Deck 8: The Middle East and North Africa

Question 1

The founder of modern Turkey was

A) Reza Shah.
B) King Khalid.
C) Ataturk.
D) Nasser.
E) Ibn Saud.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Founded in Basel, Switzerland in z1897, ______ is a Jewish form of nationalism.

A) Bedo-Nationalism
B) Baathism
C) Nasserism
D) Turianism
E) Zionism

Answer 2

E

Question 3

In 1933, one of the most profitable business deals in history resulted in the creation of the Arabian-American Oil Company to search for oil in

A) Iraq.
B) Kuwait.
C) Qatar.
D) Saudi Arabia.
E) Bahrain.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The state religion of Iran is _______.

A) Shiite
B) Sunni
C) Alowite
D) Maronite
E) Druze

Question 5

In foreign affairs, the main stumbling block to Turkish membership in the European Community is

A) Bosnia.
B) Cyprus.
C) Israel.
D) Malta.
E) Rhodes.

Question 6

Modern Western colonialism can be said to have begun in Egypt with the ______ invasion of Egypt in 1798.

A) French
B) Dutch
C) Germans
D) British
E) Italian

Question 7

Since the great split in Islam, the _______ makes up about eighty percent of the world's Moslem population.

A) Druze branch
B) Shiia branch
C) Sunni branch
D) Alowite branch
E) Madhi branch

Question 8

With the rise of the ____ , who ruled from 750 A.D. to 1258, the so-called Golden Age of Islam began.

A) Rightly-guided Caliphs
B) Umayyads
C) Abbasids
D) Ottomans
E) Mamluks

Question 9

Strategically, the Middle East is surrounded by all but one of the following seas:

A) the Red
B) the Black
C) the Yellow
D) the Caspian
E) the Mediterranean

Question 10

Judea and Sumaria are ancient names that refer to geographical areas located in

A) the Maghreb.
B) The Fertile Crescent.
C) The Rub al-Khali.
D) The Dasht-I-Kavir.
E) The Qatara Depression.

Question 11

The beginning of the Islamic calendar corresponds to the date of

A) Muhammed's death.
B) Muhammed's birth.
C) Muhammed's capture of the city of Mecca.
D) Muhammed's first revelation.
E) Muhammed'a flight called the hijira, from Mecca to Medina.

Question 12

Since its opening to major shipping in 1869, the ______ has been one of the world's most important strategic waterways.

A) Bosporous
B) Corinthian Canal
C) Suez Canal
D) Dardanelles
E) Gulf of Aqaba

Question 13

The Lavant is associated with

A) The Red See
B) The Bosporus.
C) Lebanon.
D) The Arabian Desert.
E) North Africa.

Question 14

The so-called " Holy Land" is associated by Christians, Jews, and Moslems with the city of

A) Mecca
B) Biblos.
C) Jerusalem.
D) Damascus.
E) Alexandria.

Question 15

The ______ is a great sand desert located in southern Saudi Arabia.

A) Dasht-I-Kabir
B) Rub al-Khali
C) Dahst-I-Lut
D) Lavant
E) Maghreb

Question 16

All but one of the following are religions that trace their origins to the Middle East.

A) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Christianty
D) Hinduism
E) Zoroastrianism

Question 17

The scarcity of _______ is the most serious limitation to improving agricultural limitation in the Middle East.

A) good topsoil
B) fertilizer
C) seed
D) water
E) plows

Question 18

The ________ Empire was a Shiite Islamic monarchy.

A) Ottoman
B) Persian
C) Egyptian
D) Moroccan
E) Syrian

Question 19

The secular nationalists of Israel have tended to be associated with the

A) labor Alignment.
B) Likud Block.
C) Baath Party
D) Socialist Union.
E) Social Democratic Party.

Question 20

________ is often described as a state with a European ideology transplanted into the Middle East.

A) Lebanon
B) Turkey
C) Israel
D) Syria
E) Iraq

Question 21

_________ is a state with Bedo-Nationalism.

A) Saudi Arabia
B) Syria
C) Iran
D) Morocco
E) Algeria

Question 22

In an energy intensive world, it is estimated that the world has enough oil, oil shale, coal, and gas to last for ____ years.

A) 100
B) 200
C) 500
D) 1000
E) 2000

Question 23

The main rival to the PLO for control over the Palestinian territories is

A) Hamas.
B) The Tudeh Party.
C) The Palestinian Society of Hard Fists.
D) The Palestinian National Movement.
E) The Black Hand.

Question 24

The Fertile Crescent includes all but one of the following states.

A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) Qatar
D) Israel
E) Lebanon

Question 25

Almost 60 percent of the population of Saudi Arabia is under the age of 25.

Question 26

The Young Turk Movement represents the most impoverished politically weak force in modern Turkey.

Question 27

Because of an "accident of history that occurred during WW II, the Near East and the Middle East are terms used to describe the same place.

Question 28

Shiia Islam holds that the first successor to Mohhamed should have been Ali.

Question 29

Attaturk (Mustafa Kemal) is considered to be the father of modern Iran.

Question 30

The "Rightly Guided Caliphs" united to form the Shiia branch of Islam.

Question 31

Only Moslems believe in the old superstition called "the evil eye."

Question 32

The present government of Turkey represents a victory of the secular Turks over the religious Turks.

Question 33

In the Middle East, the most popular leader since WW II has been Anwar el Sadat.

Question 34

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represents the skepticism that many in Israel have that any peace settlement can ever be made with the Palestinians.

Question 35

Discuss the impact of Islam on life in the Middle East.

Question 36

Compare the nationalisms on three of the following: Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Israel, the Arabs or Saudi Arabia.

Question 37

Discuss the strategic importance of the Middle East today.

Question 38

Discuss the impact that nationalism has on the politics of the Middle East.

Question 39

List the Five Pillars of Islam.Then explain their importance.