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A review of Chapters 19, 20, and 21 "The Middle East" and "North Africa"
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1
The country that speaks Farsi and is ruled by an ayatollah in a theocracy is?
Iraq
Western Sahara
Kuwait
Iran
2
What is the dominant language of Iran?
English
Farsi
Arabic
Pashtun
3
What does OPEC do?
decides to sell to Middle Eastern countries only
impacts oil prices in international oil markets
produces as little oil as possible for environmental reasons
puts limits on how much oil the US can produce
4
Where do most Palestinians live today?
Jordan and Lebanon
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Haifa and Tel Aviv
Jerusalem and Damascus
5
The nation that held a mandate over Palestine after WWI was?
Jordan
England
Saudi Arabia
France
6
The DTM model tells us that a country in Stage 2 is characterized by ?
high birth rates, decreasing death rates
high birth rates, high death rates
low birth rates, high death rates
low birth rates, low death rates
7
The nation of Israel was established in what year?
1948
1945
1920
1967
8
Which city is of primary religious importance to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity?
Nazareth
Medina
Mecca
Jerusalem
9
What is the dominant religion of Southwest Asia and the Middle East?
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Sikhism
10
What is the longest river in the world and what does it empty in to?
Nile, Mediterranean Sea
Tigris, Persian Gulf
Nile, Red Sea
Jordan, Mediterranean
11
Where do we find the Negev Desert?
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Morocco
Israel
12
Where is the Strait of Gibraltar?
between Greece and Italy
between Egypt and Saudi Arabia
between Morocco and Spain
between Europe and Asia, dividing Turkey
13
Where do we find the Atlas Mountains?
Libya
Egypt
Morocco
Tunisia
14
19th century refers to these dates
1905
1869
1999
2001
15
This man overthrew the monarchy and declared the Libya socialist in 1969.
Itzhak Rabin
Saddam Hussein
Gamal Abdul Nassar
Mu'ammar Gadhafi
16
Morocco is only 9 miles from the continent of ?
Europe
Turkey
Asia
Australia
17
Sunni Muslims
are the minority of Muslims
are not found in Saudi Arabia
are found mostly in Iran
are the majority of Muslims
18
What are the names of the two rivers forming Mesopotamia?
Jordan and Euphrates Rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
Danube and Rhine Rivers
Tigris and Nile
19
Turkey is split by the ?
Bosporus Strait, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles
none of the above
Strait of Gibraltar, Sea of Marmara, and the Red Sea
Jordan River
20
Which ethnic group is NOT the majority in one country?
Pashtun
Kurds
Persians
Jews
21
What is the meaning of the term "secular"?
religious
widespread
sacred
non-religious
22
Which ethnic groups practice the minority division of Islam?
Persians
Pashtun
Persians and Kurds
Pashtun and Kurds
23
Why don't more countries in the Middle East produce desalinized water?
with plenty of rainfall they don't need to desalinize water
ample fossil water is available
they have sources of water available from rivers and wells
it is very expensive to produce on a large scale
24
This North African nation had a bloody war when it tried to gain independence from France
Morocco
Algeria
Libya
Tunisia
25
Who are Bedouins?
Christian missionaries
traditional nomadic herders who live in Saudi Arabia
nomadic herders who only live in Iran
sedentary farmers who live in Iraq, Iran, and Saudi Arabia
26
Turkey's dam construction projects are having a disastrous effect on this river system
Jordan River
Aral Sea
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile River
27
The belief that the Jewish people needed a national homeland in order to survive is called ?
Zionism
Secularism
Herzlism
Anti-Semitism
28
What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world?
Rub Al-Khali
Negev
Sahara
Dasht-E-Kavir
29
In the 1967 Six Day War, what areas were taken by Israel?
Egypt
Lebanon
Jordan
West Bank and Gaza Strip
30
This island is divided into an area occupied by Turkey and an independent nation
Cyprus
Madagascar
Canary Islands
Crete
31
The Egyptians used hieroglyphics, while this form of writing was used in Mesopotamia
cuneiform
Arabic
picture symbols
Hindi
32
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization of People Educating Cannibals
Organization of Petroleum Importing Countries
Operation Promoting Erg Construction
33
Who lives in East Jerusalem?
Jews primarily
Palestinians primarily
only Palestinians
Jordanians primarily
34
Where do most people in North Africa live?
in the Sahel region
on the coast and along the Nile
on the western coast of Africa
in the middle zone south of the coastal areas
35
What nation sits on the peninsula called Anatolia?
Egypt
Turkey
Greece
Tunisia
36
What is the lingua franca of most of the region of North Africa and the Middle East?
English
Pashtun
Arabic
Farsi
37
Where do we find the desert called "The Empty Quarter" or Rub'al-Khali?
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Algeria
Israel
