Exam 6: North Africa and Southwest Asia

In which country is polygyny officially banned?

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

The population pyramids of the countries of North Africa/Southwest Asia tend to have broad bases due to the high birth rate.

Islamic charities are a major beneficiary of the oil wealth of North Africa/Southwest Asia.

All of the following statements describe the Islamic practice of polygyny EXCEPT:

What term is used to describe a country in which the state is governed according to, and is a defender of, a particular religion?

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 practice of veiling women from the public eye is known as shari'a.

Name one of the two countries directly affected by the dams across the Euphrates River that are part of Turkey's Anatolian River Basin Project.

Foreign immigrants make up more than 85 percent of the labor force on the Arabian Peninsula.

The water conservation practices of the people of North Africa/Southwest Asia ensure that the population has enough access to water now and in the foreseeable future.

Which is NOT a holy place of Islam?

Which of the following is NOT true of Christianity?

Shi'ites are the majority in Iraq.

Political and economic cooperation in North Africa/Southwest Asia today is being aided by the common backgrounds and religions of the region's people.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Great Man-Made River?

More than 60 percent of the women in North Africa/Southwest Asia work outside the home.

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

Which of the following occurred in concert with the formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?

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