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By the start of World War I, as noted in “The Middle East: Theater of Conflict,” one of the few sovereign countries in the Middle East was: |
| | A) | Egypt. |
| | B) | Morocco. |
| | C) | Tunisia. |
| | D) | Iran. |
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According to “The Middle East: Heartland of Islam,” Muhammad, the first prophet of Islam, was originally a: |
| | A) | soldier. |
| | B) | merchant. |
| | C) | sailor. |
| | D) | farmer. |
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Barriers to a free election in Egypt recently, as reported in “Egypt Vote Shows Unease with Democracy,” included all of the following except: |
| | A) | banning women from voting. |
| | B) | the beating of an opposition politician by police. |
| | C) | the arrest of members of the Muslim Brotherhood. |
| | D) | limited access to the polls. |
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Anbar province in Iraq, as cited in “The Bloody Stalemate Persists,” has become less violent in recent months because: |
| | A) | the Iraqi government has issued a strict curfew. |
| | B) | the number of U.S. troops has increased dramatically. |
| | C) | local sheiks have persuaded people to turn away from al-Qaeda. |
| | D) | most of the young men in the area are fully employed. |
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Underlying the Zionism of left-wing intellectuals of the 1920s such as Martin Buber, Judah Magnes, and others, as specified in “Time for a Bi-National State,” was the conviction that the Jewish cultural and spiritual renaissance be achieved: |
| | A) | through communities in all nations. |
| | B) | without causing injustice to others. |
| | C) | with the full support and understanding of the global community. |
| | D) | along with keeping strict separation from people of other religious faiths. |
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Saudi Arabia, as explained in “Avoiding Political Talk, Saudis and Chinese Build Trade,” finds China a particularly attractive business partner because the Chinese: |
| | A) | are willing to invest in new oil exploration. |
| | B) | will pay higher prices than the United States or Europe. |
| | C) | do not urge the Saudis to make domestic policy reforms. |
| | D) | can meet their financial obligations in U.S. dollars. |
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Israel, as presented in “Social Security,” stopped transferring customs revenue owed to the Palestinian Authority after the Palestinians: |
| | A) | refused to honor a recent peace treaty. |
| | B) | denied Israeli citizens passage through the territory. |
| | C) | offered their support to Iraq in the U.S.-led war. |
| | D) | elected members of Hamas to the legislature. |
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Muslim hostility to the United States, as asserted in “Lifting the Veil,” can be most directly attributed to: |
| | A) | U.S. policies in the Arab world. |
| | B) | religious misunderstandings. |
| | C) | vast cultural differences. |
| | D) | the poverty of most residents of Muslim countries. |
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The orthodox Islamic militancy unleashed with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, as described in “The Human Rights of Women and Social Transformation in the Arab Middle East,” led to the rejection of modernization with the exception of: |
| | A) | health care and medicine. |
| | B) | communications technology. |
| | C) | military technology. |
| | D) | luxury goods. |
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The largest Iranian diaspora in the world, as identified in “A New Day in Iran?” is located in: |
| | A) | London. |
| | B) | Los Angeles. |
| | C) | Miami. |
| | D) | Istanbul. |
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Until recently, as put forth in “The Middle East: Theater of Conflict,” the peoples of the region had little awareness of one another or the outside world. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The United States, as explained in “The Middle East: Heartland of Islam,” played a large role in the reconstruction of the Middle East after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In Iraq, as noted in “The Bloody Stalemate,” loosely organized groups are eager to claim the credit for ongoing bomb attacks. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Currently, as reported in “Deadlock in the Desert,” the Sahrawis are outnumbered by Moroccan settlers by at least two to one. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to “Guns and Votes,” leaders of the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq are now willing to allow the Turkish army to enter the territory in order to attack the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatist guerrillas. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In Dubai, as reported in “Fearful of Restive Foreign Labor, Dubai Eyes Reform,” foreign workers outnumber citizens of the country. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An exchange of prisoners between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, as pointed out in “Social Security,” is the only hope many Palestinian prisoners have of ever being released from custody. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In a recent survey, as mentioned in “Lifting the Veil,” a greater percentage of residents in Saudi Arabia stated that their hostility towards the United States arose primarily from religious differences compared to other surveyed countries. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The modernization of a state, as maintained in “The Human Rights of Women and Social Transformation in the Arab Middle East,” rarely requires the disintegration of a traditional political system. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The most striking feature of anti-Americanism in Iran, as suggested in “A New Day in Iran?” is how little of it there actually is among the general public. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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