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Multiple Choice
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This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 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:
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 Which of the following associations between place and physical landform is NOT correct?
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Iran's climate patterns include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Environmental issues in this region include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Countries that share aquifers, rivers, or drainage basins are constantly dealing with the interplay between water resource issues and politics, also known as:
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 People in this region have adapted to the regional environment through:
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 Traditional attributes of a characteristic Islamic city include the:
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Migration into, within, and out of the region occurs in all of the following patterns EXCEPT:
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 The _____, the holiest book of Islam, is a compilation of divine revelations received by _____ from _____.
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 Main differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims include:
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 Religions other than Islam represented in the region include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 Which of the following languages both stem from the Afro-Asiatic Semitic family?
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 Evidence of globalization in North Africa and Southwest Asia includes all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 The only countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa to successfully resist European colonization were:
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 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:
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 Sudan emerged as a center of Islamic fundamentalism in the region as a result of:
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 Cyprus is divided along a Green Line separating ethnic _____ in the north from ethnic _____ in the south.
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 Saudi Arabia is the leading country within OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) because it controls what percent of the world's known oil supplies?
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 Countries in Southwest Asia and North Africa that are prospering without oil revenue include all of the following BUT:
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 Tunisia has acheived relative economic stability without the benefit of large oil reserves by:
 
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Question 21
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Open Hint for Question 21 in a new window		 Morocco faces several problems, including:
 
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Question 22
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Open Hint for Question 22 in a new window		 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:
 
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Question 23
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Open Hint for Question 23 in a new window		 While female labor force participation rates are generally the lowest in the world, women throughout the region are seeing:
 
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Question 24
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Open Hint for Question 24 in a new window		 Despite environmental and cultural risks, tourism is becoming increasingly important throughout the region. Areas already very reliant on tourism revenue include all BUT:
 
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Question 25
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Open Hint for Question 25 in a new window		 Regional agreements and organizations within the region include all BUT:
 
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