Exam 7: The North African-Southwest Asian Realm

Nearly 50 percent of Egypt's population lives in the Nile River Valley.

The capital of Iran,located in the foothills of the Elburz Mountains,is ______________.

The country that controls the Musandam Peninsula that protrudes into the Persian Gulf is _______________.

The Tigris-Euphrates lowland,once the source of great civilizations,is located within the modern-day country of ___.

According to Figure 6-16,Turkey's Kurdish population is heavily concentrated in the oil-rich southeastern part of the country.

Which of the following is located in the African Transition Zone?

Darfur Province,the recent scene of a massive ethnic cleansing,is located in the central-west of ___________.

Turkey is a secular state; it has no official religion.

The choke point known as the ____________ lies between Yemen and Djibouti.

The western North African countries of Algeria,Tunisia,and Morocco are collectively called the ______________.

The Ottoman Empire dissolved after World War I.

The Turks are an Arabic people whose origins lie in the Syria-Egypt border area.

Which of the following rivers flows through Iraq?

Kemal Atatürk is most closely identified with the city of __________.

Many Arabs are Christians.

Which of the following countries is not located on the Arabian Peninsula?

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

Most of Iran's 20 million workers are employed in energy production.

Most countries in the African Transition Zone have a ____ population in the north and a _____ population in the south.

The Gulf of Sidra is located adjacent to Libya.