Exam 8: North Africa and Southwest Asia

The majority of the population in Oman follow the Ibadi school of Islam,not the main Sunni and Shia branches.

Within the Sahel,__________ have/has impeded progress in the region's effort to establish stable governments and control the land and resources within its borders.

__________ is a remote region without access to the sea and acts as a strategic link between the __________ and the __________.

Turkey is the only remaining country of the vast __________,which ruled the region for nearly seven hundred years.

__________ __________ __________ (YPG),are mainly __________ and include women militia fighters.The YPG has been a major force against ISIL/Daesh in Syria.

Tradition states that the angel Gabriel appeared to Muhammad while he was meditating in a mountain cave in 610 CE,when he was about forty years old.

Minerals are mined in the mountains that dominate the Arabian Peninsula's __________ regions.

There are no natural lakes or major rivers on the Arabian Peninsula.

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

US involvement in the region has heightened tensions between __________ and __________.

Those who felt that the successor to __________ should be a worthy follower and did not need to be a blood relative established the branch of Islam that became known as __________,which makes up about _____ percent of Muslims.

The three main geographical areas of interest of North Africa are the __________ of the northwest;the __________ valley in the east;and the __________.

After the fall of the Roman Empire,common bonds of religion and language emerged for the people through the invasion of the Arabs,who introduced the Islamic faith.

Explain why Turkey's bid to enter the European Union (EU)has not been accepted.

By the time of __________,Mecca is said to have been a center of worship to more than 360 deities or gods.

A newfound potential for mineral wealth will change the future of __________.

Kuwait's of slant drilling oil wells along the Iraqi border was the excuse Hussein needed to invade Kuwait and reclaim it as the nineteenth province of Iraq.

Economic reforms were implemented by King Abdullah II to improve the long-term outlook of __________ and raise the standard of living for his citizens.

__________ is the world's largest landlocked nation.

Afghanistan's national government in the capital city of Kabul has little influence in the country's rural regions in large part due to the many __________ living there.