Deck 7: Southwest Asia and North Africa

Question 1

By what name is the large peninsula of Turkey, located wholly in Asia, known?

A)Maghreb
B)Levant
C)Middle East
D)Anatolia
E)Persia

Answer 1

D

Question 2

By what name is the eastern Mediterranean region of Southwest Asia and North Africa known?

A)the Levant
B)Anatolia
C)the Maghreb
D)Middle East
E)Persia

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa has made efforts to preserve its famed "cedars" forestlands in recent years?

A)Libya
B)Lebanon
C)Turkey
D)Iran
E)Iraq

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which animal is most to blame for the loss of forests in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)camels
B)horses
C)goats
D)cows
E)llamas

Question 5

What happens in domestication?

A)Plants are purposefully selected and bred for their desirable characteristics.
B)Animals are purposefully selected and bred for their desirable characteristics.
C)Plants and animals are genetically engineered for their desirable characteristics.
D)Plants and animals are purposefully selected and bred for their desirable characteristics.
E)Plants and animals are purposefully selected and cloned for their desirable characteristics.

Question 6

By what name is the region of Southeast Asia and North Africa most commonly known?

A)the Middle East
B)the Far East
C)the Holy Land
D)the Levant
E)the Maghreb

Question 7

What is the chief problem associated with the use of groundwater in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)Groundwater is highly polluted by agricultural chemical runoff.
B)Groundwater is being depleted faster than it can be replaced, so it is inherently unsustainable.
C)Groundwater in this region is often contaminated with crude oil.
D)Drilling wells is very expensive.
E)all of the above

Question 8

Deforestation in the region was most caused by

A)massive shipbuilding by the colonial powers.
B)construction of cities.
C)the use of wood for fuel.
D)browsing by sheep and goats.
E)warming climates.

Question 9

What mountain range northeast of Beirut is now part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve?

A)the Mount Lebanon Range
B)the Atlas Mountains
C)the Zagros Mountains
D)the Ahaggar Highlands
E)the Yemen Highlands

Question 10

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is most likely to experience earthquakes?

A)Tunisia
B)Libya
C)Saudi Arabia
D)Iraq
E)Turkey

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia?

A)deforestation
B)hurricanes
C)overgrazing
D)salinization
E)water shortages

Question 12

Why is the island of Socotra, off the southeast coast of Yemen, considered unique?

A)It is one of the largest islands in the world.
B)It is one of the smallest islands containing permanent habitation.
C)It contains one of the largest untouched tropical forest preserves in the world.
D)It possesses a unique biological habitat, containing hundreds of plant species found nowhere else on Earth.
E)It has the lowest elevation of any place on the Earth.

Question 13

What is the dominant factor in the location of the population settlements in North Africa and Southwest Asia?

A)water
B)rugged terrain
C)temperatures
D)oil
E)government policies

Question 14

Which country does NOT have a Mediterranean-type climate?

A)Lebanon
B)Turkey
C)Morocco
D)Egypt
E)Algeria

Question 15

Iran's ability to exert control over this body of water that plays a major strategic role in the shipment of oil is a major concern to the United States and Europe.

A)Strait of Gibraltar
B)Straits of Hormuz
C)Suez Canal
D)Dardanelles
E)Bosporus Strait

Question 16

Which of the following resources presents the greatest challenge for survival in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)petroleum
B)food
C)water
D)iron
E)human resources

Question 17

In which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is the delta of the Nile River located?

A)Sudan
B)Egypt
C)Libya
D)Algeria
E)Tunisia

Question 18

What countries comprise the Maghreb of Southwest Asia/North Africa?

A)Algeria, Libya, Egypt
B)Libya, Egypt, Tunisia
C)Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
D)Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
E)Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya

Question 19

The most extensive alluvial lowlands in Southwest Asia are found in

A)Lebanon
B)Turkey
C)Iran
D)Egypt
E)Iraq

Question 20

In which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is the Aswan High Dam located?

A)Israel
B)Saudi Arabia
C)Iran
D)Morocco
E)Egypt

Question 21

The initial European destination of those traveling the so-called Libyan Highway is

A)Germany.
B)France.
C)Italy.
D)Spain.
E)the United Kingdom.

Question 22

In which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa do foreigners make up the majority of the working population?

A)Morocco
B)Libya
C)Egypt
D)the United Arab Emirates
E)Turkey

Question 23

What type of subsistence agriculture depends on the seasonal movement of livestock for their livelihood?

A)ranching
B)pastoral nomadism
C)plantation agriculture
D)shifting cultivation
E)slash-and-burn

Question 24

Why do most people migrate within and emigrate from Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)to take advantage of job opportunities
B)to escape environmental disasters
C)to escape political conflict
D)to escape ethnic tensions
E)to take advantage of educational opportunities

Question 25

What two countries provide the gateway to Europe for Syrians fleeing that nation's civil way?

A)Germany and Hungary
B)France and Switzerland
C)Spain and Portugal
D)Italy and Albania
E)Greece and Libya

Question 26

What is unique about the population of the United Arab Emirates?

A)Unlike most of the region's populations, the UAE has a large population of people over 80 years of age.
B)Because of polygamy the population skews heavily female.
C)It has the greatest number of those 14-and-under years of age.
D)It skews heavily male because of the large number of migrant laborers in the country.
E)Very young males greatly outnumber very young females because of the preference for male children.

Question 27

Which of the following places is NOT located in the Fertile Crescent of North Africa and Southwest Asia?

A)eastern Turkey
B)Syria
C)Libya
D)Lebanon
E)northern Iraq

Question 28

Many of the immigrants who have left Morocco and Algeria have moved to this European country.

A)United States
B)Egypt
C)Italy
D)France
E)Germany

Question 29

What is "dryland" agriculture?

A)agriculture in dry areas, made possible by irrigation
B)agriculture that depends largely on seasonal precipitation to support farming
C)agriculture that relies on special, hybridized crops that require almost no water
D)agriculture that occurs on oases in land that is otherwise desert
E)agriculture that occurs in desert lands, inside a greenhouse with a controlled environment

Question 30

Into which category of agriculture does pastoral nomadism fall?

A)subsistence agriculture
B)commercial agriculture
C)plantation agriculture
D)intensive agriculture
E)specialized agriculture

Question 31

What cash crop grown in Morocco has benefited from the commercial adaptation of the Mediterranean climate to agriculture?

A)hashish
B)dates
C)figs
D)oranges
E)wheat

Question 32

Refugees from what country dominate the recent migrant flow on the Libyan Highway?

A)Nigeria
B)Syria
C)Somalia
D)Mali
E)Libya

Question 33

What is a medina?

A)the temporary settlements of families engaged in pastoral nomadism in Southwest Asia and North Africa
B)the name for capital city in Southwest Asia and North Africa
C)a mound built on the outskirts of Islamic cities in Southwest Asia and North Africa; it is a burial ground
D)the walled urban core of an Islamic city; it is dominated by a central mosque
E)the erosional materials left behind in Southwest Asia and North Africa after ancient lakes and rivers dried up

Question 34

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the pattern of domestication in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)Experimentation with wild cattle, sheep, and goats 10,000 years ago led to pastoral nomadism, and later to domestication of wheat and barley and the establishment of farm settlements.
B)Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago was accompanied simultaneously by domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which eventually led to establishing farming villages.
C)Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago was accompanied simultaneously by domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which led to the establishment of farming villages.
D)Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago was accompanied simultaneously by domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats. Farming villages and pastoral nomadism developed together.
E)Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago led to farm settlements and domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats.

Question 35

The Jebel Ali desalination plant is located in what country?

A)Saudi Arabia
B)Israel
C)the United Arab Emirates
D)Iran
E)Qatar

Question 36

Using the graphic below, which country is NOT one of the top five sources of migrant workers to Saudi Arabia?

A)Philippines
B)India
C)Syria
D)Yemen
E)Egypt

Question 37

What is physiological density?

A)a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount land in that country
B)a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the number of farmers
C)a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount of arable land
D)a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the number of doctors
E)a population statistic that relates the number of people in a country to the amount of food harvested

Question 38

In which contemporary country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is Mesopotamia located?

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

Question 39

Which two bodies of water mark the traditional boundaries of Mesopotamia?

A)Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
B)Blue Nile and White Nile
C)Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
D)Red Sea and Persian Gulf
E)Tigris River and Euphrates River

Question 40

What is the most popular destination for Algerians and Moroccans migrating to Europe?

A)Germany
B)France
C)Spain
D)Italy
E)Greece

Question 41

What religion was the first monotheistic religion of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)Judaism
B)Islam
C)Christianity
D)Bahai
E)Buddhism

Question 42

Which nation (or ethnic group)of people was displaced by the creation of Israel?

A)Coptic Christians
B)al-Qaeda
C)Kurds
D)Palestinians
E)Ottoman Turks

Question 43

People making a pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca)and Medinah must travel to which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)Saudi Arabia
B)Israel
C)Egypt
D)Jordan
E)Iraq

Question 44

What is the Hajj?

A)the pilgrimage to the Holy Land that many Christians make during their lifetime
B)the pilgrimage to Muhammed's birthplace (Makkah)that every Muslim is supposed to make during his or her lifetime
C)the pilgrimage to the Western Wall in Jerusalem that many Jews make during their lifetime
D)the month-long fast that Muslims must undertake each year
E)the sacred book of Islam

Question 45

Which of the following religions arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia?

A)Animism
B)Buddhism
C)Hinduism
D)Islam
E)Shinto

Question 46

In what year did Islam originate in the region of North Africa and Southwest Asia?

A)346 CE
B)622 CE
C)1022 CE
D)1289 CE
E)1492 CE

Question 47

Younis Mahmoud is

A)the leader of ISIL.
B)the builder of the Suez Canal.
C)the former dictator of Tunisia who was overthrown in the Arab Spring.
D)the head of the Palestine state.
E)an Iraqi soccer star.

Question 48

Which ethnic group of Southwest Asia and North Africa is an example of a nation without a state?

A)Turks
B)Persians
C)Yemenis
D)Kurds
E)Omanis

Question 49

Shiite Islam dominates what country?

A)Iran
B)Iraq
C)Saudi Arabia
D)Turkey
E)Egypt

Question 50

What is the official language of Israel?

A)Yiddish
B)English
C)Arabic
D)Hebrew
E)Persian

Question 51

Which statement is TRUE regarding Islam?

A)Shiites advocate passing down power through established clergy.
B)Sunni Muslims are the mainstream branch of Islam.
C)Sunnis advocate passing religious authority to the descendants of the prophet Muhammad.
D)Islamic fundamentalists argue for a true democracy.
E)In the initial conflict between Sunni and Shiite, the Shiites were victorious.

Question 52

The Ottoman Empire

A)was replaced by the Byzantine Empire.
B)eventually stretched into southern Europe.
C)was initially led by Christians.
D)imposed Shi'a Islam upon its subjects.
E)is a remnant of its former self in modern day Iran.

Question 53

Based on the graphic below, which of the following is NOT represented in North Africa?

A)Suffism
B)Sunni Islam
C)Christianity
D)Druze
E)Animism

Question 54

Which city in Southwest Asia and North Africa contains the Dome of the Rock, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Western Wall?

A)Tehran
B)Jerusalem
C)Baghdad
D)Mecca
E)Istanbul

Question 55

What religion has had the greatest impact on urban function and design in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)Christianity
B)Judaism
C)Sufism
D)Islam
E)Buddhism

Question 56

Which of the following is NOT one of the five essential activities of Islam?

A)accepting that Muhammed was a prophet
B)praying five times a day
C)making charitable contributions
D)making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
E)fasting during the month of Ramadan

Question 57

In which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa would you be MOST likely to find dryland agriculture?

A)Iraq
B)Israel
C)Turkey
D)Saudi Arabia
E)Egypt

Question 58

The Houthis are the dominant Shiite militant group in

A)Palestine
B)Syria
C)Yemen
D)Iraq
E)Libya

Question 59

Which of the following is NOT one of the recent migration patterns found in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

A)rural to urban migration
B)urban to rural migration
C)the movement of workers to labor-poor countries
D)the movement of laborers out of the region altogether
E)the movement of people to the countries that dominated them during their periods of colonization

Question 60

In which city of Southwest Asia and North Africa are there important religious sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

A)Istanbul, Turkey
B)Baghdad, Iraq
C)Jerusalem, Israel
D)Makkah (Mecca), Saudi Arabia
E)Damascus, Syria

Question 61

Saudi Arabia contains approximately ________% of the world's known oil supplies.

A)5
B)10
C)50
D)20
E)60

Question 62

What does the acronym OPEC stand for?

A)Oil Producing and Exporting Countries
B)Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
C)Oil and Petroleum Exporting Corporation
D)Organization of Petroleum Energy Countries
E)Organized Petrochemical and Energy Countries

Question 63

Which religion holds the Dome of the Rock sacred?

A)Judaism
B)Christianity
C)Islam
D)Sufism
E)Coptic Christians

Question 64

Fatah and Hamas are

A)the builders of the Suez Canal.
B)cities in the West Bank under Israeli control.
C)the leaders of Israel and Palestine.
D)the two political parties of the Palestinian government.
E)the new leaders of Egypt after the overthrow of Mubarak.

Question 65

Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa has the largest known oil reserves in the world?

A)Libya
B)Iraq
C)Iran
D)Israel
E)Saudi Arabia

Question 66

What is the definition of "hydropolitics"?

A)the political interaction between island nations such as Socotra and Cyprus
B)conflict between two nations over the water resources contained in a river
C)conflict between two nations who share a border along a coast such as Lebanon and Israel
D)political tension between two nations that are separated by an ocean, such as the United States and Britain during the American Revolution
E)local tensions between two ethnic groups over an aquifer containing fossil water

Question 67

You would be most likely to see a Shi'a Muslim in which country?

A)Morocco
B)Iran
C)Egypt
D)Turkey
E)Cyprus

Question 68

Which country in Southwest Asia and North Africa has taken steps to join the European Union?

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

Question 69

What was the last country in Southwest Asia and North Africa to regain its independence after decolonization?

A)Algeria
B)Turkey
C)Iran
D)Egypt
E)Libya

Question 70

What was the goal of the Balfour Declaration?

A)It ended the 10-year war between Iran and Iraq (1980-1990).
B)It established Palestine as a homeland for the Jewish people.
C)It launched "Desert Storm," the U.S. war against Iraq in 1991.
D)It created the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
E)It ended Algeria's War of Independence against France.

Question 71

Using the graphic below, which of the following countries does NOT have an area of Kurdish settlement?

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

Question 72

By what name was Iran historically known?

A)Anatolia
B)Persia
C)Maghreb
D)Levant
E)Middle East

Question 73

Which of the following statements is NOT true of women in this region?

A)Female labor participation rates in the workforce are among the lowest in the world.
B)More orthodox Islamic states impose legal restrictions on the activities of women.
C)In some countries, women are not allowed to drive.
D)Full veiling remains an optional choice for women in all countries, except Turkey.
E)Generally, Islamic women lead more private lives than men.

Question 74

What is brain drain?

A)the common name given to an illness caused by exposure to toxic residues from petroleum refining that results in short-term memory loss
B)This occurs when highly centralized governments actively recruit the best and the brightest individuals for jobs in the national capital, leaving few behind in the villages.
C)This occurs when bright young people migrate to foreign lands in search of better jobs.
D)This is a rock group from the United Arab Emirates.
E)The common name given to the practice of providing scholarships to students in North Africa/ Southwest Asia, which enables them to study abroad and gain a better education than that available in their home region. These scholars later return to share their newfound knowledge with their own students.

Question 75

When did Israel win the most territory through war?

A)1949
B)1956
C)1967
D)1973
E)1990

Question 76

What is the largest problem preventing Sudan from taking advantage of recently discovered oil in the nation?

A)the depth of the petroleum reserves
B)civil war
C)the declining price of oil worldwide
D)an inadequate transportation infrastructure in the country
E)the world trade embargo against Sudan

Question 77

In which of the following countries do women have the most freedom?

A)Saudi Arabia
B)Turkey
C)Kuwait
D)Iran
E)Libya

Question 78

Which two bodies of water were connected by the construction of the Suez Canal?

A)Black Sea and the Persian Gulf
B)Black Sea and Red Sea
C)Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
D)Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
E)Persian Gulf and Red Sea

Question 79

Most countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa had achieved independence by which decade?

A)1910s
B)1920s
C)1930s
D)1940s
E)1950s

Question 80

What major event led to European colonialism in Southwest Asia?

A)declining attraction of Islam
B)development of major explosives
C)expansionist influence of conservatives in Britain
D)defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
E)a rise of internationalist policies in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century