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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The most populous city in North Africa/Southwest Asia is:
a. Cairo b) Istanbul c) Tehran d) Bagdad e) Khartoum
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The modern state of Israel was created in:
a. 1923 b) 1937 c) 1948 d) 1959 e) 1967
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Israel regards which city as its capital?
a. Tel Aviv b) Haifa c) Beirut d) Jerusalem e) Golan
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The state of Israel:
a. was settled by people fleeing the Zionist policies of Nazi Germany b) was created from
territory that was formerly administered by the British c) was a part of the Ottoman Empire
that was ceded to the Israelis in 1923 d) was created out of the country of Palestine that
previously had no Jewish population e) was founded after World War I
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Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel?
a. Iran b) Egypt c) Jordan d) Lebanon e) Syria
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The largest oil reserves in the realm are located in:
a. Israel b) Libya c) Kuwait d) Saudi Arabia e) Iran
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In Saudi Arabia:
a. petroleum reserves are concentrated in the west b) annual rainfall is almost everywhere
under 10 inches c) the Rub al Khali lies in the national core area d) its declining population
now barely exceeds 10 million e) Shi’ites outnumber Sunni Muslims
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Which of the following countries is not located on the Arabian Peninsula
a. Syria b) Kuwait c) Oman d) Qatar e) Bahrain
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The Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter) lies near the border between Saudi Arabia and:
a. Israel b) Iraq c) Yemen d) Dubai e) Kuwait
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The United Arab Emirates includes the oil-rich sheikhdom known as:
a. Kuwait b) Oman c) Abu Dhabi d) Bahrain e) Qatar
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The choke point known as the _____ lies between Yemen and Djibouti.
a. Hormuz Strait b) Shatt-al-Arab c) Bab el Mandeb Strait d) Gulf of Suez e) Strait
of Gibraltar
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The Ottoman Empire was headquartered in the city of:
a. Constantinople b) Mecca c) Jerusalem d) Baghdad e) Alexandria
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Kemal Atatürk is most closely identified with the city of:
a. Constantinople b) Mecca c) Tehran d) Ankara e) Baghdad
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Iran differs from most of the North Africa/Southwest Asian realm in that:
a. it is non-Islamic b) it borders Russia c) it is predominantly Shi’ite d) it is ruled by a
monarchy e) it has no oil deposits
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The capital of Iran, located in the foothills of the Elburz Mountains is:
a. Khomeini City b) Tehran c) Ahmadinejad d) Persepolis e) Baghdad
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Which of the following is not one of the republics of Turkestan?
a. Kazakhstan b) Uzbekistan c) Turkmenistan d) Azerbaijan e) Tajikistan
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The majority population in the north of Kazakhstan is:
a. Kazakh b) Russian c) Uzbek d) Armenian e) Turkmenia
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The body of water devastated by Soviet irrigation schemes is the:
a. Black Sea b) Aral Sea c) Caspian Sea d) Shatt-al-Arab e) Sea of Galilee
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Which of the following republics of Turkestan contains an ethnic majority of Persian origin?
a. Kazakhstan b) Uzbekistan c) Turkmenistan d) Tajikistan e) Afghanistan
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The most important ethnic group in Afghanistan is the:
a. Pashtuns b) Turkmen c) Taliban d) Kurds e) Qaeda
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The southern margin of the Sahara is a semi-arid zone known as:
a. The Namib b) Congo c) The Sahel d) Ghana e) Ethiopia
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Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer:
a. Libya b) Iran c) Saudi Arabia d) Iraq e) Lebanon
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The countries of the Maghreb:
a. are concentrated in northwestern most Africa b) are Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia c)
derive their sustenance from the slopes and life-giving rains drawn from the Atlas Mountains
d) were all drawn into the French colonial sphere e) all of the above
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At the time of Israel’s creation in 1948, the UN had assigned Jerusalem to be:
a. Israel’s capital b) Jordon’s capital c) the capital of both Israel and a Palestinian state
d) an international city e) an independent city-state
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The predominant religion of Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia is:
a. Judaism b) Christianity c) Islam d) Buddhism e) Hinduism
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The country that sits atop an oil reserve which is, by far, the world’s largest, is:
a. Kuwait b) Saudi Arabia c) Iraq d) Iran e) Jordan
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The North Africa/Southwest Asia realm is sometimes called all of the following except:
a. The Dry World
b. The Middle East
c. An Arab World
d. The Fertile Land
e. An Islamic World
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The Ottomans, based in what is today _____, conquered Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1453
and then pushed into southeastern Europe.
a. India b) Pakistan c) Syria d) Libya e) Turkey
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Most Egyptians live and work in _____.
a. Lower Egypt b) Middle Egypt c) Upper Egypt d) A and B e) A and C
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The smallest of the Maghreb states is _____.
a. Tunisia b) Algeria c) Morocco d) Libya e) Egypt
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All of the following are countries that comprise the Middle East except:
a. Iraq b) Jordan c) Syria d) Algeria e) Lebanon
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The two major states that dominate the region that lies immediately to the north of the Middle
East and Persian Gulf, where Arab ethnicity gives way but Islamic culture endures are _____.
a. Turkey and Kuwait b) Turkey and Iran c) Iran and Kuwait d) Iran and Libya e)
Bahrain and Qatar
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Which of the following is not one of the six states of Turkestan?
a. Kazakhstan b) Pakistan c) Turkmenistan d) Afghanistan e) Uzbekistan
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Country that split into two as a result of a long and bloody civil war:
a. EgyptB. Sudan C. Libya D. Turkey E. none of the above
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Loss of American officials from Benghazi consulate is being investigated by Congress in relations
to events in what country:
a. Mauritania B. Somali C. Eritrea D. Libya E. Tunisia
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Three largest countries in population size in North Africa/Southwest Asia are:
a. Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon B. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran C. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen D.
Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan E. Egypt, Iran, and Turkey
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In terms of oil production, the world’s leaders are:
a. The United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia B. Iran and Iraq C. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia D. United
Arab Emirates and Qatar E. Mexico and the North Sea
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Two countries that united to form one are:
a. Oman and Muscat 13. North and South Arabia C. North and South Yemen D. Lebanon and
Syria E. Israel and Palestine
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Which two minority groups have complaints about their treatment by the Turks?
a. Kurds and Azeris B. Jews and Arabs C. Assyrians and Georgians D. Armenians and
Kurds E. Iranians and Syrians
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The economic future of Kazakhstan lies in the ______ supplies found near the Caspian Sea.
a. fish B. mineral salt C. oil D. silver E. natural gas
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A desert republic in Turkestan with significant new gas supplies?
a. Kazakhstan B. Uzbekistan C. Turkmenistan D. Azerbaijan E. Kyrgyzstan
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The country to which the US first sent ground troops to eradicate terrorism:
a. Sudan B. Saudi Arabia C. Afghanistan D. Iraq E. Pakistan
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Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift?
a. separate development b) Pangaea c) land alienation d) continentality e)
apartheid
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Before independence, the modern state of The Congo was a colony of:
a. France b) Germany c) Britain d) Belgium e) South Africa
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Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?
a. Ivory Coast b) Chad c) Ghana d) Senegal e) Burkina Faso
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Which country lost its independence only briefly?
a. Zimbabwe b) Zambia c) Kenya d) Ethiopia e) Malawi
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The last country to give up its African colonies was:
a. the United States b) Germany c) France d) Belgium e) South Africa
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Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?
a. Botswana b) Cameroon c) Zimbabwe d) Zambia e) Mozambique
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The great river of Southern Africa is the:
a. Zambezi b) Zimbabwe c) Niger d) Congo e) Angola
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A unique aspect of Madagascar is that:
a. the Great Rift Valley predominates in the central part of the country b) the population is of
Malay-Polynesian origin c) it produces exceptional quantities of salt d) the island is
controlled by the South Africans whose apartheid system prevailed there until 2003 e) most of
the population is of East African ancestry
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People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called:
a. Highveld Hollanders b) Afrikaners c) Cape Boers d) Great Trekkers e) the
Transylvania Dutch
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The Boer War took place in:
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a. Kenya b) South Africa c) the Netherlands d) Sudan e) Nigeria
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Which of the following statements is false?
a. Climatically, South Africa is Africa’s only true temperate-zone country b) South Africa
contains significant untapped petroleum reserves. c) South Africa’s white population is larger
than the white populations of all other Sub-Saharan African countries combined. d) South
Africa has large coal reserves. e) The Boers are now called the Afrikaners.
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