Question 1

After the Yom Kippur War, OPEC imposed an oil embargo, which produced all of the following consequences EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) a rise in the price of crude oil. 
B) double-digit inflation. 
C) a business recession. 
D) a shortage of available laborers. 
E) a shortage of crude oil worldwide. 
A) a rise in the price of crude oil. 
B) double-digit inflation. 
C) a business recession. 
D) a shortage of available laborers. 
E) a shortage of crude oil worldwide.

Question 2

​What was the official reason the US invaded Iraq after the September 11 attacks?

Accepted Answer

A) ​To return sovereignty to an elected Iraqi president and prime minister. 
B) ​George W. Bush's Cabinet urged the president to resume the war with Saddam. 
C) Saddam's attacks on his own people through gas attacks and air assaults.​ 
D) ​Saddam invaded neighboring Kuwait for access to the oil reserves. 
E) Claimed Saddam was allied with al-Qaida and hiding WMDs. 
A) ​To return sovereignty to an elected Iraqi president and prime minister. 
B) ​George W. Bush's Cabinet urged the president to resume the war with Saddam. 
C) Saddam's attacks on his own people through gas attacks and air assaults.​ 
D) ​Saddam invaded neighboring Kuwait for access to the oil reserves. 
E) Claimed Saddam was allied with al-Qaida and hiding WMDs.

Question 3

Trace the rise of Islamism from the late 19th century to the 21st century. How has Islamism impacted world affairs in the 21st century? Support your answer with examples.​

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discussion of ho

Question 4

What is the one way Iranians are separated from the majority of Muslims?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​They are Shi'ite Muslims. 
B) They are Sunni Muslims.​ 
C) ​They are members of the Salafi movement. 
D) ​They recognized the Ayatollah as the heir to Muhammad. 
E) ​They have an anti-Western government headed by the Ayatollah. 
A) ​They are Shi'ite Muslims. 
B) They are Sunni Muslims.​ 
C) ​They are members of the Salafi movement. 
D) ​They recognized the Ayatollah as the heir to Muhammad. 
E) ​They have an anti-Western government headed by the Ayatollah.

Question 5

What is the unique aspect of Islam among the major religions of the world?

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A) Islamic law recognizes no separation between religious belief and civil laws. 
B) Fundamentalism is the choice of the majority of adherents to Islam today, and always has been. 
C) Holy wars have always been aimed only at non-Muslims, or infidels. 
D) Muslims have never used warfare to spread their faith until the 20th century. 
E) Islam encourages religious freedom more than other major religions. 
A) Islamic law recognizes no separation between religious belief and civil laws. 
B) Fundamentalism is the choice of the majority of adherents to Islam today, and always has been. 
C) Holy wars have always been aimed only at non-Muslims, or infidels. 
D) Muslims have never used warfare to spread their faith until the 20th century. 
E) Islam encourages religious freedom more than other major religions.

Question 6

Term for identification: Ataturk

Accepted Answer

The term "Ataturk" refers to Mustafa Kem

Question 7

Term for identification: Yom Kippur War

Accepted Answer

The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Oc

Question 8

The 2010 reform movement in the Arab World was called what?

Accepted Answer

A) ​the Six-Day War 
B) the Arab Spring 
C) Islamism 
D) the McMahon Letter 
E) the Yom Kippur War 
A) ​the Six-Day War 
B) the Arab Spring 
C) Islamism 
D) the McMahon Letter 
E) the Yom Kippur War

Question 9

By the start of World War II, what part of the population of Palestine was Jewish?

Accepted Answer

A) 50 percent 
B) 30 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 10 percent 
E) 43 percent 
A) 50 percent 
B) 30 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 10 percent 
E) 43 percent

Question 10

What was the result of the  Ayatollah Khomeini c oming to power after the Iranian Revolution of 1979?

Accepted Answer

A) He required all Iranians to convert to Sunni Islam. 
B) He imposed strict anti-Western, anti-secular policies. 
C) He called for an alliance with Britain and the United States. 
D) He offered to share power with the Shah Pahlavi. 
E) He established an authoritarian regime modeled on Turkey. 
A) He required all Iranians to convert to Sunni Islam. 
B) He imposed strict anti-Western, anti-secular policies. 
C) He called for an alliance with Britain and the United States. 
D) He offered to share power with the Shah Pahlavi. 
E) He established an authoritarian regime modeled on Turkey.

Question 11

Term for identification: Balfour Declaration

Accepted Answer

The Balfour Declaration refers to a stat

Question 12

Term for identification: OPEC

Accepted Answer

The term "OPEC" stands for the Organizat

Question 13

Using examples, describe the results of Western intervention, particularly by the US, in the Muslim world during the modern era.​

Accepted Answer

​Answers would include a discussion of p

Question 14

What was meant by the concept of a mandate in geopolitical terms?

Accepted Answer

A) Mandates were permission to extract oil. 
B) Mandates were locations set aside as colonies. 
C) Mandates were essentially occupied territories. 
D) Mandates were compulsory rules for Arabs. 
E) Mandates were areas liberated from the Germans. 
A) Mandates were permission to extract oil. 
B) Mandates were locations set aside as colonies. 
C) Mandates were essentially occupied territories. 
D) Mandates were compulsory rules for Arabs. 
E) Mandates were areas liberated from the Germans.

Question 15

Lacking notable human, mineral, or energy resources, ____________________   and ____________________   are two Muslim states that are heavily dependent on aid from foreign sources.

Accepted Answer

Pakistan/B

Question 16

Compare and contrast Turkey and Iran in the 20th century including significant figures and events in the political, economic, and social affairs of each.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discussion of Gr

Question 17

​Which nation was attacked in the Six-Day War?

Accepted Answer

A) ​Palestine 
B) ​Egypt 
C) ​Israel 
D) Syria​ 
E) ​Lebanon 
A) ​Palestine 
B) ​Egypt 
C) ​Israel 
D) Syria​ 
E) ​Lebanon

Question 18

Which term best describes the post-independence Indonesian government?

Accepted Answer

A) terroristic dictatorship 
B) guided democracy 
C) military dictatorship 
D) absolutist monarchy 
E) communist oligarchy 
A) terroristic dictatorship 
B) guided democracy 
C) military dictatorship 
D) absolutist monarchy 
E) communist oligarchy

Question 19

Since 2010, ____________________ is a term applied to a wave of demonstrations, rebellions, and revolutionary movements in some Arab Muslim countries.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Since 2010, ____________________ is a term applied...

Question 20

Who is considered the father of modern Turkey?

Accepted Answer

A) Mustafa Kemal 
B) Husayn ibn Ali al-Hashimi 
C) Ahmad Ben Bella 
D) Mahmood Mohammed Ali 
E) Hafiz al-Assad 
A) Mustafa Kemal 
B) Husayn ibn Ali al-Hashimi 
C) Ahmad Ben Bella 
D) Mahmood Mohammed Ali 
E) Hafiz al-Assad

Exam 51: The Reemergence of the Muslim World

After the Yom Kippur War, OPEC imposed an oil embargo, which produced all of the following consequences EXCEPT

​What was the official reason the US invaded Iraq after the September 11 attacks?

Trace the rise of Islamism from the late 19th century to the 21st century. How has Islamism impacted world affairs in the 21st century? Support your answer with examples.​

What is the one way Iranians are separated from the majority of Muslims?​

What is the unique aspect of Islam among the major religions of the world?

Term for identification: Ataturk

Term for identification: Yom Kippur War

The 2010 reform movement in the Arab World was called what?

By the start of World War II, what part of the population of Palestine was Jewish?

What was the result of the Ayatollah Khomeini c oming to power after the Iranian Revolution of 1979?

Term for identification: Balfour Declaration

Term for identification: OPEC

Using examples, describe the results of Western intervention, particularly by the US, in the Muslim world during the modern era.​

What was meant by the concept of a mandate in geopolitical terms?

Lacking notable human, mineral, or energy resources, ____________________ and ____________________ are two Muslim states that are heavily dependent on aid from foreign sources.

Compare and contrast Turkey and Iran in the 20th century including significant figures and events in the political, economic, and social affairs of each.

​Which nation was attacked in the Six-Day War?

Which term best describes the post-independence Indonesian government?

Since 2010, ____________________ is a term applied to a wave of demonstrations, rebellions, and revolutionary movements in some Arab Muslim countries.

Who is considered the father of modern Turkey?

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New Civilizations and Empires in Western and Central Asia

Ancient China to 221 Bce

The Settlement of the Americas and the Pacific Islands

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Rome From City-State to Empire

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What was the official reason the US invaded Iraq after the September 11 attacks?

Trace the rise of Islamism from the late 19th century to the 21st century. How has Islamism impacted world affairs in the 21st century? Support your answer with examples.

What is the one way Iranians are separated from the majority of Muslims?

Using examples, describe the results of Western intervention, particularly by the US, in the Muslim world during the modern era.

Lacking notable human, mineral, or energy resources, and are two Muslim states that are heavily dependent on aid from foreign sources.

Which nation was attacked in the Six-Day War?