People test 1

Question 1

Osman

Answer 1

ruler of ottoman empire

Question 2

Mahfouz

Answer 2

egypt writer nobel peace price contemporary writer

Question 3

herodotus

Answer 3

historian

Question 4

king farouq

Answer 4

Egypt put in place by British and overthrown

Question 5

nasser

Answer 5

Egypt panarabism arab unity socialism and non alignment - member of free officers

Question 6

sadat

Answer 6

Egypt - Camp David Accords - assassinated - member of the free officers

Question 7

mubarak

Answer 7

Egypt Dictator overthrown by Arab Spring a lot of police brutality under mubarak corruption and economic problems

Question 8

morsi

Answer 8

first democratically elected head of state. Muslim Brotherhood power hungry economy failed removed by military coup

Question 9

el-sisi

Answer 9

current pres of Egypt and was elected

Question 10

Netanyahu

Answer 10

Israeli Prime Minister

Question 11

Yassir Arafat

Answer 11

first leader of Palestinian Authority started in PLO

Question 12

Mahmoud Abbas

Answer 12

current leader of PA and PLO not recognized by hamas as rightful leader

Question 13

Hafez

Answer 13

Syria - brutal dictator Alawi

Question 14

Bashar

Answer 14

syria - son of hafez - made some improvements but turned into a brutal dictator like his father - ended arab spring in syria through violence

Question 15

Nasrallah

Answer 15

Lebanon - head of hezbollah

Question 16

Prime Minister Najib Miqati

Answer 16

Lebanon - resigned recently

Question 17

President Michel Suleiman

Answer 17

Lebanon

Question 18

Hussein

Answer 18

Ba’ath party dictator most coercive police state in the middle east – Shiite muslim and very secular like Iraq but became religious to use it as a justification for invading Kuwait – US is Christians attacking Muslims he did redistribute lands and advocated womens rights

Question 19

PM Nouri al-maliki

Answer 19

Iraq

Question 20

King Husayn

Answer 20

Jordan was King of Jordan through the Cold War and four decades of Arab-Israeli conflict. He recognized Israel in 1994, becoming the second Arab head of state to do so developed infrastructure

Question 21

King Abdallah

Answer 21

Jordan - drives around in disguise to talk to his people. Married a Palestinian woman. Constitutional monarchy woman cant vote. No arab spring. Royal family isn’t corrupt. Income gap but trying to be fixed.

Question 22

Rania

Answer 22

Jordan - wife of abdallah lots of social work

Question 23

Ibn Saud

Answer 23

forcibly joined all tribes in SA

Question 24

King Abdallah

Answer 24

SA - King of Saudi Arabia who took over after his half brother King Fahd died. Abdullah has during his regime maintained close relations with United States and Britain and bought billions of dollars worth of defense equipment from both states. Abdullah has also pushed toward more rights for women in the kingdom by giving them the right to vote and to compete in the Olympics. Furthermore, Abdullah successfully maintained the status quo during the waves of protest in the kingdom during the Arab Spring

Question 25

Ali Saleh

Answer 25

yemen - president of the north then unified yemen and served as president of N and S

Question 26

Sabah Family

Answer 26

ruling family of Kuwait

Question 27

Sultan Qabus

Answer 27

Sultan of Oman pledged greater openness and participation in government. The parliament enjoys legislative and oversight powers.

Question 28

KIng Hasan II

Answer 28

violated HR removed parliaments power - Morocco

Question 29

King Muhammed VI

Answer 29

made reforms journalists have more freedom Hassans son

Question 30

Bouteflika

Answer 30

5th president of algeria

Question 31

Ben ali

Answer 31

corrupt ruler of Tunisia before Arab spring