North Africa & Southwest Asia Test Review

What factor has the greatest impact the population distribution of North Africa and Southwest Asia?

• availability of jobs
• availability of art and cultural activities
• availability of water
• availability of health care services

Which of the following conclusions about Africa in 1913 does this map best support?

• Sudan was an independent state.
• Liberia was the largest independent state.
• Spain controlled most of northwest Africa.
• Most of Africa was controlled by European nations.

Which geographic factor has most contributed to the environmental strain on the darker-shaded area on this map?

• Change in political borders
• Desertification
• Urbanization
• Irrigation of public lands

Istanbul is a city located at a strategic chokepoint, a narrow waterway that controls what goods and people move from parts of Asia into the Mediterranean Sea; this is the ____.

• Bosporus Strait
• Dardanelles Strait
• Strait of GIbraltar
• Strait of Hormuz

Which statement about the government of Saudi Arabia is correct?

• The military is vital in establishing political authority.
• Secular leaders are elected.
• Islamic law plays an important role.
• Businesses operate under a free-market system.

The world's largest hot desert is located nearest to which point on the map?

• A
• B
• C
• D

OPEC is a(n) ________ alliance.

• cooperation
• defense
• economic
• peace-keeping

What led to Israel obtaining more territory according to the map?

• It was conquered in the war
• It was given Israel by the United Nations
• It was returned because of the Holocaust
• The country Egypt ceased to exist

The conflict in the Middle East between Jews and Palestinians is mainly due to this type of differences.

• educational
• governmental
• language
• religious

In what country would the structure in the picture be found?

• Morocco
• Israel
• Saudi Arabia
• Eqypt