Geography chp. 8 questions

Water supplies in Northern Africa and Southwestern Asia include

underground reservoirs, desalination, rain, and snowfall feeding river

The activities of pirates along the coast of Northern Africa were finally ended in the 1800s

All of the following are oil rich countries except

Yemen

Islamic political groups in the 1970s

Based their ideas on writings of the 1930s

The people of northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, western Iran, and parts of Syria that press for a state of their own are the

Kurds

In A.D. 70 Jerusalem was destroyed by the

Romans

The country of Northern Africa that has a labor shortage and needs immigrants is

Libya

An important minority in northern Iraq and Syria is the

Kurds

Which Northern African country does not include parts of the Magreb?

Libya

Political Islam’s major victory was in

Iran

The global choke point that Egypt controls is

The Suez Canal

After 1979 accord with Israel, the headquarters of the Arab League moved from Cairo to

Tunis

The _____ represents an ocean that is forming

Red sea

The Kurds are in all of these countries except

Saudi Arabia

The main language in Iran is

Farsi

A crop that replaced wheat in Afghanistan in the 1990s, leaving city dwellers hungry, was

opium

From 395 to 1453 the eastern Christian church was centered at

Constantinople (Istanbul)

Morocco’s most important nonagricultural primary export is

Phosphate

The White Nile River loses nearly half its water as it flows through

The Sudd

Which of the following countries does not have a coastline on the Red Sea

Ethiopia

The largest Arab country in population is

Egypt

An organization that coordinates the interests of producers is a

Cartel

The first major oil exporter in the Persian Gulf area was

Iran

Most of Northern Africa’s tourists come from

Europe

The predominant language in Northern Africa is

Arabic

The majority and ruling group in Iran today is

Shiite Muslims

Which of the following statements is true about population dynamics in Northern Africa

Tunisia began reducing population growth shortly after independence

One of the Five Pillars of Islam is making a pilgrimage to Mecca which is located in this country

Saudi Arabia