| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What does the phrase “Allahu Akbar” (الله أكبر) most closely mean? | "Allah is great" | 100%
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| What is the most common official language in the Middle East? | Arabic | 100%
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| In a somewhat conservative definition of the Middle East, it lies primarily on what continent? | Asia | 100%
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| What religion is most widely associated with the Middle East, especially outside Israel? | Islam | 100%
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| Which of the following empires originated in or near the Middle East? | Assyrian | 90%
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| Which of the following is a (modern) Middle Eastern capital city? | Riyadh | 80%
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| Which of the following is a term for a particular group of rich countries in the Middle East? | Oil-Rich Gulf States | 70%
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| True or False: From 2000 to 2019, most US terrorists were immigrants from the Middle East. | False | 60%
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| In a poll, which Middle Eastern country did Iraqi citizens most frequently see as a threat to peace? | Israel | 60%
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| Which of the following language groups does not contain a language widely spoken in the Middle East? | Khoisan | 50%
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| Which of these superlatives is held by a Middle Eastern country? | Lowest human development outside Africa | 50%
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| Which Middle Eastern country has the highest or second highest GDP per capita in the world (by purchasing power parity)? | Qatar | 50%
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| Which of the following epi- and pandemics primarily affected the Middle East? | MERS | 30%
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| How many people died in the Middle East and North Africa due to terrorism in 2017? | About 11,000 | 20%
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| Many people think of the Middle East as just being a desert. According to the CIA, which of these countries has the most total forest? | Saudi Arabia | 10%
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