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SW Asia N Africa Unit Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

The ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict

b)

The spread of Christianity

c)

The establishment of Islam

d)

The frequent droughts in the region

2.

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

a)

Agriculture

b)

Missionaries

c)

Trade and travel

d)

Migration

3.

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

a)

Increase of tourism in the early 2000s

b)

The discovery of oil reservesin the 1950s.

c)

An influx of political refugees to the country

d)

The government subsidized traditional fishing

4.

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...

a)

Are involved in the oil industry

b)

Live in large homes made of wood

c)

Are semi-nomadic herders and traders

d)

grow their own food on small farms

5.

Guest workers are attracted to Saudi Arabia because

a)

develop commercial agriculture in the region

b)

increased opportunities for religious freedom

c)

participate in a stable democratic government

d)

employment in oil and construction industries

6.

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

(a)  

7.

A type of government in which citizens participate in their government

a)

Autocracy

b)

theocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

democracy

8.

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

a)

Oil and mineral rights

b)

Political territory and security

c)

Control of Mediterranean trade

d)

monarchy vs. democracy

9.

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

a)

Disagreements over United Nations aid to Israel

b)

The fact that Palestine controls Jerusalem

c)

the formation of an Israeli-Palestinian alliance

d)

The fact that there is no official Palestinian state

10.

Arab Spring refers to...

a)

Regional protests against government leaders

b)

An alliance for North African and West Asian Countries

c)

Public support for increased military troops in violent areas

d)

Terrorist attacks by the members of al-Quaeda

11.

Why do the citizens of Saudi Arabia enjoy less representation in government than the citizens in the United Kingdom?

a)

Saudi Arabia selects court justices by committee

b)

Saudi Arabia is ruled by an absolute monarch

c)

Saudi Arabia is based on a national constitution

d)

Saudi Arabia has an elected legislative branch

12.

Why are Christianity and Islam both monotheistic?

(a)  

13.

One of the causes of desertification is...

a)

Burning fossil fuels in factories

b)

Damming rivers to produce electricity (Hydroelectric power)

c)

Removing vegetation through overgrazing

d)

Contaminating fresh water supplies