FSO EXAM: Middle East & North Africa

Unlike other Arab states, _______ was never a colony to a major power.

Who has greater political influence in Iran: the Supreme Leader or the President?

State #2 is ______________.

State #14 is _______.

What country has historically provided access to landlocked Afghanistan to the USA?

In 2000, what terrorist group was held responsible for the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen?

The year ______ is known as Al Nabka or The Carastrophe.

During which Presidency did the Bombing of the Beirut Marine Corp Barracks occur?

Wahabism, a highly conservative form of Islam, orginates from ______________.

Bahrain is an island with only a highway connecting it to _______________.

The city of Benghazi is located in which country?

Black September was an armed conflict between _______________.

Osama Bin Landen and other 9/11 terrorists were from what country?

The following flag belongs to which country?

The island of Cyrpus was invaded by which state invaded in 1974?

Out of what nation is Hezbollah based?

Unlike most of the Arab world, the people of Iran are mostly _________________.

The US and UK coordinated with ______ ISI to train and fund the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.

After voting out Netanyahu, the new Israeli Prime Minister is:

The Palestian Liberation Organization (PLO) currently resides and governs in _______.

The majority of the Arab world supported________ during the Iran-Iraq War during the 1980s.

The capital of Pakistan is _____________.

Since the 1979 Revolution how many Ayatollahs has Iran had?

Which Arab state opened its embassy in Israel recently due to a kickoff of relations?

Which of the following countries does not border the Persian Gulf?

What state matched US spending dollar to dollar during the Soviet-Afghan War of the 1980s?

Which of the following countries does not surround landlocked Armenia?

Which of the following countries does not border the Caspian Sea ?

State # 1 is _____________.

In 1982, Israel invaded Beirut to ______________.

The following flag belongs to which country?

Hamas currently resides and governs in _______.

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed due to his _______________.

The poorest state in the Arab World is _________.

As part of the haji, Muslims from around the world travel to Mecca to pray at this site.

Outside of Israel, the country with the highest population of Palestinians is ____________.

All of the following are pillars of Islam except _____.

The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company is now _______________________.

Which 3 international leaders negotiated the Camp David Accords?

Any attempt to control the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault the USA.