Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was an Irani

Question 2

Is it realistic to argue that the Muslim societies of North Africa are so different from those of sub- Saharan Africa that they actually have nothing in common except geographic proximity and the fact that both are ex-colonial areas? Why or why not?

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It is not realistic to argue that the Mu

Question 3

The genocide in Central Africa that occurred between 1996-2000 was in a civil war between  ​

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A) Uganda and Zaire 
B) Rwanda and Uganda 
C) Burundi and Rwanda 
D) Tanzania and the DRC 
E) Rwanda and Tanzania 
A) Uganda and Zaire 
B) Rwanda and Uganda 
C) Burundi and Rwanda 
D) Tanzania and the DRC 
E) Rwanda and Tanzania

Question 4

The two leaders who ended the apartheid regime without major bloodshed in South Africa were

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A) Francis Malan and Jomo Kenyatta. 
B) F)W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. 
C) P)J. Surhoff and Thabo Mbeki. 
D) Sékou Touré and Mangosuthu Buthelezi. 
E) Milton Obote and Menachim Begin. 
A) Francis Malan and Jomo Kenyatta. 
B) F)W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. 
C) P)J. Surhoff and Thabo Mbeki. 
D) Sékou Touré and Mangosuthu Buthelezi. 
E) Milton Obote and Menachim Begin.

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

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The Taliban is a fundamentalist politica

Question 6

More than sixty-five percent of the AIDS cases reported around the world are in Africa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In regard to the relationship between Islam and women's rights, which of the following is the most valid statement?

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A) There is no longer a significant difference in ideas about female roles among the peoples of the West and the Arab world. 
B) Traditional attitudes have been re-established only in Iran. 
C) Saudi Arabia has been the most conservative country in the Middle East in this matter. 
D) Early modernists viewed the wearing of the veil and the practice of polygamy as purely Islamic. 
E) Islamic rule produced a curtailing of women's rights in early twentieth-century Turkey. 
A) There is no longer a significant difference in ideas about female roles among the peoples of the West and the Arab world. 
B) Traditional attitudes have been re-established only in Iran. 
C) Saudi Arabia has been the most conservative country in the Middle East in this matter. 
D) Early modernists viewed the wearing of the veil and the practice of polygamy as purely Islamic. 
E) Islamic rule produced a curtailing of women's rights in early twentieth-century Turkey.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Muslim Brotherhood

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The Muslim Brotherhood, also known as th

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"the great Satan"

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"The Great Satan" is a derogatory term u

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and al-Fatah

Accepted Answer

Yasir Arafat: Yasir Arafat, also known a

Question 11

The state of Lebanon was created to what ends in the Near East?​

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A) To provide a buffer state between Turkey and Palestine. 
B) To provide refuge for Christians in the Levant. 
C) To allow a Hashemite ruler to have an independent state. 
D) To serve as a haven for Muslims expelled from Israel. 
E) To permit a heterogeneous religious population in a secular state of the Near East 
A) To provide a buffer state between Turkey and Palestine. 
B) To provide refuge for Christians in the Levant. 
C) To allow a Hashemite ruler to have an independent state. 
D) To serve as a haven for Muslims expelled from Israel. 
E) To permit a heterogeneous religious population in a secular state of the Near East

Question 12

One dramatic example of pan-Islamic sentiment occurred on September 11, 2001.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Mau Mau

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The Mau Mau was a militant African natio

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
1967 Six-Day War, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights

Accepted Answer

The 1967 Six-Day War, the West Bank, and

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Rwanda and Burundi and Hutus and Tutsis

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Rwanda and Burundi are two neighboring c

Question 16

During the 1990s,

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A) many African writers criticized the national governments and the local populace and not just their earlier colonial rulers. 
B) African writers found that writing in local languages increased their incomes. 
C) adult literacy, even in foreign, European languages, reached ninety percent in Africa. 
D) many Africans longed for the return of Western imperialism. 
E) the AIDS crisis diminished as the number of cases declined significantly. 
A) many African writers criticized the national governments and the local populace and not just their earlier colonial rulers. 
B) African writers found that writing in local languages increased their incomes. 
C) adult literacy, even in foreign, European languages, reached ninety percent in Africa. 
D) many Africans longed for the return of Western imperialism. 
E) the AIDS crisis diminished as the number of cases declined significantly.

Question 17

The one issue that has served as a unifying factor for all Middle Eastern Muslim states since the 1940s has been their

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A) hostility toward Pakistan and India. 
B) effort to defeat the Germans in World War II. 
C) position on the Palestine question. 
D) desire to increase oil production. 
E) need to retain Western hegemony in the region. 
A) hostility toward Pakistan and India. 
B) effort to defeat the Germans in World War II. 
C) position on the Palestine question. 
D) desire to increase oil production. 
E) need to retain Western hegemony in the region.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Iran's Mohammad Khatami and Muhmmad Ahmadinejad

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Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Question 19

In his Arusha Declaration of 1967, Julius Nyerere attempted to

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A) establish a system of socialism and self-reliance. 
B) take advantage of the multi-party system in Tanzania. 
C) permit personal incomes to grow as much as they could. 
D) initiate economic programs in the villages that would become totally entrepreneurial. 
E) "jump-start" his nation's economy with a system of free-market capitalism. 
A) establish a system of socialism and self-reliance. 
B) take advantage of the multi-party system in Tanzania. 
C) permit personal incomes to grow as much as they could. 
D) initiate economic programs in the villages that would become totally entrepreneurial. 
E) "jump-start" his nation's economy with a system of free-market capitalism.

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Islamic women and the veil and chador

Accepted Answer

Islamic women and the veil:

In Islamic

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

Is it realistic to argue that the Muslim societies of North Africa are so different from those of sub- Saharan Africa that they actually have nothing in common except geographic proximity and the fact that both are ex-colonial areas? Why or why not?

The genocide in Central Africa that occurred between 1996-2000 was in a civil war between

The two leaders who ended the apartheid regime without major bloodshed in South Africa were

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

More than sixty-five percent of the AIDS cases reported around the world are in Africa.

In regard to the relationship between Islam and women's rights, which of the following is the most valid statement?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Muslim Brotherhood

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "the great Satan"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and al-Fatah

The state of Lebanon was created to what ends in the Near East?

One dramatic example of pan-Islamic sentiment occurred on September 11, 2001.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mau Mau

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 1967 Six-Day War, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Rwanda and Burundi and Hutus and Tutsis

During the 1990s,

The one issue that has served as a unifying factor for all Middle Eastern Muslim states since the 1940s has been their

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Iran's Mohammad Khatami and Muhmmad Ahmadinejad

In his Arusha Declaration of 1967, Julius Nyerere attempted to

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Islamic women and the veil and chador

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Toward the Pacific Century

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Exam 16: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

Is it realistic to argue that the Muslim societies of North Africa are so different from those of sub- Saharan Africa that they actually have nothing in common except geographic proximity and the fact that both are ex-colonial areas? Why or why not?

The genocide in Central Africa that occurred between 1996-2000 was in a civil war between ​

The two leaders who ended the apartheid regime without major bloodshed in South Africa were

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

More than sixty-five percent of the AIDS cases reported around the world are in Africa.

In regard to the relationship between Islam and women's rights, which of the following is the most valid statement?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Muslim Brotherhood

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "the great Satan"

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and al-Fatah

The state of Lebanon was created to what ends in the Near East?​

One dramatic example of pan-Islamic sentiment occurred on September 11, 2001.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Mau Mau

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 1967 Six-Day War, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Rwanda and Burundi and Hutus and Tutsis

During the 1990s,

The one issue that has served as a unifying factor for all Middle Eastern Muslim states since the 1940s has been their

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Iran's Mohammad Khatami and Muhmmad Ahmadinejad

In his Arusha Declaration of 1967, Julius Nyerere attempted to

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Islamic women and the veil and chador

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Toward the Pacific Century

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The genocide in Central Africa that occurred between 1996-2000 was in a civil war between

The state of Lebanon was created to what ends in the Near East?