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34 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following characteristics do all countries in North Africa and Southwest Asia share?
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An arid climate
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What is responsible for the belt of desert that covers North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran?
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A zone of dry air circles earth at about 20-30 degrees North latitude
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The Red Sea separates North Africa from which of the following landmasses?
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Arabian Peninsula
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In addition to the Nile and Euphrates rivers, which of the following is the third river of major distinction and longtime settlement in North Africa and Southwest Asia?
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Tigris
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What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have in common?
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They are monotheistic
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The term hajj represents which of the following?
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Pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
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Who conquered the Byzantine Empire?
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The Ottoman Turks
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Which of the following statements does NOT accurately portray the Ottoman Empire?
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It endorsed religious intolerance
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What was the name of type of dependency Europeans fostered in North Africa?
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Protectorate
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Which of the following describes the aim of the Zionist movement around the time of World War II?
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Creation of a Jewish state in their ancestral homeland
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Which of the following events displaced up to 2 million Palestinians from their homeland?
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The creation of the state of Israel
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What Southwest Asian country possesses the world's largest refugee population?
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Iran
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Approximately what proportion of people living in North Africa and Southwest Asia subscribe to Islam?
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90 percent
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Which of the following does the term shari'a represent?
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Islamic religious law
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All secular countries exhibit which of the following characteristics?
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Its affairs are not directly influenced by religion
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Which of the following terms best describes the traditional family structure in North Africa and Southwest Asia?
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All of these
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Given the nature of gender roles in urban Islamic culture, in which of the following activities would a man be least likely involved?
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Obtaining water and fuel wood for domestic use
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Why are women in rural Islamic society less likely to be strictly secluded from public spaces?
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The tasks that women are obligated to carry out must be performed outside the home.
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Which of the following statements describes one aspect of the lives of children in North Africa and Southwest Asia?
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Girls have considerable spatial freedom before puberty
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What body of water in Southwest Asia sits atop the world's largest known petroleum (oil and gas) reserves?
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Persian Gulf
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Who was the first to exploit the oil reserves in Southwest Asia?
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European and North American companies.
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Which of the following statements describes the purpose of OPEC?
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To manage global oil prices
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What is the main reason that the countries that experienced huge gains in oil wealth during the 1970s were not able to generate an industrial revolution in their domestic economies?
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They did not sufficiently invest in education
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In what economic activity are roughly half the populations of Egypt and Turkey involved?
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Agriculture
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The term salinization represents which of the following processes?
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Salts are left behind in the soil as water evaporates
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In addition to some crop agriculture, what activity provided the economic backbone of North Africa and Southwest Asia before petroleum?
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Tending of grazing animals
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The structural adjustment policies proposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) for North African and Southwest Asian countries are designed to accomplish which of the following?
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Reduce the role of the state in the economy
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What country in Southwest Asia acquired lands, of which it still maintains control, known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank through a war in 1967?
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Israel
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In North Afirca and Southwest Asia, which of following effects i s a direct result of the growth of industrial (modernized, mechanized) agriculture and manufacturing?
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Greater consumption of water resources
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What is happening to the water supply of North Africa and Southwest Asia?
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It is decline, mostly due to population growth and new modern uses
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Which of the following describes the basic environmental impact of groundwater pumping, as practiced in North Africa and Southwest Asia and elsewhere in the world where demands for water are high?
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Land subsidence
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Which of the following best describes the purposes of Turkey's Anatolian River Basin Project?
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All of these
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Which of the following sets of countries does Turkey's Anatolian River Basin Project dirrectly affect?
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Syria and Iraq
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What term describes the general drying of grasslands that is causing concern in North Africa?
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Desertification
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