Middle East Government / Economics Review

Question 1

What are natural resources?

Accepted Answer

raw materials a country has

Question 2

Which country in the Middle East has the best relations with the USA?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 3

Most people in Saudi Arabia are

Accepted Answer

Sunni Muslim

Question 4

Saudi Arabia is a _.

Accepted Answer

Hereditary Monarchy

Question 5

What is GDP?

Accepted Answer

gross domestic products

Question 6

What is a tariff?

Accepted Answer

a tax on imported goods

Question 7

Who is the chief executive of the government with the most political power in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Prime Minister

Question 8

Saudi Arabia has no real legislature, but does have something called the ____________.

Accepted Answer

Consultative Council

Question 9

What type of government has one leader who makes all the decisions?

Accepted Answer

Autocracy

Question 10

Which year was the Palestinian territory split into 2 parts to create Israel?

Accepted Answer

1948

Question 11

There is no written constitution In Saudi Arabia; however, the _____acts as the constitution.

Accepted Answer

Quran

Question 12

In Saudi Arabia, who makes decisions about how and where to use oil profits?

Accepted Answer

the king and his advisors

Question 13

In Saudi Arabia, when the king dies_.

Accepted Answer

the al-Saud family crowns a new king

Question 14

Which country specializes in diamond cutting and pharmaceuticals ?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 15

The leader in a presidential democracy, the leader is chosen by_.

Accepted Answer

the people

Question 16

Which country most benefits from hydroelectricity and arable land?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 17

What is it called when a country focuses on one or two industries for production?

Accepted Answer

specialization

Question 18

What kind of economy does Israel have?

Accepted Answer

leans towards market

Question 19

Which is most like an autocracy; when people have limited freedoms in who is in charge.

Accepted Answer

monarchy

Question 20

In Israel, citizen can vote over the age of__.

Accepted Answer

18

Question 21

What is the predominant religion in Israel?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 22

Turkey is moving which direction on the economic continuum?

Accepted Answer

towards market

Question 23

What best describes labor freedoms

Accepted Answer

businesses ability to hire and fire workers as well as set wages

Question 24

What type of government has one leader who makes all the decisions?

Accepted Answer

Autocracy

Question 25

Most Israel Jewish citizens see themselves as secular, meaning they feel ___.

Accepted Answer

laws shouldn't be based off religion

Question 26

What is judicial effectiveness mean?

Accepted Answer

fair and independent court system

Question 27

What year was OPEC created?

Accepted Answer

1960

Question 28

What is a quota?

Accepted Answer

a limit on imported goods

Question 29

T/F -The king in Saudi Arabia only serves as the head of government, but not the head of state

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

The goal of a democracy is to do what?

Accepted Answer

give people as much possible freedom

Question 31

What is the role of the citizens, in government, in Israel?

Accepted Answer

They elect members of Knesset.

Question 32

Who elects the leader in an autocracy?

Accepted Answer

Nobody

Question 33

What is the main difference when calculating GDP and GDP per capita

Accepted Answer

population

Question 34

In a Israels government, who has the power?

Accepted Answer

prime minister

Question 35

What does OPEC stand for?

Accepted Answer

organization of petroleum exporting countries

Question 36

True or False: The emergence of Israel as a Jewish nation was /is a political issue in the ME.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

What is specialization?

Accepted Answer

producing goods efficiently / buying goods they can't

Question 38

What kind of government does Israel have?

Accepted Answer

Parliamentary Democracy

Question 39

In which is public speech and the media heavily censored by the government?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 40

Which country is limited in oil supply?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 41

Israel has a prime minister and a president

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

Which was an original country of OPEC?

Accepted Answer

Venezuela

Question 43

Some countries are rich in oil, but lack good_.

Accepted Answer

farmland

Question 44

What is Shari'a law?

Accepted Answer

laws based on the teaching of the Koran

Question 45

When did the al-Saud family begin ruling the kingdom?

Accepted Answer

1932

Question 46

Which country is a monarchy?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 47

The percentage of a country's people who can read and write.

Accepted Answer

literacy rate

Question 48

Saudi Arabia law is based on_.

Accepted Answer

Islamic law

Question 49

What are the three types of man made trade barriers?

Accepted Answer

quota / tariff / embargo

Question 50

What is the difference between human capital and physical capital?

Accepted Answer

HC is the knowledge while PC is the factories / machines

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