Exam 7: The North African-Southwest Asian Realm

Figure 6-15 shows that these two countries occupy strategic positions on the Hormuz Strait:

This country is the smallest in North Africa,but has its highest GNI per capita.

According to Figure 6-5,the British colonized all of the following EXCEPT ___________.

The three largest countries in population size in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm are ____________.

The Blue Nile and the White Nile converge to form the main Nile at Cairo.

The leading mountain range of North Africa is the ______________.

Islam was founded before Judaism and Christianity.

Israel captured the West Bank of the Jordan River in the 1967 war.

_____ is the name for the "land between the rivers."

The ancient name of Iran was Persia.

The discovery of this commodity in southern Sudan sparked the independence movement that eventually led to the division of the country:

About 85 percent of Muslims consider themselves to be _____________.

Kurdistan is an example of a stateless nation.

The Aswan High Dam is located on the ___________.

The religion that is most widely observed in the NASWA realm is ___.

Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?

Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of _____________.

Islam's holiest city,to which a Muslim must make at least one pilgrimage,is ___.

The spread of Islam provides an example of expansion diffusion.

The "land between the rivers," the name of the Mesopotamian culture hearth,refers to the arable crescent lying between the Nile and Tigris Rivers.