Exam 6: North Africa and Southwest Asia

Most of Saudi Arabia's drinking water is the result of:

Women in Saudi Arabia engage in high levels of political participation.

Describe how the status of women in a society affects that society's birth rate. How does this relationship between status and birth rate affect the countries of North Africa/Southwest Asia?

Which country has the most restrictive policies regarding women?

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

For the most part, the oil-rich countries of North Africa/Southwest Asia have not helped their neighbors develop.

The two Gulf States with the most ambitious plans for providing social services are:

Which country is NOT a net importer of fossil fuels?

Not all countries in North Africa and Southwest Asia possess an abundance of oil and gas resources.

Environmental issues are generally less pressing in North Africa/Southwest Asia than they are in Russia and South America.

What human use consumes more water than any other in North Africa and Southwest Asia?

Which of the following is NOT true of the zakat?

Which of the following is NOT a secular state?

The two countries that took more thoughtful and cautious approaches to reform are:

In the original United Nations plan for partitioning Israel and Palestine, what was the fate of Jerusalem?

The requirement that women stay out of public view is known as ____________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the pillars of Muslim practice?

Which of the following is NOT among the five pillars of Islamic practice?

High oil and gas prices, and the prosperity they bring, have actually been a barrier to change in North Africa/Southwest Asia.

Who has dominated Iraqi politics since the fall of Saddam Hussein?