SW Asia N Africa Unit Review

A direct cause of nationalism in SW Asia/N. Africa is MOST LIKELY...

• The ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict

• The spread of Christianity

• The establishment of Islam

• The frequent droughts in the region

Answer explanation

Nationalism: an ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation and makes it more important than other things in a nation

The Arab-Israeli conflict involves Palestine not being an official nation, which has nationalism sentiment.

Diffusion (the spread) of religion is caused by all of the following EXCEPT:

• Agriculture

• Missionaries

• Trade and travel

• Migration

Answer explanation

People spread religion by interacting with other people. Migrating to another country, spreading the religion (missionary work), and trade/travel are all ways religion can spread.

Agriculture involves making food. Religion does not spread that way.

The United Arab Emirates/Dubai was able to fund the construction of Palm Island because...

• Increase of tourism in the early 2000s

• The discovery of oil reservesin the 1950s.

• An influx of political refugees to the country

• The government subsidized traditional fishing

As a result of the extreme heat (can get up to 130 degrees) and dryness (fewer than 4 inches of rain per year), the people of the Sahara...

• Are involved in the oil industry

• Live in large homes made of wood

• Are semi-nomadic herders and traders

• grow their own food on small farms

Answer explanation

Desert climate makes it difficult to live in one place; surrounding areas like the Sahel are great for grazing.

Guest workers are attracted to Saudi Arabia because

• develop commercial agriculture in the region

• increased opportunities for religious freedom

• participate in a stable democratic government

• employment in oil and construction industries

Answer explanation

Remember the graph I showed you in the oil powerpoint! A high number of guest workers go to Saudi Arabia to work in oil and construction because they can make a lot of money.

Why is Jerusalem important to the world and the Middle East?

A type of government in which citizens participate in their government

• Autocracy

• theocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

What did the 1947 United Nations decision (Partition Plan) that sparked decades of violent conflict about?

• Oil and mineral rights

• Political territory and security

• Control of Mediterranean trade

• monarchy vs. democracy

Answer explanation

The UN Partition Plan created the state of Israel. People were already living there in a state they called Palestine, which was broken up by this plan. This led to disputes over territory and security.

Palestine and Israel's primary source of conflict is...

• Disagreements over United Nations aid to Israel

• The fact that Palestine controls Jerusalem

• the formation of an Israeli-Palestinian alliance

• The fact that there is no official Palestinian state

Arab Spring refers to...

• Regional protests against government leaders

• An alliance for North African and West Asian Countries

• Public support for increased military troops in violent areas

• Terrorist attacks by the members of al-Quaeda