Chapter 15/16

Which desert feature is a stony plain covered with rocky gravel?

• a. reg

• b. erg

• c. hamada

• d. wadi

 After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, which European colonial powers divided the Eastern Mediterranean?

• a. Italy and Spain

• b. France and Italy

• c. Great Britain and Spain

• d. France and Great Britain

Identify the Eastern Mediterranean nation whose mountainous terrain most extensively effects population distribution and economic activities.

• a. Lebanon

• b. Jordan

• c. Syria

• d. Israel

Why are some Eastern Mediterranean economies, such as Syria and Jordan, less developed than others, such as Lebanon and especially Israel?

• a. overreliance on industry and high-tech sectors

• b. constant ethnic tension, including political instability and armed conflict

• c. lack of economic diversity, uneven distribution of critical natural resources

• d. scarcity of water, lack of coastal ports, isolation due to mountainous terrain

Why do most people in the Eastern Mediterranean live along the coast?

• a. The coastal climate is more moderate than that of inland desert regions, and the land there is more suitable for agriculture due to higher rainfall.

• b. The manufacturing-based industrial economy demands most people live and work near ports to facilitate the import and export of trade goods.

• c. The inland areas are too mountainous to allow transportation infrastructure necessary for urban growth.

• d. The service economy is primarily based on tourism, which draws most visitors to the coastal beaches

Which religion established the concept of monotheism?

• a. Islam

• b. Judaism

• c. Christianity

• d. Buddhism

Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon have populations that are each over 90 percent Arab, while Israel’s population is about 75 percent Jewish. What can you conclude from this data?

• a. The population in each of the region’s countries is diverse and multicultural.

• b. The population in each of the region’s countries is greatly influenced by ethnicity.

• c. Ethnicity and religion play little to no role in the region’s population pattern.

• d. Significant Jewish minorities live in mostly Arab countries of the region.

What was an effect of the 1947 UN action to divide the former Ottoman and British colony of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state?

• a. Jews accepted the plan, forming the independent state of Israel, while Arab Palestinians rejected it.

• b. Arab Palestinians accepted the plan, while Jews rejected it because they wanted control of all the land.

• c. Jews fled the region to escape violent conflict over the land, creating pockets of Jewish refugees in the neighboring states of Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

• d. Both Jews and Palestinian Arabs accepted the plan, though disputes over the land would continue for decades.

Generalize the social status trends of women in the Arab nations of the Eastern Mediterranean.

• a. Women have more rights and opportunities than men, but men are slowly gaining more rights.

• b. Women have about the same rights and opportunities as men, although this varies from region to region.

• c. Women have fewer rights and opportunities than men, but in some instances and regions, they are slowly gaining more rights.

• d. Women have fewer rights and opportunities than men, and their social situation is growing worse due tot he Arab Spring.

Many economies of the Eastern Mediterranean subregion have been slow to develop due to

• a. ethnic tensions among Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

• b. scarcity or uneven distribution of natural resources such as oil, natural gas, and especially water.

• c. environmental problems such as overgrazing, overfishing, and water and air pollution.

• d. over-reliance on the economically unstable services industry, especially tourism