Southwest Asia and Northern Africa

Question 1

What Countries make up the Mahgreb region

Answer 1

Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco

Question 2

What countries make up the heartland

Answer 2

Syria-Oman the Arabian peninsula

Question 3

What countries make up the empire states

Answer 3

Iran and Turkey (Persian and Ottoman)

Question 4

What are the poorest countries in the realm

Answer 4

Yemen and Sudan

Question 5

Northern Africa

Answer 5

Muslim dominated, Cs climate, contains the only real mountain chain in Africa the Atlas mountains, most arable land is found in this region

Question 6

What is the most populous nation in the realm

Answer 6

Egypt

Question 7

What is the name of the dam on the Nile that unequally distributes water to Egypt and Sudan

Answer 7

The Aswan dam as seen in Jojos

Question 8

Where does most of the water come from in the Mahgreb region

Answer 8

Underground Aquifers, which happen to be located in places where minorities live

Question 9

What Mahgreb countries gained independence in 1956

Answer 9

Morocco and Tunisia

Question 10

What is significant about Algeria

Answer 10

Was a French settler colony and site of brutal fighting, almost caused another French Rev,

Question 11

What is Fanon philosophy

Answer 11

Revolutionary philosophy to make imperialist power violate human rights so people rebel against, used by Ho Chi Mingh

Question 12

What Ethnic Group make up majority of Mahgreb

Answer 12

Muslim Arabs, do have small burbur population usually in the south, also have large French populations

Question 13

What is distinct about Mahgreb cities and architecture

Answer 13

Cities have large citadels overlooking everything, also contain long winding streets, most cities contain a bazaar area which acts as a central market, Architecture is modern but also combined with roman style cities

Question 14

Algeria

Answer 14

Algiers OPEC country founded on Marxism, northwestern mountains called tell leads to primate cities and water, has democratically elected Muslim leadership, Berber became national language

Question 15

Morocco

Answer 15

Rabat Stable politically has a monarchy, large GNP of clothing and phosphates, takes advantage of Cs climates by being very ag intensive

Question 16

Tunisia

Answer 16

Tunis not democratic, but stable repressive of Muslims, but PROgressive of Women’s rights, Suppressed freedom of press and Unions, at one point reached 30% unemployment for 18-30 yr olds, Arab spring toppled their government

Question 17

Libya

Answer 17

Tripoli Was monarchy until Gadaffi and the green revolution, became very anti west, is an OPEC nation, after Gadaffi was topple Libya has struggled, is an upper income nation that uses oil to subsidize social safety nets

Question 18

What was important about Gadaffi

Answer 18

He combined military, socialism, and Islam to create better living for Libyans

Question 19

What is the deal with western sahara

Answer 19

Not currently owned by anyone although Morocco says its there’s, was a former Spanish colony, is very phosphate rich, Algeria also wants area and supports rev groups in the area against morocco

Question 20

Tunisia and Algeria

Answer 20

middle income countries that are largely dependent on France and need to import most of food and water

Question 21

What countries of this realm are not oil endowed

Answer 21

Sudan, Egypt, Palestine, and Morocco

Question 22

What are the 3 main IGOs in the region

Answer 22

OPEC, OIC, and IDB

Question 23

What is the OIC and what does it do

Answer 23

Organization of the Islamic Conference, promotes piece and represents the Muslim world and protects Muslim interests in the region

Question 24

What is the IDB

Answer 24

Islamic Development Bank, it is a main competitor to the WB and helps give no interest loans to the OIC

Question 25

Egypt

Answer 25

Cairo Pop is concentrated along Nile, first Christians reside here, has many ancient kingdoms like Memphis and Thebes, contains the Suez canal and was a British Colony

Question 26

Mubarak

Answer 26

Separated church and state in Egypt was ousted by Arab Spring

Question 27

Sudan

Answer 27

Khartoum Physically largest country has water but not much of it, oil was in southern Sudan which was annexed, poorest country in realm

Question 28

Gulf states

Answer 28

Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Yemen, SA, Qatar, are all water dependent nations and govs are not democratic, all have high standard of living except Yemen

Question 29

Iraq

Answer 29

Baghdad sits in fertile crescent of Tigris and Euphrates, oil endowed country , strong Shi’ite vs Sunni tensions, Saddam was a sunni, has large population of Kurdish people, wide Iraqi diaspora due to shock and awe bombings and the like

Question 30

Syria

Answer 30

Damascus, large Kurdish population, was water endowed, has been ravished by war between jihadists and proxies of US and Russia, socialist + Islamic dictatorship,

Question 31

Jordan

Answer 31

Amman, monarchy, has lost a lot of water to Israel (west bank) connections to US via queen

Question 32

Lebanon

Answer 32

Beirut, Christian state mostly commercial merchants, Palestinian refugees have moved in which has prompted tensions and attacks between Israel and Lebanon

Question 33

Saudi Arabia

Answer 33

Riyadh, not democracy, has been ruled by Saudi family since the 90s,

Question 34

Oman

Answer 34

Muscat sultanate has strong links with eastern Africa

Question 35

Turkey + Iran

Answer 35

Ankara, and Tehran, largest countries in region, ottoman and Persian empires spread Islam, hold a strategic boundary between CIS countries, Iran has oil and both countries are water endowed

Question 36

Turkey

Answer 36

aligned with Europe and Central Asia, remnants of Roman empire, first cities have recently been found here

Question 37

Why do the Kurds not have there own country

Answer 37

Main reason is because they would take large portions of countries oil based on where they are settled

Question 38

Israel/Palestine

Answer 38

Tel-aviv, stuck in 3 way battle between Christians Muslims and Jews, as is holy land for all, deprives Palestinians of water and illegally settles in west bank sucks US dick and is last bastion of US imperialism

Question 39

What is the name of the abandoned plan to create a pipeline from the sea of galilee that Israel takes advantage of

Answer 39

The Johnston plan, has lead to severe water shortage in Jordan and Palestinian territory

Question 40

What did Israel do in 1967

Answer 40

went crazy with expansion and moved to Sinai peninsula and Golan heights and west bank,

Question 41

Why did Israel take the sinai

Answer 41

to force Egypt into admitting it was a state

Question 42

What effect did the Yom Kippur war have on Israel

Answer 42

convinced nations that “Israel was here to stay”