Middle East Geography A-Z

Can you name these facts about the Middle East, one for each letter of the alphabet?
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Last updated: May 29, 2018
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First submittedAugust 31, 2017
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A
Most spoken language
Arabic
B
Largest city in the world for five centuries
Baghdad
C
Island country in the Mediterranean
Cyprus
D
Salt lake with the world's lowest elevation on land
Dead Sea
E
One of the two great rivers of Mesopotamia (the other is T)
Euphrates
F
Fried chickpea balls, now a popular street food worldwide
Falafel
G
The smaller of the Palestinian territories
Gaza Strip
H
One of Israel's official languages
Hebrew
I
Capital city of Pakistan
Islamabad
J
City considered holy by three major religions
Jerusalem
K
Country invaded by Iraq in 1990
Kuwait
L
Egyptian city, the site of ancient Thebes
Luxor
M
Islam's holiest city
Mecca
 
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N
Artificial lake on the Nile River; 6th largest reservoir in the world
Lake Nasser
O
Country ruled by a sultan
Oman
P
Oil-rich gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
Persian Gulf
Q
Country on the above
Qatar
R
Sea separating Africa and Asia
Red Sea
S
Canal between the above and the Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
T
One of the two great rivers of Mesopotamia (the other being E)
Tigris
U
Country where Dubai is located
United Arab Emirates
V
Lake in Turkey, largest in Western Asia (after the Caspian Sea)
Lake Van
W
The larger of the Palestinian territories
West Bank
X
Persian king who had the Dardanelles whipped; famously invaded Greece.
Xerxes
Y
Mountainous country in the south of Arabia
Yemen
Z
Ancient Iranian religion still practised by several thousand people
Zoroastrianism
2 Comments
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Level 81
May 29, 2018
Nice quiz, Giorgios. Though... did you not search before you made it? QM published a quiz 3 years ago and I did 4 sequels. Most of these answers were covered. I think Cyprus, Lake Nasser, Islamabad, and the West Bank are unique.
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Level 77
May 29, 2018
Yeah, I'm sorry about that, I had no idea the subject was that well covered. I think I went straight for "Middle East Geography" when I searched for other quizzes, as I thought a non-geography-oriented A-Z quiz wouldn't have so many geography questions (as was the case with Russia A-Z, to which my quiz doesn't have many similarities). I guess I can add a link to the search results for "Middle East A-Z", or I can delete the quiz if you like. Or I can try to make more questions unique, but with five other quizzes already, that should be quite difficult.