Middle East Unit – Flashcards
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Muscat is the capital of:
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Oman
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During the summer, the government of Saudi Arabia relocates to:
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Taif
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The Empty Quarter refers to the:
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Rub al-Khali
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Lebanon's historically prized ____ tress are now largely gone.
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Cedar
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Middle Eastern villagers:
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Have left their cillages for the cities in large numbers in recen decades
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Pastoral nomads:
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Would plunder villages and caravan suply lines
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The Persian bazaar is known as the ___ in Arabic.
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Suq
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Which two languages are written in the same script, yet unrelated?
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Farsi and Arabic
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Which of these statements about Judaism is false?
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Judaism is a proselytizing religion similar to Islam and Christianity
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Of these five events, which would come second in chronological order?
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United Kingdom of Isreal splits into two kingdoms
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Which of these statements about the Temple Mount/Haraam ash-Sharif is false?
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The Dome of the Rock is known today as the al-Aqsa mosque
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Which of the following is false?
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The Church of the Holy Sepulcher lies in th jewish Quarter of Jerusalem
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Which of the following statements about Sunni and Shi'ite Islam is correct?
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Shi'ite Muslims believe only diret descendants of Muhammad can be caliph
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Which of these statements about Islam is false?
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The original polytheistic Ka'aba shirne was destroyed in A.D. 630
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Which of these is not one of the five pillars of Islam?
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Humility
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Which of these Gulf countries does not have a large reserve of petroleum?
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Bahrain
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OPEC was created in order to:
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Give oil-producing countries higher shares of profits from petroleum
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What event led to the Suez Crisis of 1956?
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THe Egyptian nationalization of the canal
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Which body of water connects on the west to the Strait of Hormuz?
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The Persian Gulf
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Which country has been the most dependent on oil pipelines?
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Iraq
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Most of the Gulf's oil is marketed to ___ and _____
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Western Europe; Japan
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The broadest definition of "Islamist" usually refers to people who (choose th best answer):
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Call for Muslim nation to reject Western-style materialism and morality
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The Hadith is:
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The saying of the Porphet Muhammad
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In Osama bin Laden's 1996 fatwa, which of these was not one of his stated goals?
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Drive the Jews out of occupied Palestine
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Which of these countreis has not suffered a major al-Qa'oda related terroirst attack between 1998 and 2004?
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Isreal
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Isreal regard which country as an "existential threat"?
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Iran
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Which of these statements is false?
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Most of northern and western Turkey is devoted to grain and dairy farming
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In what countainous area do amny Biblical scholars believe Noah's Ark lies?
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The Armenian Knot
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The largest country in the region as measured by area is:
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Sudan
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Which of these statements is false?
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Isreal has the highest GDP-PPP in the region as of 2004
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Which mountains lie just sound of the Caspiean Sea?
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Elburz Mountains
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Which of the following statements about the Middle Eastern ecological trilogy is flase?
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The Middle Eastern villager became the least important part of t trilogy after the mid- 20th century
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About _____ of the world's proven petrolum reserves are located around the Persian Gulf.
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Two-thirds
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Why is Gulf oil relatively cheap to produce?
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The region's oil-bearing strata is thick, whcih leads to enormous productivity in each individual oil well, leading to lower extraction costs
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Which of these was not a result of the dramatic rising of oil prices after 1973?
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A dramatic increase of oil production in OPEC members to capitalize on the high prices
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What was one of the first major oil pipelines constructed in the region?
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Tapline
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Which of these statements about hydropolitics is false?
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Isreal bombed the join Syrian-Jordanian Unity Dam in 1967 to prevent Isreal's loos of fresh water from the Jordan River
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The first terrorist attack upon the World Trade Center occurred in:
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1993
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The Zionist Movement aimed to create a Jewish state in Palestine with its capital Zion.
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True
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The hajj is traditionally taken during the month of Ramadan
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False
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Many al-Qa'ida members beleive they have been divinley ordained to commit violent acts.
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True
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hamas is an Arabic acronym for "Party of God."
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False
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International pressure caused the invading British and French force to withdraw from the Suex in 1956, leaving the canal in Egyptian hands
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True
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The lunar month of Ramadan falls earlier each year in the solar calender/
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True
