
Who is Netanyahu?
This main ingredient in falafel and hummus is a staple of the Middle Eastern diet.
What are chickpeas (garbanzo beans)?
Millions of Muslims go on hajj, or pilgrimmage, to this city every year.
What is Mecca?
This Middle Eastern country is home to Petra, an ancient city carved into red sandstone cliffs.
What is Jordan?
This ancient empire was a mixed blessing to Israel throughout the exile, and was the empire represented by silver that Daniel saw in his vision of chapters 2 and 7.
What is Persia?
This modern pro-democracy movement started in 2011 when a market vendor burned himself alive in protest of corruption in his nation.
What is the Arab Spring?
This is the food most often eaten at the end of the meal throughout the MENACA region.
What is fruit?
This is the number of tenents or pillars of the Islamic faith, that each Muslim must fulfill.
What is five?
Ancient Mesopotamia is primarily located in this modern day nation.
What is Iraq?
After Israel, this nation is mentioned the most in both the Old and New Testament.
What is Egypt?
This people group remain stateless to this day, and inhabit regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
Who are the Kurds?
This often sour food is drunk and eaten in many dishes in the Middle East, such as in labneh.
What is yogurt?
This is the name of the angel who visited Mohammed to give him spiritual revelation that led to the writing of the Q'uran and founding of Islam.
Who is Gabriel?
This country's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean world, featuring the rich agriculture of the Bekaa Valley, has historically made it a hub for trade and cultural exchange.
What is Lebanon?
Isaiah 19 describes a time in which Israel, Egypt, and this ancient nation (now comprising several in MENACA) will be connected by a highway and be a blessing in the earth.
What is Assyria?
This tiny Gulf nation was the first in the region to normalize relations with Israel in the Abraham Accords of 2020.
What is UAE (United Arab Emirates)?
Menemen is a Turkish breakfast food made with eggs and this plant food.
What is tomato?
Second in importance after the Q'uran, this holy text guides Muslims in daily living and gives the sayings, approvals, and actions of Mohammed.
What is the Hadith?
The legendary Queen of Sheba, mentioned in the Bible and the Quran, is believed to have ruled over this nation, located in the southern part of the Middle East.
What is Yemen?
This body of water is a focal point of many end times prophecies such as in Revelation 9, where the 6th trumpet is sounded, four angels are released from here, and one third of humanity dies.
What is the Euphrates River?
A secret agreement between these two European nations in 1916 carved up the Ottoman Empire's Middle Eastern territories, laying the foundation for many of the region's modern borders.
What are Britain and France?
This Middle Eastern salad consists of finely chopped parsley, mint, tomatoes, and bulgur wheat.
What is tabbouleh/tabouli?
This phrase, meaning "God is great," is commonly used in Islamic prayers and daily speech throughout the MENACA region.
What is Allahu Akbar?