North Africa & SW Asia

Question 1

What does P.L.O. stand for?

Accepted Answer

Palestinian Liberation Organization

Question 2

Which country has most of it&#x27;s population living in villages because they engage in agriculture and animal herding?

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan

Question 3

What was created to regain the land for Palestinian Arabs?

Accepted Answer

P.L.O.

Question 4

Why is the Persia Gulf so important?

Accepted Answer

It is the only way to huge oil fields in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran & Iraq

Question 5

Which word means "more than one god"?

Accepted Answer

polytheistic

Question 6

Which country in Asia is one of the poorest nations on earth?

Accepted Answer

Afghanistan

Question 7

What event caused many people (almost 3.6 million Palestinians) to continue to live in US-sponsored camps still today?

Accepted Answer

the creation of Israel

Question 8

Which waterway of very important because of it&#x27;s access to oil?

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf

Question 9

What started when a fruit seller, who did not have a permit, was slapped by a policewoman in public?

Accepted Answer

Arab Spring

Question 10

Why did Arab nations including Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon invade Israel following it&#x27;s creation?

Accepted Answer

to prevent the establishment of the state

Question 11

True or false: Women in SW Asia and North Africa traditionally have limited freedoms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Which is considered a strategic commodity?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 13

What is the most valuable resource in SW Asia?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 14

Another name for the "land between two rivers" is:

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 15

True or False: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are monotheistic religions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

In 1908 the first oil discovery was in Persia, now known as what country?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 17

Along which two rivers is the "fertile crescent" also known as "mesopotamia"?

Accepted Answer

Tigris & Euphrates

Question 18

In which heavily populated area in SW Asia can farmers grow crops year round because of the climate?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 19

What religion are a large population in India?

Accepted Answer

Hindu

Question 20

Which mean "there is only one God"

Accepted Answer

monotheistic

Question 21

What is it called when a group of people are without land to legally occupy as their own?

Accepted Answer

stateless nation

Question 22

What kind of religions are Hinduism and Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Polytheistic

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Arab Spring?

Accepted Answer

to protest dissatisfaction with the rule of the local government

Question 24

End of this event had many of Jewish people wanting to settle in Palestine. They considered this the Jewish homeland.

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 25

Which country has a large population of followers of Judaism?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 26

Which state in the region officially recognizes Israel as a country?

Accepted Answer

Egypt

Question 27

In United Arab Emerites nearly 90% of the oil industry workforce is made up of these:

Accepted Answer

guest workers

Question 28

What country is responsible for the National Water Carrier Project?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 29

What is a strategic commodity?

Accepted Answer

A daily need

Question 30

What religion has had the most influence over SW Asia and North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 31

To promote more economic growth, the oil-rich nations of SW Asia have 2 main challenges. Which is NOT one?

Accepted Answer

racism

Question 32

What language is spoken throughout most of SW Asia and North Africa?

Accepted Answer

Arabic

Question 33

Thousands of people dies in a 1967 war between Syria and Israel over which hilly plateau voerlooking the Jordan River?

Accepted Answer

Golan Heights

Question 34

Which was NOT caused by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?

Accepted Answer

the economy grew

Question 35

Which country did the Arab Spring riot/uprising begin in?

Accepted Answer

Tunisia

Question 36

Which desert is called the "Empty Quarter" and people can&#x27;t live there because of it&#x27;s extreme temperatures?

Accepted Answer

Rub al-Khali

Question 37

Name the movement that began prior to WW1 with a goal to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Accepted Answer

Zionism

Question 38

Which religion, population wise, has the largest number of followers overall?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 39

What do women who practice Islam wear to cover their heads to honor their religions beliefs?

Accepted Answer

hijab

Question 40

What is the technique called that removes salt from ocean qater in order to use it for irrigation & drinking?

Accepted Answer

desalination

Question 41

Which river made possible the existence of the great civilization of ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 42

What group is a Muslim majority?

Accepted Answer

Sunni

Question 43

Why was social media important during the Arab Spring Movement?

Accepted Answer

for organization, communication, and awareness

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