Middle East North Africa Review

Type of UNLIMITED government in the Middle East:

• Iran: Theocracy

• Jordan: Constitutional Monarchy

• Saudi Arabia: Monarchy

• Lebanon: Republic

Answer explanation

Theocracy & Monarchy

Saudi Arabia does not give voting rights to women, but King Abdullah recently gave women the right to vote in municipal elections. Kuwaiti women secured the right to vote in 2005. Women's suffrage, or the right to vote, is allowed elsewhere in the region, but women have little political power.

• How women contribute to the workforce

• The role of women in religious movements

• Varying/Multiple ways women participate in government

• Ways in which women influence culture

Answer explanation

Varying/Multiple ways women participate in government

When reading an excerpt compare your answer choices to the reading. Compare your answer choices to the excerpt, which answer choice is discussed MORE or best relates to the reading.

As the Jewish population increased in Palestine after WWI

• more farming communities were established in Northern Africa

• freedom fighters began to gather throughout the Middle East

• tension grew between Palestinian Arabs and Jews

• Palestinian Arabs relocated to Northern Africa

Answer explanation

tension grew between Palestinian Arabs and Jews

"This is our Promised Land.  We accepted the U.N. division and only build security fences to protect our citizens from car bombs."

The statement above best describes:

• Water shortage in the Middle East

• Cause of the Arab Spring Movement

• Building of Aswan Dam

• Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Answer explanation

Israeli Palestinian Conflict

The French and British took control of areas controlled by the Ottoman Empire after WWI. 

This is an example of:

• Attempt to end the Arab Spring movement

• European Colonization

• formation of United Nations

• Effect of WWII

Answer explanation

European Colonization

What led to the Arab Spring movement?

• Unemployment, lack of human rights and freedom of speech led to citizens protesting

• Differences in culture traits in the Middle East

• Seasonal changes within North Africa and the Middle East

• A dictatorship sponsoring state news and media to the citizens of North Africa

Answer explanation

Unemployment, lack of human rights and freedom of speech led to citizens protesting

Arab Spring was a movement that used social media to spread awareness of poor economic and political conditions.

The people wanted a change from an Unlimited type of government to a Limited type of government

Which answer best describes the characteristics presented below:

Low precipitation

Drought

Water Scarcity

• Abundance of oil in Northern Africa

• Water Shortage in the Middle East

• Culture contributions of Southwest Asia

• Government protest in Tunisia 

Answer explanation

Water shortage in the Middle East

How does a lack of water in the Middle East and Northern Africa impact their economy?

• Farmers have a surplus of crops to export

• The economy accounts for the majority of the economic revenue in Northern Africa

• The people depend on imported crops

• Less money is spent on fertilizer 

Answer explanation

Lack water, means less water to grow food

People depend on imported crops.

Why does Saudi Arabia depend on Desalination plants?

• To increase their oil revenue from the U.S

• To provide fresh water due to water scarcity in the region

• To decrease the amount of salt water available to marine life

• To increase fishing for the economy

Answer explanation

To provide fresh water due to water scarcity in the region

What is the purposeo of OPEC?

• Control the amount of fresh water made for the Middle East

• Decide the price and amount of oil to export

• Create limited governments within the Middle East

• Allow women the right to vote in Northern Africa

Answer explanation

Decide the pice and amount of oil to export