Exam 4: Middle East and North Africa

Carl Sauer, in his book, Agricultural Origins and Dispersals, argued that the domestication of plants and animals could only have happened in a few geographical settings. Apply this theory to the Middle East and North Africa.

Most Muslims in Iran are:

The Maghreb is the region of northwest Africa that contains the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and the desert state of Libya.

Indonesian and Filipino labor migrants to North Africa and the Middle East are mostly female.

What is the process called by which arid and semiarid lands become degraded and less productive?

Which of the following is defined as a loose, usually black robe worn by Muslim women that covers the body including the face, from head to toe?

The African Arab militia responsible for one of the most brutal campaigns of ethnic cleansing that Africa has ever seen is called:

Which of the following is the dominant religion in the Middle East and North Africa?

What type of precipitation occurs in the winter and spring storms in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea?

The violent uprising of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation is called:

The Berbers are mostly found in ________.

Islam recognizes the prophets of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

How is kinship viewed in North Africa and the Middle East? How do the notions of kinship in this realm differ from other regions? Why is the idea of the tribe central to understanding the sociopolitical organization of North Africa and the Middle East?

Where is the geographical origin of Islam?

Match each country with its capital. -Egypt

Zionism represents the world political movement for:

The political and economic problems of the Middle East and North Africa region are ________.

Which of these is true of the world's Kurds?

Match each country with its capital. -Oman

________ is a pilgrimage to Mecca.