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Southwest Asia and North Africa are a key global culture hearth, where many cultural innovations developed and diffused widely to other parts of the world, including:

urban-based civilization.development of water and oil resources.domestication of wheat and cattle.birth of three religions.all of the answers provided.

Which of the following associations between place and physical landform is NOT correct?

Algeria and MaghrebYemen and LevantMorocco and Atlas MountainsIran and Elburz MountainsTurkey and Anatolian Plateau

Extensive irrigation of desert lands often results in the buildup of toxic salts in the topsoil. Which term best describes this process?

hydropoliticserosiondenudationschistosomiasissalinization

Which of the following terms refers to a traditional form of subsistence agriculture, in which people depend on the seasonal movement of livestock for their livelihood?

pastoral nomadismherdingoasis lifedomesticationregional consumption

Environmental issues in this region include all of the following EXCEPT:

coastal pollution.salinization.desertification.acid rain.depletion of fossil water supplies.

Countries that share aquifers, rivers, or drainage basins are constantly dealing with the interplay between water resource issues and politics, also known as:

geopolitics.hydropolitics.petropolitics.agropolitics.realpolitik.

People in this region have adapted to the regional environment through:

(A) pastoral nomadism.(B) oasis settlement.(C) dry farming and irrigated agriculture.all of the answers provided.B and C only.

What are kibbutzes?

an insurgent group in Lebanona marketplace in Islamic citiesa groundwater aquifera collective farm in Israelan Iranian religious leader

Traditional attributes of a characteristic Islamic city include the:

medina, a walled urban core dominated by a central mosque and associated buildings.housing districts that maximize shade and accentuate privacy.suq, a marketplace or bazaar where goods and services are traded.houses with small windows that typically open inward to private courtyards.all of the answers provided.

Migration into, within, and out of the region occurs in all of the following patterns EXCEPT:

urban-to-rural migration to relieve city overcrowding.migration to make a political statement.economic migration following job opportunities.rural-to-urban migration.migration to escape unstable situations.

Main differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims include:

(A) Shiites are the larger, more mainstream, group within Islam.(B) Sunnis are more hierarchically organized than Shiites and favor theocratic states guided by religious leaders, like Iran.(C) Shiites believe that only members of Muhammad's family were legitimate successors to him, while Sunnis felt that established clergy were acceptable successors to Muhammad.all of the answers provided.A and B only.

Which of the following terms best describes a country in which religious leaders rule and guide policy?

animistic statetheocratic statereligious alliancedemocracymonotheistic state

Religions other than Islam represented in the region include all of the following EXCEPT:

Armenian Orthodox Christianity in Morocco.Greek Orthodox Christians in Cyprus.Coptic Christians in Egypt.Maronite Christians in Lebanon.Jews in Israel.

Which of the following languages both stem from the Afro-Asiatic Semitic family?

Hebrew and FarsiArabic and FarsiHebrew and ArabicArabic and TurkishHebrew and Kurdish

The only countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa to successfully resist European colonization were:

Persia (Iran) and Turkey.Egypt and Iraq.Algeria and Syria.Morocco and Western Sahara.Libya and Sudan.

What strategic waterway links the Mediterranean and Red seas?

Euphrates RiverNile RiverPersian GulfStrait of HormuzSuez Canal

Jewish migration into what is now Israel increased after Britain took Palestine from the Ottoman Empire in 1917 and issued a pledge to encourage the "establishment of Palestine as a home for the Jewish people," known as the:

U.N. Partition Plan.Balfour Declaration.Camp David Accord.British Mandate.Oslo Accord.

Cyprus is divided along a "Green Line" separating ethnic _ in the north from ethnic _ in the south.

communists; capitalistsfundamentalists; reformersKurds; ArabsChristians; MuslimsTurks; Greeks

Which of the following statements about Israel's security barrier is NOT true?

Palestinians view the wall as a "land grab" and an attempt to isolate them from the rest of the world.The wall is confined to the West Bank territory and does not extend into the Gaza Strip.The International Court of Justice proclaimed the barrier illegal and ordered it removed.The wall runs along the internationally recognized border between Palestinian territory and Israel.It was begun in 2002 in response to repeated Palestinian suicide bombings.

Approximately what percentage of the world's proven oil reserves are located in North Africa/Southwest Asia?

93%51%13%69%26%

Countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa that are prospering without oil revenue include all of the following BUT:

Israel.Turkey.Tunisia.Qatar.Cyprus.

Morocco faces several problems, including:

(A) widespread illiteracy.(B) brain drain, as best-educated young people leave for employment opportunities in other countries.(C) pressing labor needs in major cities such as Casablanca.all of the above.A and B only.

The only country in the region to do better in many social measures than might be expected on the basis of per capita gross national income is:

Saudi Arabia.Israel.Bahrain.Oman.United Arab Emirates.

While female labor force participation rates are generally the lowest in the world, women throughout the region are seeing:

(A) increasing educational opportunities.(B) increasing employment opportunities, especially at-home work over the Internet.(C) modest Western dress is becoming more acceptable.all of the answers provided.A and C only.

Despite environmental and cultural risks, tourism is becoming increasingly important throughout the region. Countries already very reliant on tourism revenue include all BUT:

Turkey.Israel.Saudi Arabia.Egypt.Algeria.

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Multiple Choice

Southwest Asia and North Africa are a key global culture hearth, where many cultural innovations developed and diffused widely to other parts of the world, including:

Which of the following associations between place and physical landform is NOT correct?

Extensive irrigation of desert lands often results in the buildup of toxic salts in the topsoil. Which term best describes this process?

Which of the following terms refers to a traditional form of subsistence agriculture, in which people depend on the seasonal movement of livestock for their livelihood?

Environmental issues in this region include all of the following EXCEPT:

Countries that share aquifers, rivers, or drainage basins are constantly dealing with the interplay between water resource issues and politics, also known as:

People in this region have adapted to the regional environment through:

What are kibbutzes?

Traditional attributes of a characteristic Islamic city include the:

Migration into, within, and out of the region occurs in all of the following patterns EXCEPT:

Main differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims include:

Which of the following terms best describes a country in which religious leaders rule and guide policy?

Religions other than Islam represented in the region include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following languages both stem from the Afro-Asiatic Semitic family?

The only countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa to successfully resist European colonization were:

What strategic waterway links the Mediterranean and Red seas?

Jewish migration into what is now Israel increased after Britain took Palestine from the Ottoman Empire in 1917 and issued a pledge to encourage the "establishment of Palestine as a home for the Jewish people," known as the:

Cyprus is divided along a "Green Line" separating ethnic _____ in the north from ethnic _____ in the south.

Which of the following statements about Israel's security barrier is NOT true?

Approximately what percentage of the world's proven oil reserves are located in North Africa/Southwest Asia?

Countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa that are prospering without oil revenue include all of the following BUT:

Morocco faces several problems, including:

The only country in the region to do better in many social measures than might be expected on the basis of per capita gross national income is:

While female labor force participation rates are generally the lowest in the world, women throughout the region are seeing:

Despite environmental and cultural risks, tourism is becoming increasingly important throughout the region. Countries already very reliant on tourism revenue include all BUT:

Cyprus is divided along a "Green Line" separating ethnic _ in the north from ethnic _ in the south.