Exam 29: Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Fifty years after independence, what are the present responsibilities, if any, that the former imperialist European nations owe to Africa?

Gamal Abdul Nassar

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). African Union

The African country with the largest population and an ongoing problem of violent unrest is

What arguments have Islamic modernists advanced a) in favor of the rights of women in Islamic states, and b) against both historical and present-day violent pan-Islamic actions?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'ites, and Kurds

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Nigeria's Christians and Muslims

What was true of the African National Congress?

As African freedom movements became increasingly violent by the mid twentieth century, ____ promised to grant its colonies eventual independence.

Why did the Middle Eastern region remain important to European states after the colonial era?

The two Muslim states in the Middle East that were in the forefront of giving greater rights to women before 1980 were

Is it accurate to claim that Turkey and Iran, both non-Arabic societies, may be the two most influential countries in the Middle East? Why or why not?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

In African literature in recent years,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Pan-Africanism

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Golda Meir

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). African Economic Community (AEC), 1991

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). F.W. de Klerk

In 1993, President de Klerk agreed with Nelson Mandela to implement

Oil resources are distributed relatively equally among the Arab states of the Middle East.