Ch. 11, Lesson 2

______flee to another country to escape disaster.

• dictators

• refugees

• terrorists

• toast

Somalia suffered a terrible struggle between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.

• True

• False

Most people in Africa depend on ______ to make their living.

• manufacturing

• farming

• fishing

• mining

In the 1990s, South Africa ______.

• placed an embargo on trade with the United Nations

• denied rights to its non-European population

• ended the system of apartheid

• formed the African National Congress

The creation of Israel in 1948 gave Jews a homeland in Palestine.

• True

• False

Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez Canal from _______.

 

• Israel and Jordan

• the United States and Britain

• Palestine and Israel

• Britain and France

In the Camp David Accords, Israel agreed to give up control of Jerusalem.

• True

• False

Under the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran ______.

 

• continued the policies of Shah Mohammed Pahlavi

• became an Islamic republic with traditional Muslim laws

• turned into a strong ally of the United States

• voted to become a democratic nation

In 2011, the governments of Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia ______.

• formed an alliance with each other.

• went to war with each other.

• faced anti-government protests from their citizens.

• signed peace treaties with Israel.

Which of the following statements is true?

• Iran granted its citizens more freedom after the 2009 protests.

• The Iranian people supported Ahmadinejad's re-election.

• The Iranian government had abandoned its religious policies.

• Iran is suspected of secretly developing nuclear weapons.