Africa And The Middle East In The Contemporary World Ch30 (Wh)

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Students will show evidence of their knowledge and understanding of modern Africa and the Middle East.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    Removing all Westen influences in Muslim countries is the goal of __________.
    • A. 

      Islamic Fundamentalism

    • B. 

      Isolationism

    • C. 

      Zionism

    • D. 

      Absolutism.

  • 2. 
    ________________, a system of racial segregation, was practiced in South Africa.
    • A. 

      Pan-Africanism

    • B. 

      Wabenzi

    • C. 

      Apartheid

    • D. 

      Achebe

  • 3. 
    ___________ is the name Palenstinian Arabs give to their uprisings in Israeli-occupied territories.
    • A. 

      Insurgency

    • B. 

      Hijrah

    • C. 

      Intifada

    • D. 

      Hajj

  • 4. 
    _____________ is the belief that all black Africans, regardless of national boundaries, should be united.
    • A. 

      Pan-Arabism

    • B. 

      Pan-Africanism

    • C. 

      African imperialism

    • D. 

      Black Power

  • 5. 
    Which leader dreamed of a union that would join all African nations in a broader community?
    • A. 

      Noni Jabavu

    • B. 

      Nelson Mandela

    • C. 

      Desmond Tutu

    • D. 

      Kwame Nikrumah

  • 6. 
    Which disease is caused by the HIV virus?
    • A. 

      AIDS

    • B. 

      Influenza

    • C. 

      Hemophilia

    • D. 

      Lupus

  • 7. 
    Who were the intended victims of genocide in Rwanda in 1994?
    • A. 

      Burundi

    • B. 

      Hutus

    • C. 

      Tutsis

    • D. 

      Congo

  • 8. 
    Who was South Africa's first Black President?
    • A. 

      F.W. de Klerk

    • B. 

      Jomo Kenyatta

    • C. 

      Nelson Mandella

    • D. 

      Julius Nyerere

  • 9. 
    In what year did the Jews in Palestine proclaim the state of Israel?
    • A. 

      1925

    • B. 

      1948

    • C. 

      1945

    • D. 

      1962

  • 10. 
    Under whose leadership did Egypt launch the Yom Kippur War against Israel?
    • A. 

      Manchem Begin

    • B. 

      Golda Meir

    • C. 

      Anwar el-Sadat

    • D. 

      Gamal Abdel Nasser

  • 11. 
    After Mohammad Reza Phalavi's government collapsed in Iran, what new leader moved to restore Islamic law?
    • A. 

      Mohammed Khatemi

    • B. 

      Sadam Hussein

    • C. 

      Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

    • D. 

      Mahamoud Ahmadinijad

  • 12. 
    What ethnic group in northern Iraq did Sadam Hussein attack because they wanted their own state?
    • A. 

      Kurds

    • B. 

      Taliban

    • C. 

      Tutsis

    • D. 

      Hutus

  • 13. 
    Who formed al-Qaeda?
    • A. 

      Babrak Karmal

    • B. 

      Osama bin Laden

    • C. 

      Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

    • D. 

      Saddam Hussein

  • 14. 
    Analyze this map and answer the question.  Which city is within the West Bank? (For a full-size map, go to this link, Right Click and Open in New Window.)
    • A. 

      Haifa

    • B. 

      Beirut

    • C. 

      Tel Aviv

    • D. 

      Jerusalem

  • 15. 
    Why do so many African nations still depend on former colonial powers?
    • A. 

      They must import oil from the West

    • B. 

      They need financial aid to develop their countries.

    • C. 

      They have few natural resources on which to base industry.

    • D. 

      They need markets for their manufactured goods.

  • 16. 
    Which of the following was the result of the Six-Day War?
    • A. 

      U.S. led forces drove the Taliban out of Afghanistan.

    • B. 

      Palestine was divided into a Jewish state and an Arab state.

    • C. 

      U.S.-led forces liberated Kuwait from Saddam Hussein.

    • D. 

      Israel occupied the Sinai Penisula and West Bank.

  • 17. 
    Which of the following is a major reason for the growth of movements based on Islam?
    • A. 

      Poverty.

    • B. 

      Desire for a homeland.

    • C. 

      The Holocaust.

    • D. 

      Desire for World domination

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