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Q: What European mountain range forms the political border between Spain and France? A) Pyrenees B) Alps C) Carpathians D) Dinaric Alps E) Apennines
Q: Which country of Europe is primarily located on the European Lowland? A) Italy B) Greece C) Switzerland D) Netherlands E) Spain
Q: By what other name is The European Lowland known? A) Iberia B) Scandinavia C) Italy D) the Alpine System E) the North European Plain
Q: Which of the following pairings of climate type and regions in Europe is correct? A) Mediterranean Coast: continental climate B) Iberian Peninsula: tundra C) North Sea Coast: dry summer Mediterranean climate D) Northern Europe: dry summer Mediterranean climate E) Atlantic Coast: maritime climate
Q: Traditionally, in which region of Europe were environmental conditions the worst? A) Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) B) Eastern Europe C) Iberian Peninsula D) Scandinavia E) Southern Europe
Q: How have countries without oil resources in Southwest Asia and North Africa developed economically? What accounts for regional patterns of poverty in the region?
Q: How has the distribution of fossil fuels in Southwest Asia and North Africa affected economic development and standards of living in the area? Use specific examples in your answer.
Q: Discuss the changing role and position of women in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Q: Summarize the experience of British influence and control in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Q: Discuss the prospects of Iran becoming a greater political force in Southwest Asia and North Africa geopolitics.
Q: Examine the historical roots, current areas of contention, and settlement attempts of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Q: Discuss the languages of North Africa and Southwest Asia, paying special attention to the non-Arab languages in the region.
Q: Discuss the more recent migration patterns in Southwest Asia and North Africa. In your discussion, please consider the three major patterns of migration in the region, as well as the major factors responsible for these migrations.
Q: In what parts of Southwest Asia and North Africa would you expect the least rain to fall? The most? Why?
Q: Where is Socotra located, what makes the island unique, and what threats currently exist that could potentially destroy the island's unique characteristics?
Q: Several Gulf states have immense oil reserves and production capacity, but other countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa have little or none.
Q: Saudi Arabia has the largest known oil reserves in the world.
Q: Iraq contains approximately 26 percent of the world's known oil reserves.
Q: Turkey has one of the most diversified economies of Southwest Asia and North Africa, and is not reliant on oil.
Q: Continuing political problems in Sudan have resulted in food shortages.
Q: Brain drain occurs when bright young people migrate to foreign lands in search of better jobs.
Q: Among the countries of Southwest Asia/North Africa, Saudi Arabia has the highest life expectancy at birth.
Q: Defeat of the Persian Empire in World War I was the major factor that led to European colonialism in Southwest Asia/North Africa.
Q: France took the early lead in colonizing North Africa.
Q: The Black Sea and the Persian Gulf were linked by the construction of the Suez Canal.
Q: Through 2014 there has been U.S. intervention in the civil war in Syria, in defense of rebel forces.
Q: There is currently no geopolitical conflict within the country of Turkey.
Q: Greece and Turkey have been involved in a conflict over ownership of Gaza and the West Bank.
Q: Islam originated in present-day Saudi Arabia.
Q: Christianity was the first monotheistic religion of Southwest Asia.
Q: If one were making a pilgrimage to Makkah and Medinah, one would travel to Egypt.
Q: Jerusalem contains the Dome of the Rock, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Western Wall, holy sites for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Q: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia.
Q: Turkish is NOT an Afro-Asiatic language.
Q: The most commonly spoken language in Southwest Asia and North Africa is Hebrew.
Q: Pastoral nomadism is a type of commercial agriculture.
Q: Pastoral nomadism in Southwest Asia and North Africa is rare in arid areas.
Q: The kibbutz, a collectively worked settlement that produces grain, vegetable, and orchard crops by using irrigation, is found in Israel.
Q: The walled urban core of an Islamic city dominated by a central mosque is called a medina.
Q: Mesopotamia is located in the modern-day country of Syria.
Q: The majority of Egypt's 85 million people live a long distance from the Nile River.
Q: The approximate population of Southwest Asia and North Africa is 200 million.
Q: The location of the population in North Africa and Southwest Asia is most often dependent on access to oil.
Q: Declining fertility rates in Southwest Asia & North Africa are the result of enforced state population policies.
Q: Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE have a foreign workforce greater than 60%.
Q: One of the most important patterns of migration in Southwest Asia & North Africa is rural-to-urban migration.
Q: The lowlands of northern Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia experience some of the driest conditions in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Q: Salinization, deforestation, overgrazing, and water shortages are environmental problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia.
Q: The Aswan High Dam is located in Iran.
Q: Lebanon has made efforts to preserve its famed "cedars" forestlands in recent years.
Q: Hydropolitics is an important issue in North Africa/Southwest Asia because pollution has made so much of the water unacceptable for consumption.
Q: A "qanat" is an irrigation system, developed in Iran, that taps into groundwater through a series of gently sloping tunnels.
Q: Deforestation is probably the oldest environmental problem in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Q: Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia comprise the Levant.
Q: Projected climate changes, such as warmer temperatures, in Southwest Asia and North Africa will likely decrease the amount of runoff in the region, further stressing stream and rivers and reducing hydroelectricity potential and diminishing water available for the region's increasingly urban population.
Q: In which part of Israel has some land been returned to Palestinian control, but new Israeli settlements have also been allowed?A) Sinai PeninsulaB) Gaza StripC) the West BankD) BethlehemE) the Dead Sea
Q: Most countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa had achieved independence by which decade? A) 1910s B) 1920s C) 1930s D) 1940s E) 1950s
Q: The Ottoman Empire A) was replaced by the Byzantine Empire. B) eventually stretched into southern Europe. C) was initially led by Christians. D) imposed Shi'a Islam upon its subjects. E) is a remnant of its former self in modern day Iran.
Q: Which two bodies of water were connected by the construction of the Suez Canal? A) Black Sea and the Persian Gulf B) Black Sea and Red Sea C) Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea D) Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea E) Persian Gulf and Red Sea
Q: Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is experiencing tension between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims? A) Iraq B) Israel C) Saudi Arabia D) Iran E) Turkey
Q: What does the acronym OPEC stand for? A) Oil Producing and Exporting Countries B) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries C) Oil and Petroleum Exporting Corporation D) Organization of Petroleum Energy Countries E) Organized Petrochemical and Energy Countries
Q: What is brain drain? A) The common name given to an illness caused by exposure to toxic residues from petroleum refining that results in short-term memory loss. B) This occurs when highly centralized governments actively recruit the best and the brightest individuals for jobs in the national capital, leaving few behind in the villages. C) This occurs when bright young people migrate to foreign lands in search of better jobs. D) This is a rock group from the United Arab Emirates. E) The common name given to the practice of providing scholarships to students in North Africa/Southwest Asia, which enables them to study abroad and gain a better education than that available in their home region. These scholars later return to share their new-found knowledge with their own students.
Q: Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is the poorest on the Arabian Peninsula? A) United Arab Emirates B) Yemen C) Dubai D) Saudi Arabia E) Kuwait
Q: Saudi Arabia contains approximately ________ percent of the world's known oil supplies. A) 5 B) 10 C) 20 D) 50 E) 40
Q: Which of the following countries of Southwest Asia and North Africa has the most diversified economy, and is not reliant on oil? A) Qatar B) Kuwait C) United Arab Emirates D) Saudi Arabia E) Turkey
Q: Which country in Southwest Asia and North Africa has taken steps to join the European Union? A) Iraq B) Israel C) Lebanon D) Sudan E) Turkey
Q: Which of the following countries illustrates the changing role of women in Southwest Asia and North Africa? A) Yemen B) Saudi Arabia C) Algeria D) Turkey E) Oman
Q: The Arab Spring uprisings were in part the result of A) technology shaping cultural and political change. B) changes in voting and civil rights. C) the growth of Islamism. D) the growth of Islamism and changes in voting and civil rights. E) American military intervention.
Q: You would be most likely to see a Shiite Muslim in which country? A) Morocco B) Iran C) Egypt D) Turkey E) Cyprus
Q: Which part of Southwest Asia and North Africa was the last to be converted to Islam? A) Saudi Arabia B) Mesopotamia C) Northern Egypt D) Algeria E) Yemen
Q: In which city of Southwest Asia and North Africa are there important religious sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? A) Istanbul, Turkey B) Baghdad, Iraq C) Jerusalem, Israel D) Makkah, Saudi Arabia E) Damascus, Syria
Q: What is the Hajj? A) the pilgrimage to the Holy Land that many Christians make during their lifetime B) the pilgrimage to Muhammed's birthplace (Makkah) that every Muslim is supposed to make during his or her lifetime C) the pilgrimage to the Western Wall in Jerusalem that many Jews make during their lifetime D) the month-long fast that Muslims must undertake each year E) the sacred book of Islam
Q: Which of the following is NOT one of the five pillars of Islam? A) accepting that Muhammed was a prophet B) praying five times a day C) making charitable contributions D) making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem E) fasting during the month of Ramadan
Q: Islam A) began within a few decades of the death of Jesus. B) originated in present-day Saudi Arabia. C) holds that Jesus was a false prophet. D) says that there will be many more true prophets in the future. E) has never had a foothold in Europe.
Q: What religion was the first monotheistic religion of Southwest Asia and North Africa? A) Judaism B) Islam C) Christianity D) Bahai E) Buddhism
Q: Which of the following religions arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia? A) Animism B) Buddhism and Hinduism C) Hinduism and Sikhism D) Judaism, Christianity, and Islam E) Shinto
Q: People making a hajj (pilgrimage) to Makkah and Medinah must travel to which country? A) Saudi Arabia B) Israel C) Egypt D) Jordan E) Iraq
Q: What is "dryland" agriculture? A) agriculture in dry areas, made possible by irrigation B) agriculture that depends largely on seasonal precipitation to support farming C) agriculture that relies on special, hybridized crops that require almost no water D) agriculture that occurs on oases in land that is otherwise desert E) agriculture that occurs in desert lands, inside a greenhouse with a controlled environment
Q: Which of the following statements most accurately describes the pattern of domestication in Southwest Asia and North Africa? A) Experimentation with wild cattle, sheep, and goats 10,000 years ago led to pastoral nomadism, and later to domestication of wheat and barley and the establishment of farm settlements. B) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago and the simultaneous domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which eventually led to establishing farming villages. C) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago and the simultaneous domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats, which led to the establishment of farming villages. D) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 5,000 years ago and the simultaneous domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats. Farming villages and pastoral nomadism developed together. E) Experimentation with wild wheat and barley 10,000 years ago led to farm settlements and domestication of cattle, sheep, and goats.
Q: Which of the following places is NOT located in the Fertile Crescent of North Africa and Southwest Asia? A) eastern Turkey B) Syria C) Libya D) Lebanon E) northern Iraq
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