Chapter 4 world regional geography

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

1917

How many Kurds live in the mountainous areas along the borders of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and a small area in Armenia?

20-30 Million

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

All of them

The Sinai Peninsula is part of:

Egypt

Almost 90% of the worlds proven oil reserves but only about 15% of the proven natural gas reserves in the world are located in this region.

False

The Kurds and ISIS are military allies, fighting together to overthrow the Assad regime in Syria.

False

The Palestinian Arabs accepted the UN partition plan referred to in the previous question.

False

The Six Day War was won by Arab forces, temporarily halting expansion of Israel.

False

The Tigris and Euphrates flow into the Red Sea.

False

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

France

Syria was part of the____________Mandate at the end of World War I

French

________ is a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Hajj

What is the name of the hardline Islamist political party that hold a majority of elected seats in Gaza?

Hamas

The original United Nations proposal for the partitioning of Palestine included an independent Jewish State of Israel an independent Arab state of Palestine, and a United Nations-administered neutral zone around the city of:

Jerusalem

Which of the following is not considered one of the "Occupied Territories" that are home to Palestinians living in Israel?

Jerusalem

What are nomadic pastoralists?

Livestock Herders

Where are the Atlas Mountains located?

Northwest Africa

This desert landscape feature is created when lowlying land and a high water table have allowed some of the water to percolate to the surface.

Oasis

In North Africa, tunnel well dug into the base of a mountain used for irrigation is called a/an:

Qanat

In 2011, the country with the highest Gross National Income per capita was:

Qatar

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

Qatar

The holy book of Islam is the:

Qur'an

The largest desert in the world is the:

Sahara

Which of the following countries has the largest percent of the world's proven oil reserves?

Saudi Arabia

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

Segregation of men and women in public spaces

What term is used to describe "Islamic law"?

Shari'a

Most Muslims in Iran are:

Shi'ite

Cultural differences are some of the reasons for tensions between Irag and Iran because most Iraqis are________, while most Iranians are ________. (Note: these are the ethnicities that are dominant within these countries. Both ethnicities are Muslim in their religious practice.)

Sunni/ Shi'ia

29. The country in this region with the largest land area used for dry farming is:

Turkey

In which of the following countries is Islamic law not applied in either criminal law or civil legal disputes?

Turkey

Over the past several of years, Israel has built "settlements" into substantial portions of which of the "occupied territories"?

West Bank

The movement that began in the late 19th century that strived to build an independent homeland for Jewish people in Palestine is known as:

Zionism

OPEC is:

a supranational economic alliance of various oil-exporting countries