American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 5 Week 5

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American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 5 Week 5 Quiz # 5 Week 5 North Africa/Southwest Asia. Part 1 of 1 - 100.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The... Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter) lies near the border between Saudi Arabia and: • A. Israel. • B. Iraq. • C. Yemen. • D. Dubai. Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about Israel is false? • A. Israel's population is about 8.2 million. • B. Israel's Security Barrier walls off the West Bank. • C. In 2005 Israel decided to yield the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority. • D. The United Nations gave Jerusalem to the Israelis under the 1947 partition resolution. Question 3 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which group constitutes the majority in Jordan? • A. Lebanese • B. Israelis • C. Palestinians • D. Kurds Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is not one of the world’s earliest culture hearths? • A. the Indus Valley • B. the Ganges Delta • C. Mesopotamia • D. the Mecca area of the Arabian Peninsula Question 5 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What country controlled West Jerusalem from 1949 until 1967? • A. Jordan • B. Palestine • C. Lebanon • D. Israel Question 6 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The city of _____ is located where the White Nile and Blue Nile converge, and serves as the capital of _____. • A. Khartoum/Sudan • B. Timbuktu/Ethiopia • C. Cairo/Egypt • D. Kabol/Afghanistan Question 7 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following constitutes the majority population in the north of Kazakhstan? • A. Kazakh • B. Russian • C. Uzbek • D. Armenian Question 8 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is not located in the vicinity of the Nile Delta? • A. Alexandria • B. Aswan High Dam • C. Cairo • D. Suez Canal Question 9 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The capital of Iran, located in the foothills of the Elburz Mountains, is: • A. Khomeini City. • B. Tehran. • C. Ahmadinejad. • D. Persepolis Question 10 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which body of water was devastated by Soviet irrigation schemes? • A. Black Sea • B. Aral Sea • C. Caspian Sea • D. Shatt-al-Arab Question 11 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following best describes the basic tenet of hydraulic civilization theory? • A. Water is the key to survival in the desert. • B. Cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands held power over others. • C. Irrigation is the key to the advancement of agriculture. • D. Cities on islands will always dominate those on the nearby mainland. Question 12 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about the Maghreb states is false? • A. Morocco became embroiled in a territorial dispute when it annexed Western Sahara. • B. Maghreb countries were all former British colonies. • C. In Algeria, oil revenues have replaced farm produce as the major export. • D. Thriving commercial agriculture is found in all three Maghreb states. Question 13 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about the Lower Nile Basin is false? • A. The overwhelming majority of Egypt's people live within a dozen miles of the Nile. • B. The Blue Nile originates in Ethiopia. • C. The largest of all Nile River control projects is the Aswan High Dam. • D. Egypt's largest city, Cairo, is located on the shore of Lake Nasser in Upper Egypt. Question 14 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following will not help Turkey's application for membership in the EU? • A. resolution of the Cyprus situation • B. cession of Crete to Greece • C. continuation of a secular government • D. improved treatment of the Kurdish minority Question 15 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The United Arab Emirates includes the oil-rich sheikhdom known as: • A. Kuwait. • B. Oman. • C. Abu Dhabi. • D. Bahrain. Question 16 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer? • A. Turkey • B. Kuwait • C. Azerbaijan • D. Iraq Question 17 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is true of the state of Israel? • A. It was settled by people fleeing the Zionist policies of Nazi Germany. • B. It was created from territory that was formerly administered by the British. • C. It was a part of the Ottoman Empire that was ceded to the Israelis in 1923. • D. It was created out of the country of Jordan Question 18 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which area was influenced the least by the spread of Islam? • A. Yemen • B. Bosnia • C. Japan • D. Northern Nigeria Question 19 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The Syrians have lost which piece of territory to the Israelis? • A. Gaza • B. Lebanon • C. the West Bank • D. the Golan Heights Question 20 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is known as the choke point between Yemen and Djibouti? • A. Hormuz Strait • B. Shatt-al-Arab • C. Bab el Mandeb Strait • D. Gulf of Suez Question 21 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel? • A. Iran • B. Egypt • C. Jordan • D. Lebanon Question 22 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Israel regards which city as its capital? • A. Tel Aviv • B. Haifa • C. Beirut • D. Jerusalem Question 23 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points In what year was the modern state of Israel created?: • A. 1923 • B. 1937 • C. 1948 • D. 1959 Question 24 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which city is most closely identified with Kemal Atatürk? • A. Constantinople • B. Mecca • C. Tehran • D. Ankara Question 25 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is true of Saudi Arabia? • A. Its petroleum reserves are concentrated in the west. • B. It has a Palestinian population of about 350,000. • C. It is the realm’s biggest state. • D. Its declining population now barely exceeds 10 million. [Show More]

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