Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela

Accepted Answer

F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are tw

Question 2

Is the Republic of South Africa, Egypt, or Nigeria likely to be the most important state in Africa in thirty years? What evidence causes you to think as you do?

Accepted Answer

It is difficult to predict with certaint

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-AIDS

Accepted Answer

AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficienc

Question 4

The reasons for the relatively late development of African nationalism included

Accepted Answer

A) the rural population were little affected by colonialism and refused to change traditional ways. 
B) Africa's late colonization meant that it would take longer for dissatisfaction to develop and become institutionalized. 
C) most Africans approved of European imperialism. 
D) the British encouraged political centralization. 
E) the African climate discouraged any efforts at nation building. 
A) the rural population were little affected by colonialism and refused to change traditional ways. 
B) Africa's late colonization meant that it would take longer for dissatisfaction to develop and become institutionalized. 
C) most Africans approved of European imperialism. 
D) the British encouraged political centralization. 
E) the African climate discouraged any efforts at nation building.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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 6

Economic development in Africa has been difficult for all of the following reasons except

Accepted Answer

A) AIDS. 
B) a declining population. 
C) a too-rapid population growth. 
D) the vast differences between rural and urban Africans. 
E) ethnic rivalries. 
A) AIDS. 
B) a declining population. 
C) a too-rapid population growth. 
D) the vast differences between rural and urban Africans. 
E) ethnic rivalries.

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People's Party

Accepted Answer

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Operation Desert Storm

Accepted Answer

Operation Desert Storm was a military op

Question 9

Why were Algeria and South Africa so much more difficult to expel European colonials from? Did the form of occupation make a difference? What strategic or economic benefits did these countries have that made European states so reluctant to allow independence? ​

Accepted Answer

Algeria and South Africa were more diffi

Question 10

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 11

Iranian Islam is predominately Sunni, while the traditional ruling group in Iraq is Shi'ite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

Accepted Answer

The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Nigeria's Christians and Muslims

Accepted Answer

Nigeria is a country located in West Afr

Question 14

The political influence of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Algeria ​enabled them to win the national elections in 1992.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Rwanda and Burundi and Hutus and Tutsis

Accepted Answer

Rwanda and Burundi are two neighboring c

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-Egypt's Gamal Abdul Nasser and the Suez Canal

Accepted Answer

Gamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian polit

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Islamic women and the veil and chador

Accepted Answer

Islamic women and the veil:

In Islamic

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Israel and Palestine

Accepted Answer

Israel and Palestine are terms that refe

Question 19

All of the following about the rule of the Shah of Iran before 1979 are correct except it

Accepted Answer

A) had raised per capita income significantly. 
B) had strong American support, and many of its policies were hated by many Iranians. 
C) caused a cultural clash within the country that helped to cause his downfall. 
D) attempted to establish a purely Islamic society. 
E) enabled the Ayatollah Khomeini to overthrow him and create an Islamic theocracy. 
A) had raised per capita income significantly. 
B) had strong American support, and many of its policies were hated by many Iranians. 
C) caused a cultural clash within the country that helped to cause his downfall. 
D) attempted to establish a purely Islamic society. 
E) enabled the Ayatollah Khomeini to overthrow him and create an Islamic theocracy.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Sudan's Muslim pastoralists and Christian farmers

Accepted Answer

The terms "Sudan's Muslim pastoralists"

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

Identify the following terms. -F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela

Is the Republic of South Africa, Egypt, or Nigeria likely to be the most important state in Africa in thirty years? What evidence causes you to think as you do?

Identify the following terms. -AIDS

The reasons for the relatively late development of African nationalism included

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

Economic development in Africa has been difficult for all of the following reasons except

Identify the following terms. -Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People's Party

Identify the following terms. -Operation Desert Storm

Why were Algeria and South Africa so much more difficult to expel European colonials from? Did the form of occupation make a difference? What strategic or economic benefits did these countries have that made European states so reluctant to allow independence? ​

During the 1990s,

Iranian Islam is predominately Sunni, while the traditional ruling group in Iraq is Shi'ite.

Identify the following terms. -the Taliban and Osama bin Laden

Identify the following terms. -Nigeria's Christians and Muslims

The political influence of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Algeria ​enabled them to win the national elections in 1992.

Identify the following terms. -Rwanda and Burundi and Hutus and Tutsis

Identify the following terms. -Egypt's Gamal Abdul Nasser and the Suez Canal

Identify the following terms. -Islamic women and the veil and chador

Identify the following terms. -Israel and Palestine

All of the following about the rule of the Shah of Iran before 1979 are correct except it

Identify the following terms. -Sudan's Muslim pastoralists and Christian farmers

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Early Civilizations in Africa

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The Flowering of Traditional China

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The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

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Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

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Why were Algeria and South Africa so much more difficult to expel European colonials from? Did the form of occupation make a difference? What strategic or economic benefits did these countries have that made European states so reluctant to allow independence?

The political influence of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Algeria enabled them to win the national elections in 1992.