Exam 6: North Africa and Southwest Asia

What city served as the capital of the Islamic Ottoman Empire?

The expulsion of the Jews from their eastern Mediterranean home in 73 C.E.led to a widespread migration known as the:

What country in Southwest Asia acquired lands,of which it still maintains control,known as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank through a war in 1967?

The creation of the state of Israel in 1949 displaced what group of people?

What population group has dominated Iraqi politics since the 2003 U.S.invasion?

The term hajj represents the collection of Muhammad's writings upon which Islamic laws and principles are based.

Which of the following happens when nomadic people take up settled ranching?

The Ottoman Empire experienced a resurgence of power after World War I (1914-1918).

What percentage of Muslims belong to the Sunni sect?

Repression of Islamist movements by secular states within North Africa/Southwest Asia has succeeded in removing the Islamist influence in those states.

Palestinians now live in which two main areas?

Across North Africa/Southwest Asia,women make up only about __________ percent of national legislatures.

Given the nature of gender roles in urban Islamic culture,in which of the following activities would a man be least likely involved?

The Ottoman Empire resisted the diffusion of the Islamic religion into its territory and eventually was successful in purging central Europe of most Muslims.

Another term for land sinking is:

The Aswan dams are located in __________.

Discuss the nature of gender roles in North Africa and Southwest Asia and how the obligations they assign and opportunities they either permit or circumscribe reflect a particular geography of gender in terms of the typical spaces that each gender occupies in everyday life.

The term used to describe the volume of water used to produce all that a person consumes in a year is:

The greatest use of water throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia is for irrigated agriculture.

Despite increasing migration from rural villages to urban areas,less than one-fifth of the people in North Africa and Southwest Asia live in urban areas.