Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Islamic women and the veil and chador

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-Islamic women and the...

Question 2

Do the factors underlying fundamentalism in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity have any common causes or consequences? Why or why not?

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Question 3

What role did nationalist movements play in the transition to independence in Africa, and how did such movements differ from their counterparts elsewhere? Would Africans have been better off if they had changed the existing colonial boundaries at the time they attained independence rather than keeping them? What advantages, and disadvantages, could different boundaries have brought to Africans in the 1950s and 1960s, and since?

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Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-Sadeq Hedayat

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-Sadeq Hedayat...

Question 5

Is the Republic of South Africa, Egypt, or Nigeria likely to be the most important state in Africa in thirty years? What evidence causes you to think as you do?

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Question 6

Why has the Arab-Israeli dispute proven so difficult to resolve? Does a solution seem any more likely now than during the 1970s or 1980s? Why or why not?

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Question 7

Describe the economic role of the oil industry and its relationship to political stability or instability in the nations of the Middle East. Are there policies by which outside powers can aid in creating stability there, or have they already "done too much"?

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Question 8

How did the rise of independent states affect the lives and the role of women in African societies? How does that role compare with the role played by women in other parts of the contemporary world?

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Question 9

Is it realistic to argue that the Muslim societies of North Africa are so different from those of sub- Saharan Africa that they actually have nothing in common except geographic proximity and the fact that both are ex-colonial areas? Why or why not?

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Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy

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-Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy...

Question 11

"Islamic fundamentalism is the defining movement in the present Middle East and will remain so into the foreseeable future." Discuss, pro and con.

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Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Iran-Iraq War

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-Iran-Iraq War...

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Iran's Mohammad Khatami and Muhmmad Ahmadinejad

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-Iran's Mohammad Khatami and...

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-Muslim Brotherhood

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-Muslim Brotherhood...

Question 15

What problems have the nations of the Middle East faced since the end of World War 2, and to what degree have they managed to resolve them? How have religious issues affected economic, social, and cultural conditions in the Middle East in recent decades? What are some of the key reasons advanced to explain why democratic institutions have been slow to take root in the Middle East?

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Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-Operation Desert Storm

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-Operation Desert Storm...

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Saddam Hussein and Kuwait

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-Saddam Hussein and Kuwait...

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

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-the Taliban and Osama...

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'ites, and Kurds

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-Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'ites, and...

Question 20

Is it accurate to claim that Turkey and Iran, both non-Arabic societies, may be the two most influential countries in the Middle East? Why or why not?

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Quiz 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Identify the following terms. -Islamic women and the veil and chador

Do the factors underlying fundamentalism in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity have any common causes or consequences? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -Sadeq Hedayat

Is the Republic of South Africa, Egypt, or Nigeria likely to be the most important state in Africa in thirty years? What evidence causes you to think as you do?

Why has the Arab-Israeli dispute proven so difficult to resolve? Does a solution seem any more likely now than during the 1970s or 1980s? Why or why not?

Describe the economic role of the oil industry and its relationship to political stability or instability in the nations of the Middle East. Are there policies by which outside powers can aid in creating stability there, or have they already "done too much"?

How did the rise of independent states affect the lives and the role of women in African societies? How does that role compare with the role played by women in other parts of the contemporary world?

Is it realistic to argue that the Muslim societies of North Africa are so different from those of sub- Saharan Africa that they actually have nothing in common except geographic proximity and the fact that both are ex-colonial areas? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy

"Islamic fundamentalism is the defining movement in the present Middle East and will remain so into the foreseeable future." Discuss, pro and con.

Identify the following terms. -Iran-Iraq War

Identify the following terms. -Iran's Mohammad Khatami and Muhmmad Ahmadinejad

Identify the following terms. -Muslim Brotherhood

Identify the following terms. -Operation Desert Storm

Identify the following terms. -Saddam Hussein and Kuwait

Identify the following terms. -the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

Identify the following terms. -Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'ites, and Kurds

Is it accurate to claim that Turkey and Iran, both non-Arabic societies, may be the two most influential countries in the Middle East? Why or why not?