Geography Ch 4

When did the domestication of plants occur?

12,000 years ago

The Balfour Declaration was a ________ British mandate that required the establishment of a Jewish homeland.

1917

The approximate population of the Middle East/North Africa is:

500 million

When did the domestication of plants occur

7000 to 9000 B.C.

Despite U.N. sanctions, Iran's nuclear plant at Bushehr operates at ________ of its full capacity.

75%

How much of the region experiences average annual rainfall of less than 250 millimeters (10 inches)?

75%

Cultural differences are some of the reasons for the tensions between Iraq and Iran, because most Iraqis are ________, while most Iranians are ________.

Arabic/Persian

While animal life has been greatly affected by human occupation in the Middle East/North Africa region, this domesticated animal is still ubiquitous.

Buffalo

Which of the following cities had the largest urban population in 2014

Cairo

Which of the following is defined as a loose fitting garment worn by Muslim women which shows the face?

Chador

Which of the following is defined as a loose, usually black robe worn by Muslim women that covers the body including the face, from head to toe?

Chador

Ethnic cleansing in Sudan has displaced millions of people and about 2.19 million of these people are internally displaced persons (IDPs) in what areas?

Darfur, Abyei, Blue Nile and South/West Kordofan

Which city has the highest number of cars relative to people, according to the 2015 world average

Dubai

After being part of the Ottoman Empire, Algeria became a possession of this country.

France

________ is a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Hajj

________ is the process by which domestic producers provide goods or services that were formerly bought from foreign producers.

Import Substitution

From which countries are many female labor migrants to North Africa and the Middle East?

Indonesia and the Philippines

Which one of the following countries is "approaching" water scarcity

Iran

Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers join together?

Iraq

The African Arab militia responsible for one of the most brutal campaigns of ethnic cleansing that Africa has ever seen is called:

Janjaweed

In 2011, the country with the highest Gross National Income (GNI) per capita was

Qatar

Which country gets approximately 97% of its drinking water through the process of desalinization?

Qatar

The largest desert in the world is the:

Sahara

Which desert possessed a large lake system 50,000 years ago and now has oases?

Sahara

In 2014, which of the following countries produced the most barrels of oil?

Saudi Arabia

Which language families are represented in the Middle East and North Africa?

Semitic, Indo-European, Turkic, Afro-Asiatic

Which branch of Islam claims that the political leadership must be divine and therefore must derive from descendants of the Prophet?

Shi'a

Which Muslim faction argued Muhammad's son-in-law Ali should succeed him?

Shi'ite

In colonial Iraq, what group did the British elevate which led to a legacy of regional conflict?

Sunni

The Ottoman Empire was based on the Anatolian Plateau in modern:

Turkey

Which of the following countries was never colonized by Europe?

Turkey

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) adheres to an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam called

Wahabism

The ________ were formed as a result of contact between the African, Arabian, and Eurasian plates at the center of the region.

Zagros Mountains

Which of the following religions was born in the Middle East and North Africa region?

all of the above

Although people assume that aridity prevails in this region, some places receive significant annual precipitation. Where are they?

in the higher elevations and on west-facing coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea

The integration of Middle East and North African states into the global economy generated all of the following results, except:

internal migration to rural areas

After all the turmoil and political change that have occurred in many North African and Middle Eastern states since the Arab Spring of 2011, which country is unquestionably better off as a result?

none of the countries

The Blue Nile flows ________ across the Sahara Desert.

northward

These areas are created when land erosion and a high water table have allowed some of the water to percolate to the surface.

oases

All of the following is true about the "Cedars of Lebanon", except:

overexploitation led to extinction

Freshwater is already a scarce resource throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Which source of freshwater appears most promising for satisfying future needs?

production quota

Transhumance is the practice of:

seasonal movement with herds

Which of the following is not one of the five pillars of Islam?

seclusion of women

Secondary urbanization in the Nile Valley included the following characteristics:

sub-Saharan trade, monumental tombs, mathematics

At its root the Israel-Palestine conflict is over what?

territory

Most of the guest workers employed in the Middle East and North Africa are working in:

the Arabian Peninsula

Most of the guest workers employed in the Middle East and North Africa are working in:

the Persian Gulf region

Zionism represents the world political movement for:

the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel