Deck 8: Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia

Question 1

The common term "Middle East" for Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia reflects the worldview of

A) Europe
B) The United States
C) China
D) Russia

Answer 1

Europe

Question 2

Which major religion did not originate in Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia?

A) Christianity
B) Hinduism
C) Judaism
D) Islam

Answer 2

Hinduism

Question 3

From 395 to 1453 the eastern Christian church was centered at

A) Jerusalem
B) Rome
C) Constantinople (Istanbul)
D) Baghdad

Answer 3

Constantinople (Istanbul)

Question 4

In A. D. 70 Jerusalem was destroyed by

A) Romans
B) Greeks
C) Arabs
D) Babylonians

Question 5

The people of northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, western Iran, and parts of Syria that press for a state of their own are the

A) Arabs
B) Farsi
C) Persians
D) Kurds

Question 6

Before World War I, Southwestern Asia was ruled by

A) Britain
B) The United States
C) Russia
D) The Ottoman Empire

Question 7

As of 2009, the Persian Gulf region was believed to contain _______ percent of the world's oil reserves.

A) 50
B) 68
C) 75
D) 92

Question 8

An organization that coordinates the interests of producers is a

A) market
B) business
C) cartel
D) council

Question 9

After Egypt's 1979 accord with Israel, the headquarters of the Arab League moved from Cairo to

A) Tunis
B) Algiers
C) Baghdad
D) Riyadh

Question 10

Islamic political groups in the 1970s

A) Based their ideas on writings of the 1930s.
B) Contradicted the basically peaceful nature of Islamic beliefs and practices.
C) Called for reestablishment of an Islamic country.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 11

Political Islam's major victory was in

A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Egypt
D) Algeria

Question 12

Which of the following statements is not true of deserts?

A) It never rains in deserts.
B) Winter and nighttime can be cold.
C) Evaporation exceeds precipitation.
D) The lower the average rainfall, the greater the variability.

Question 13

The __________ represents an ocean that is forming.

A) Red Sea
B) Persian Gulf
C) Mediterranean Sea
D) Tigris-Euphrates valley

Question 14

The White Nile River loses nearly half its water as it flows through

A) Khartoum
B) The Nubian Desert
C) The Sudd
D) The Delta

Question 15

Water supplies in Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia include

A) rain and snowfall feeding rivers
B) underground reservoirs that accumulated millennia ago
C) desalination
D) all of the choices are correct

Question 16

After World War II, Southwestern Asia and Northern Africa achieved strategic importance because of

A) wars between Arabs and Israel
B) the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States
C) the huge demand in the world for oil
D) all of the choices are correct

Question 17

The major cause of population concentrations is

A) industrial development
B) water availability
C) oil wells
D) tourism development

Question 18

Which Northern African country does not include parts of the Magreb?

A) Morocco
B) Algeria
C) Libya
D) Tunisia

Question 19

The predominant language in Northern Africa is the

A) Arabic
B) French
C) Italian
D) Turkish

Question 20

The activities of pirates along the coast of Northern Africa were finally ended in the

A) 1500s
B) 1600s
C) 1700s
D) 1800s

Question 21

In 1976 Morocco annexed

A) Spanish Sahara
B) Algeria
C) The Mahgreb
D) The Atlas

Question 22

Colonel Muammar al Qadhafi is the leader of

A) Algeria
B) Libya
C) Morocco
D) Tunisia

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true about population dynamics in Northern Africa?

A) Populations are growing slowly.
B) Tunisia began reducing population growth shortly after independence.
C) Polygamy is permitted in all the countries.
D) All the countries have large numbers of elderly in their populations today.

Question 24

The country of Northern Africa that has a labor shortage and needs immigrants is

A) Algeria
B) Tunisia
C) Morocco
D) Libya

Question 25

Morocco's most important nonagricultural primary export is

A) oil
B) gas
C) phosphate
D) gold

Question 26

Most of Northern Africa's tourists come from

A) the United States
B) Europe
C) China
D) Japan

Question 27

The global chock point that Egypt controls is

A) the Suez Canal
B) the Strait of Hormuz
C) Bab al Mandab
D) The Panama Canal

Question 28

The ancient kingdom in the area of modern Sudan was

A) Assyria
B) Akkadia
C) Nubia
D) Massai

Question 29

An important minority in northern Iraq and Syria is the

A) Chaldeans
B) Sumerians
C) Kalmuks
D) Kurds

Question 30

The main language in Iran is

A) Farsi
B) Arabic
C) Turkish
D) Russian

Question 31

The majority and ruling group in Iran today is

A) Sunni Muslims
B) Turks
C) Afghans
D) Shiite Muslims

Question 32

The first major oil exporter in the Persian Gulf area was

A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Bahrain
D) Kuwait

Question 33

One of the Five Pillars of Islam is making a pilgrimage to Mecca which is located in this country

A) Syria
B) Oman
C) Jordan
D) Saudi Arabia

Question 34

Which of the following countries does not have coastline on the Red Sea

A) Ethiopia
B) Sudan
C) Egypt
D) Saudi Arabia

Question 35

The Kurds are in all of these countries except

A) Syria
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Turkey
D) Iraq

Question 36

Which of the following associations of countries and their capitals is not correct

A) Turkey/Istanbul
B) Iraq/Baghdad
C) Iran/Tehran
D) Jordan/Amman

Question 37

All of the following are oil rich countries except

A) Yemen
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Iraq
D) United Arab Emirates

Question 38

The oil-rich countries of the Persian Gulf solved their labor shortage by importing slaves.

Question 39

The most important art form in Islam is calligraphy.

Question 40

The preferred language of the Qu'ran and Muslim prayers is Arabic.

Question 41

Many Islamic countries, including Iran, held memorial services for the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Question 42

The Atlas and Elburz mountains are part of the same geological system as the Himalayas.

Question 43

The completion of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River solved Egypt's water problems.

Question 44

Many of Northern Africa's modern cities surround enclaves of old trading and agricultural centers.

Question 45

Fewer men than women in Northern Africa are illiterate.

Question 46

Countries of Arab Southwest Asia trade extensively with each other

Question 47

The addition of Spain and Portugal to the EU increased Northern Africa's exports to that region.

Question 48

The water resources of the Nile Valley are finite.

Question 49

The most important civil conflict in Sudan is between Muslims in the North and Jews in the South.

Question 50

In the future, water may surpass oil as the critical resources in Southwestern Asia.

Question 51

Most of Saudi Arabia's 7.5 million foreign visitors are tourists.

Question 52

Turkey and Iran share a strategic location between Russia and Neighboring Countries and Southwest Asian oilfields.

Question 53

As an oil importer, in the 1980s Turkey supplied both Iran and Iraq with food and manufactured goods in return for oil.

Question 54

The Atlas Mountains are located in Saudi Arabia.

Question 55

Material wealth generated by oil revenues is unevenly distributed both between and within countries.

Question 56

Like Egypt, Sudan has received much support from the United States.

Question 57

Prior to civil war in 1975 Lebanon was referred to as the "Switzerland of the Middle East".

Question 58

The Sinai peninsula separates the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman.

Question 59

One of the consequences of prolonged conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been increased political and religious polarization.

Question 60

The process of drawing too much salt to the land surface by irrigation practices is__________________.

Question 61

The coast of Northern Africa became known as the _____________ Coast after 1200.

Question 62

Historic sectors of Northern Africn cities, valued for their social fabric, are called_____________.

Question 63

In a _________________ economy, manufactured goods are more important than primary products, and a variety of manufacturing products is joined by a growing service sector.

Question 64

A farming community in Israel in which land is owned in common is a __________.

Question 65

Israel claims ____________ as its capital, but other countries do not recognize it.

Question 66

The Berbers were found primarily in these two countries ____________________ and__________________.

Question 67

These two rivers converge to form the Nile _____________ _______________.

Question 68

In western Sudan, the government armed local Arabic tribes that terrorize the local populations and they are known as ________________ which means "devil on horseback with a gun".

Question 69

The fertile area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is referred to as___________________.

Question 70

______________________ is a very old Christian group that make up a sizable minority in Egypt.