Chapter 22 (without bar graph)

The main obstacles to economic development for any country are...

Political instability and poor infrastructure

Which of the following names the prophet who is considered the messenger of Islam?

Muhammad

Which of the following is the holy city to which all Muslims hope to make a pilgrimage?

Mecca

Which of the following is a religious duty of the Islam?

prayer, charity, and fasting (all of the above)

Which of these is the purpose of OPEC

coordinate petroleum policies of its members

Which of the following names the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?

Western Wall

Which of these marks the spot where Muslims believe Muhammed rose up to heaven?

Dome of the Rock

The Ottoman Empire, and its rule of the Eastern Mediterranean, ended after World War I. What nations divided this regions and what areas did each take control of?

Britain took the southern section, including present-day Israel and Jordan, and France took the northern portion, including present-day Lebanon and Syria.

Which of these names a movement to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine?

Zionism

In regards to Zionism, Jews believe Palestine to be their rightful ancestral home due to their Holy Scriptures say (from the Torah).

False (Zionism was a political movement only)

Which of the following as formed to regain land currently under Israeli control from Palestinian Arabs?

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Despite all the problems that currently exist in the Eastern Mediterranean, what reason still make its economic potential promising?

With its hospitable climate and located in Europe, Asia, and Africa, the region is ideal for connecting to international markets.

Some of the obstacles to economic development in the Eastern Mediterranean region are poor infrastructures and conflict.

True

The nations of the Northeast subregion of Southwest Asia are Muslim and mostly part of the Arab culture.

False (are not mostly Arab)

Which of the following names a group of people living in areas of Turkey, Iraq and Iran for the past 1,000 years?

Kurds

Mesopotamia is a region in S.W. Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which was the location of some of the earliest civilizations in the world, and considered part of the cultural hearth known as the Fertile Cresent

True

The Taliban is...

An extremist muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed strict rules on people's behavior.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Taliban?

The Taliban are a fundamentalist Buddhist political group.

The major obstacles to economic reform in most of the region's nations are...

political problems and devastating wars.

One serious cultural division in the Northeast region of S.W. Asia is...

The divison between those who want to adopt modern lifestyles and those who want to preserve traditional ways.