Exam 8: North Africa and Southwest Asia

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What are the Five Pillars of Islam? Include a brief description. - Profess that there is no god but Allah and his messenger and prophet is Muhammad. - Pray five times a day. - Share what you have with people who are less fortunate. - During the month of Ramadan,abstain from personal needs,drinking,and eating from dawn to dusk (as one's health permits). - Conduct at least one pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca (if within one's capacity).

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The main problem with Libya's new drinking water system is that underground aquifers are not considered __________.

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Most of the people living on the peninsula are __________,and most of the peninsula's countries are ruled by __________ who rely on __________ to gain wealth.

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In 2014,a(n)__________ insurgency from the north intensified and forced the Hadi government in San'a,which is the capital city of __________,into submission.

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What are some of the methods used to procure water throughout this climate type B-dominated realm? What is the primary issue concerning the tapping of fossil water?

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Though most of the population in the Middle East is Islamic,there are exceptions,such as in __________,which has a Jewish majority.

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In all but one country on the Arabian Peninsula,leaders of __________ as heads of state with varying degrees of __________ .

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Jordan had about 6.6 million legal residents in 2017.Much of the aid to support the refugees must come from outside sources as Jordan does not have many ways to gain national wealth.

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Aided by a type B climate,the northern coastal region of the Maghreb and the mountain valleys are a center for agricultural production,including grapes,dates,oranges,olives,and other food products.

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Extensive systems of canals and pipelines have been developed in Libya to extract fossil water and use it for agricultural production or for urban purposes.

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How,and why,did the Soviet Union transform the cultural and ethnic makeup of various cities with Central Asia?

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The climate around the __________ has changed gradually because of the loss of water from __________ for precipitation.

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Central Asia is located on what was known as the __________ between Europe and the __________.

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North Africa is separated from Subsaharan Africa by the _________,a transitional area between Islamic-dominated North Africa and animist- and Christian-dominated Subsaharan Africa.

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Iraq lies in the __________ between the __________ and __________ Rivers,where the ancient civilizations of __________ were established.

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The World Economic Forum's 2016 report on Global Gender Gap Index ranked Saudi Arabia as low as 141 out of 144 countries for women's equality.

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The cultural forces of __________ and __________ have been pushing and pulling on the Islamic world.

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Oman controls the tip of land next to the __________.

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Historically,the ethnicity of North Africa was predominantly __________ with the nomadic __________ and other local groups interspersed.

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__________ has been the dominant force in Iraq's economy since before the __________.

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