Test 4 Flashcards
Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?
a. Pakistan
b. Iran
c. Iraq
d. Tunisia
e. Afghanistan
a. Pakistan
Which area was least influenced by the spread of Islam?
a. Yemen
b. Bosnia
c. China
d. Northern Nigeria
e. Turkestan
c. China
Shi’ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of:
a. Egypt
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Turkey
e. Iran
e. Iran
About 85 percent of Muslims consider themselves:
a. Imams
b. Shi’ite
c. Asian Orthodox
d. Sharia
e. Sunni
e. Sunni
The dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia is:
a. Sharia
b. Wahhabism
c. Shi’ite
d. Dubai
e. Maronite
b. Wahhabism
The empire that ruled over much of Southwest Asia prior to World War I was the:
a. Ottoman
b. Persian
c. Byzantine
d. British
e. Russian
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Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?
a. Kuwait
b. Azerbaijan
c. Iraq
d. Iran
e. Turkey
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. The overwhelming majority of Egypt’s people live within a dozen miles of the Nile.
b. The Blue Nile originates in Ethiopia.
c. The largest of all Nile River control projects is the Aswan High Dam.
d. Egypt’s largest city, Cairo, is located on the shore of Lake Nasser in Upper Egypt.
e. The White Nile originates in East Africa
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The city of _____ is located at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile, and serves as the capital of _____.
a. Khartoum/Sudan
b. Timbuktu/Ethiopia
c. Cairo/Egypt
d. Kabol/Afghanistan
e. Basra/Iraq
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The Aswan High Dam is located on the:
a. Shatt-al-Arab
b. Nile River
c. Jordan River
d. Suez Cana
e. The Tigris River
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Egypt’s peasant farmers are known as the:
a. Shatt-al-Arabs
b. Fellaheen
c. Shi’ites
d. Toilers of the Tell
e. Bedouins
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Which of the following is not located in the vicinity of the Nile Delta?
a. Alexandria
b. Aswan High Dam
c. Cairo
d. Suez Canal
e. Lower Egypt
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The upstream country that could control the flow of the Nile River into Egypt is:
a. Iraq
b. Sudan
c. Israel
d. Libya
e. Chad
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Which of the following is not located within the Maghreb region?
a. The Atlas Mountains
b. Casablanca
c. The countries that were once called the Barbary states
d. The Mecca area of the Arabian Peninsula
e. The area known as The Tell
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The western North African countries of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco are collectively called:
a. The Maghreb
b. The African Transition Zone
c. The Near East
d. The Tell
e. The Levant
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Which of the following oil producers does not border the Persian Gulf?
a. Iran
b. Kuwait
c. Libya
d. Saudi Arabia
e. United Arab Emirates
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The major mountain range in North Africa is the:
a. Sahara Uplands
b. Atlas Mountains
c. Libyan Alps
d. Sandes
e. Golan Heights
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Which North African country fought a bitter war of liberation against the French?
a. Egypt
b. Libya
c. Algeria
d. Tunisia
e. Sudan
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This country is the smallest in North Africa, but has the highest GNI per capita in North Africa.
a. Chad
b. Israel
c. Tunisia
d. Morocco
e. Libya
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Which of the following rivers flows through Iraq?
a. Euphrates b) Jordan c) White Nile d) Blue Nile e) Indus
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In Iraq, the Shi’ite population is concentrated in:
a. the northwest b) the capital c) the western border area near Jordan d) the
southeast e) the Shi’ite Triangle in the center
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Iraq’s oil cities of Kirkuk and Mosul are located within the area of _____ population.
a. Kurdish b) Iranian c) Shi’ite d) Kuwaiti e) Sunni
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The Syrians have lost which piece of territory to the Israelis?
a. Gaza b) Lebanon c) the West Bank d) the Golan Heights e) Kurdistan
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Jordan has absorbed large numbers of:
a. Lebanese b) Israelis c) Kurds d) South Syrians e) Palestinians
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