Question 1

How did Saddam Hussein come to power in Iraq?

Accepted Answer

Saddam Hussein came to power in Iraq thr

Question 2

How does oil wealth contribute to tensions in the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

Oil wealth contributes to tensions in th

Question 3

In which states did an offshoot of al-Qaeda, called ISIS, establish itself in the early 2010s?

Accepted Answer

A) Iraq and Syria 
B) Lebanon and Jordan 
C) Iran and Yemen 
A) Iraq and Syria 
B) Lebanon and Jordan 
C) Iran and Yemen

Question 4

The modernist Islamic viewpoint argues that restrictions placed upon women, such as wearing the veil and polygamy, were which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Pre-Islamic folk traditions 
B) Part of a conspiracy to undermine Islamic beliefs during the late nineteenth century 
C) A twentieth-century reaction to Western imperialism 
A) Pre-Islamic folk traditions 
B) Part of a conspiracy to undermine Islamic beliefs during the late nineteenth century 
C) A twentieth-century reaction to Western imperialism

Question 5

After Egypt's Abdul Gamal Nasser seized power in his own right in 1954, he adopted which policy?

Accepted Answer

A) He followed a foreign policy sympathetic to the Soviet Union. 
B) He nationalized the Suez Canal. 
C) He restored King Farouk as a powerless symbol of the state. 
A) He followed a foreign policy sympathetic to the Soviet Union. 
B) He nationalized the Suez Canal. 
C) He restored King Farouk as a powerless symbol of the state.

Question 6

How has Turkey changed from 1987, when it applied to the EU, to the present day?

Accepted Answer

Turkey has undergone significant changes

Question 7

Where did the 1978 agreement between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin occur?

Accepted Answer

A) Jerusalem's Wailing Wall 
B) Camp David in the United States 
C) Geneva in neutral Switzerland 
A) Jerusalem's Wailing Wall 
B) Camp David in the United States 
C) Geneva in neutral Switzerland

Question 8

Descriptions of agricultural resources in the Middle East are all correct except which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The amount of arable land is limited. 
B) All food must be imported from non-Middle Eastern food-producing nations. 
C) Traditionally most fertile land was owned by absentee landlords. 
A) The amount of arable land is limited. 
B) All food must be imported from non-Middle Eastern food-producing nations. 
C) Traditionally most fertile land was owned by absentee landlords.

Question 9

How did ISIS form? To what extent did U.S. policies create conditions friendly to the rise of ISIS?

Accepted Answer

ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, f

Question 10

What efforts were made to reach a peace settlement between Israel, Palestine, and other Arab states? What was the outcome of these efforts?

Accepted Answer

Efforts to reach a peace settlement betw

Question 11

What was the reaction to the recognition of the state of Israel in 1949?

Accepted Answer

The recognition of the state of Israel i

Question 12

Why did the new Iranian Republic take Americans hostage in 1979?

Accepted Answer

The new Iranian Republic took Americans

Question 13

Which of the following was the first action taken by the United States after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks?

Accepted Answer

A) Overthrow Afghanistan's Taliban regime. 
B) Negotiate a tentative truce with nuclear North Korea. 
C) Invade Iraq and destroy the repressive regime of Saddam Hussein. 
A) Overthrow Afghanistan's Taliban regime. 
B) Negotiate a tentative truce with nuclear North Korea. 
C) Invade Iraq and destroy the repressive regime of Saddam Hussein.

Question 14

Relations between revolutionary Iran and the United States were confrontational for all except which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Iran's military alliance with the Soviet Union, directed against Israel. 
B) Americans were held hostage in Tehran. 
C) The Iranian government's demand that the Shah be returned so he could be put on trial. 
A) Iran's military alliance with the Soviet Union, directed against Israel. 
B) Americans were held hostage in Tehran. 
C) The Iranian government's demand that the Shah be returned so he could be put on trial.

Question 15

One of the factors complicating Israeli politics was which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) That a majority of the population were Palestinians, many of the Muslim 
B) The lack of any commitment to democratic procedures 
C) Proportional representation in the Knesset, often giving fringe parties an effective veto on the policies of the center parties 
A) That a majority of the population were Palestinians, many of the Muslim 
B) The lack of any commitment to democratic procedures 
C) Proportional representation in the Knesset, often giving fringe parties an effective veto on the policies of the center parties

Question 16

During most of the 1970s, how is Iran best described?

Accepted Answer

A) It allied itself with the nearby Soviet Union against Western threats to seize Iran's oil. 
B) It was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's secular, pro-Western regime. 
C) It suffered economic depression as a result of deep declines in the price of oil. 
A) It allied itself with the nearby Soviet Union against Western threats to seize Iran's oil. 
B) It was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's secular, pro-Western regime. 
C) It suffered economic depression as a result of deep declines in the price of oil.

Question 17

What common themes exist in contemporary Middle Eastern literature?

Accepted Answer

Contemporary Middle Eastern literature o

Question 18

Saddam Hussein survived his defeat in the Gulf War for what reason?

Accepted Answer

A) The victors feared a totally destroyed Iraq would tilt the Middle East balance of power toward Israel. 
B) The victors, including the United States, lacked the military resources to drive Hussein from power. 
C) The victors feared that his death or removal might cause a breakup of the country that would ultimately benefit Iran. 
A) The victors feared a totally destroyed Iraq would tilt the Middle East balance of power toward Israel. 
B) The victors, including the United States, lacked the military resources to drive Hussein from power. 
C) The victors feared that his death or removal might cause a breakup of the country that would ultimately benefit Iran.

Question 19

By the late 1990s, Iran's Islamic revolution had achieved which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) It temporarily elected someone to high office who could be considered a moderate. 
B) It overcame earlier economic problems, such as high inflation. 
C) It permanently ended press censorship and university purges. 
A) It temporarily elected someone to high office who could be considered a moderate. 
B) It overcame earlier economic problems, such as high inflation. 
C) It permanently ended press censorship and university purges.

Question 20

Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001?

Accepted Answer

The United States invaded Afghanistan in

How did Saddam Hussein come to power in Iraq?

How does oil wealth contribute to tensions in the Middle East?

In which states did an offshoot of al-Qaeda, called ISIS, establish itself in the early 2010s?

The modernist Islamic viewpoint argues that restrictions placed upon women, such as wearing the veil and polygamy, were which of the following?

After Egypt's Abdul Gamal Nasser seized power in his own right in 1954, he adopted which policy?

How has Turkey changed from 1987, when it applied to the EU, to the present day?

Where did the 1978 agreement between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin occur?

Descriptions of agricultural resources in the Middle East are all correct except which of the following?

How did ISIS form? To what extent did U.S. policies create conditions friendly to the rise of ISIS?

What efforts were made to reach a peace settlement between Israel, Palestine, and other Arab states? What was the outcome of these efforts?

What was the reaction to the recognition of the state of Israel in 1949?

Why did the new Iranian Republic take Americans hostage in 1979?

Which of the following was the first action taken by the United States after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks?

Relations between revolutionary Iran and the United States were confrontational for all except which of the following?

One of the factors complicating Israeli politics was which of the following?

During most of the 1970s, how is Iran best described?

What common themes exist in contemporary Middle Eastern literature?

Saddam Hussein survived his defeat in the Gulf War for what reason?

By the late 1990s, Iran's Islamic revolution had achieved which of the following?

Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001?

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Exam 15: Ferment in the Middle East

How did Saddam Hussein come to power in Iraq?

How does oil wealth contribute to tensions in the Middle East?

In which states did an offshoot of al-Qaeda, called ISIS, establish itself in the early 2010s?

The modernist Islamic viewpoint argues that restrictions placed upon women, such as wearing the veil and polygamy, were which of the following?

After Egypt's Abdul Gamal Nasser seized power in his own right in 1954, he adopted which policy?

How has Turkey changed from 1987, when it applied to the EU, to the present day?

Where did the 1978 agreement between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin occur?

Descriptions of agricultural resources in the Middle East are all correct except which of the following?

How did ISIS form? To what extent did U.S. policies create conditions friendly to the rise of ISIS?

What efforts were made to reach a peace settlement between Israel, Palestine, and other Arab states? What was the outcome of these efforts?

What was the reaction to the recognition of the state of Israel in 1949?

Why did the new Iranian Republic take Americans hostage in 1979?

Which of the following was the first action taken by the United States after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks?

Relations between revolutionary Iran and the United States were confrontational for all except which of the following?

One of the factors complicating Israeli politics was which of the following?

During most of the 1970s, how is Iran best described?

What common themes exist in contemporary Middle Eastern literature?

Saddam Hussein survived his defeat in the Gulf War for what reason?

By the late 1990s, Iran's Islamic revolution had achieved which of the following?

Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001?

The Rise of Industrial Society in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism: Africa and Asia

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

War and Revolution: World War I and Its Aftermath

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia

The Crisis Deepens: the Outbreak of World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

The United States, Canada, and Latin America

Brave New World: the Rise and Fall of Communism

Postwar Europe: on the Path to Unity

Toward the Pacific Century

The East Is Red: China Under Communism

Nationalism Triumphant: The Emergence of Independence

Emerging Africa

The Challenge of a New Millennium

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