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North Africa and Southwest Asia Test Review - Part 2

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Quiz on Africa & Asia Test, created by Jaden Dorobek on 04/25/2018.
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Question 1

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[blank_start]Jerusalem[blank_end] is the city where the focal point for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is.
Answer
  • Jerusalem

Question 2

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What is the current economic situation in the Middle East?
Answer
  • The area's economy gets much of its income from exporting natural resources
  • The area's economy gets much of its income from exporting timber

Question 3

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How has the loss of the Aral Sea impacted areas of Central Asia where it was once located?
Answer
  • A significant loss of water for irrigation, farming, and drinking
  • The area has faced a significant rise in poverty
  • A religion based on the essence of the Aral Sea has been lost.
  • None of the above

Question 4

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Jerusalem is important to [blank_start]Muslims[blank_end] because it's the location where Muhammad saw himself. For [blank_start]Jews[blank_end], it is the site of the Temple Mount, and for [blank_start]Christians[blank_end], it's the location of the Last Supper, Christ's Crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.
Answer
  • Muslims
  • Jews
  • Christians
  • Muslims
  • Christians
  • Jews
  • Christians
  • Jews
  • Muslims

Question 5

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The [blank_start]Balfour Declaration[blank_end] stated Great Britain's support for a Jewish State in Palestine after WWII.
Answer
  • Balfour Declaration

Question 6

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Why were Palestinians upset with Great Britain because of the Balfour Declaration?
Answer
  • Because they didn't like the Jews, and supported Nazi Germany in the Holocaust
  • Because Great Britain had promised them the land of Palestine; not to the Jews
  • Because Great Britain had promised them the land of Saudi Arabia; not to the Jews
  • Not here

Question 7

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The [blank_start]UN Resolution 181[blank_end] divided Palestine into a Jewish and Arab State. It gave land to the Jewish.
Answer
  • UN Resolution 181

Question 8

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What are the four key obstacles to peace in the region? (choose all that apply)
Answer
  • Mutual Recognition
  • Rights of women
  • Borders
  • Security
  • Water Rights

Question 9

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Why did the Palestinians lose much of the land given to them by the United Nations?
Answer
  • Because the Jews had taken over some of the land
  • Because the deal fell through and Great Britain took over the land
  • Because the Jews had begun a war with Palestine and destroyed their lands.

Question 10

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What was the cause of war in Syria?
Answer
  • The Arab Spring
  • The rebellions against women in the country
  • The United States' rebellion against the religions in Syria
  • The Arab's uprising in Israel

Question 11

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How has the war impacted the people of Syria?
Answer
  • High numbers of casualties, loss of jobs, fallen economy, etc.
  • Many uprisings within the governmental leaders
  • Other

Question 12

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A [blank_start]stateless nation[blank_end] is a large group of people who share common ethnic, linguistic, and religious identity, but lack majority status and their own land.
Answer
  • stateless nation

Question 13

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Why are the Kurds considered a stateless nation?
Answer
  • Because they share common ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities, however they do not have their own land.
  • They reside in their own country; however, there aren't any state's or boundaries within the nation/country.
  • Not here

Question 14

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What progress have the Kurds made towards receiving their own nation-state?
Answer
  • They've made movements, gained autonomous civil authority over parts of Northern Iraq, and they've formed a Kurdish Parliament.
  • They've protested in the streets of Saudi Arabia, formed their own military, and marched on the governmental buildings of Iraq.
  • Not here

Question 15

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What are the push and pull factors influencing migration to the Arabian Peninsula?
Answer
  • The push factors are increasing poverty and unemployment; while the pull factors are higher wages there, than in any other country of that region.
  • The push factors are religious freedom, water scarcity, unemployment, and a high death rate. The pull factors are women's rights, and a high standard of living.

Question 16

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How have many of the nations of the Middle East discriminated against women?
Answer
  • Women aren't able to drive, eat without their husbands, birth children, leave their home without an accompanying male.
  • Women are payed less, and are less likely to attend and graduate schooling.
  • Other
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