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ME Exam 4
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International Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/13/2007

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The Tethys Sea covered
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the Arab Peninsula
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The Western coast of the Arab peninsula is called the
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shield
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The formation of deserts is due to the
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lack of uplifting air
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An arid area is called a desert if it gets less than __ in a year
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10 inches a year
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The ME is hot and dry in the summer due to
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high pressure
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Soil in the ME is
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salty, not enough organic matter
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The sparse vegetation in ME is
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desert, medditerranean, steppe, savanna, or river
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underground water is decreasing because
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extraction exceeds recharge
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the eastern coast of the arab peninsula is the
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shelf
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the longest perennial river in the world is the
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nile
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oil formed due to
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decomp of organic matter
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what is the order of oil/natural gas/ and water underground from top to bottom?
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gas, oil, water
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the first oil field in me was in
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iran
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us imports most of its oil from
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canada
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meaning of oil reserve
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economically extractable
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hegemony over the me could result in
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war/conflict
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muslim wars of expansion were fought to
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unify muslim community
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the First Temptation war was fought over
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leadership (who should be leader - Ali or capable leader)
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during Umayyad dynasty, arabs accepted absolute monarchies because
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they wanted security, prosperity
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shiah muslims are
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supporters of ali
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baghdad is located
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e of tigris?
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"there is no contradiction between religion and philosophy" said by
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ibn rushd
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ottoman empire collapsed in
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1918
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muslim women gained rights in
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7th century
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muslim misperception of west started in
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crusades 1099
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skyes picot agreement of 1916 divided the ottoman lands between
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british and french
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relations between us and me began detoriating since
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1953, cia coup
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what form of gov does us claim to support?
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democracy
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wahhabism a religious movement in SA is described as
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reactionary
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the west established homeland for jews in palestine in
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1948
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the population of the me is
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heterogeneous
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following the iranian revolution, saddam hussain attacked iran in
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1980
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the me contains ppl of many ethnic groups, races, religons because of
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central location
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the arabic language is derived from
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aramaic
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who is derived from christian faith?
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maronites
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in 71 ad roman empire expelled jews from palestine because
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they rebelled
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how many legal schools of the quran are there
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four
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society in me can derived into three categories:
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bedouin, villagers, townspeople
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which country is landlocked in me
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jordan
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what country has tourism
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egypt
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boundaries between me countries demarcated by
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west
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one problem facing me countries is
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water
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first palestinian uprising in
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1987
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3 buffer zones between israel and arab countries
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lebanon, syria, jordan
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israel occupies land from
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lebanon, syria, jordan
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kurdish people live in many countries is me including
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syria, iraq, iran, turkey
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globalization occurs benifiting
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developed countries
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demarcate boundaries between countries
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compound
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most urgent boundary dispute between
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isreal and lebanon
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nuclear, chemical, biological weapons in
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isreal
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nuclear weapons used on me by
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us
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the egyptian civilization is older than mesopotamian
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false, the egyptian civilization is younger than mesopotamian
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the world's three greatest religons began in
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iran
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the religion of islam started in
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610
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the oldest city on earth is
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damascus
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the middle east produces how much of worlds total crude oil
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40
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the us imports how much of oil from me
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25%
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iran and turkey are/aren't arabian countries
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aren't arabian
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the largest oil field in the world is in ___ and is called __
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the largest oil field in the world is in saudia arabia and is called ghwar
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us oil production capacity is about
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8 million barrels per day
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the us impolts ___ as all of west europe from gulf states
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as much as
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the suez canal, straight of aden, and strait of hormuz are under control of
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others, not arabian countries
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oil originates from
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organic matter
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underground water takes __ than river water for replenishment
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longer
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declining groundwater quanity is a
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universal problem
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very few me countries have permanent
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flowing rivers
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rainfall in the me is less than __ mm annually while the potential evaporation exceeds __ mm
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150,1140
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the me has great reserves of oil but small reserves of
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water
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the mid east produces 63% of the worlds desalinated water while na produces
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11%
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the "four guided ones were elected by
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everyone
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hadith sayings are a compliation of
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islamic traditions
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the islamic calendar is how many days shorter
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11 days shorter
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islam mandates that nonmuslims pay tax called
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jizah
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shiah muslims aren't considered infidels by
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all sunni muslims
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in 1260 ad baibars, the muslim ruler of egypt, defeated the mongol army at
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ain jalut in palestine
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ibn taymiyah advocated that
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islamic law be brought to date to fit the circumstances of muslims at time
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southeast asia was conqured by muslims through
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trade
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akbar, a muslim moghul emperor of india,
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ruled fairly
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the ottoman empire didn't allow
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they didn't allow independent interpretation of the quran
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ibn khaldoun theory is that
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the rise and fall of empires indicated that historical events follow a cycle
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an _ is a person who speaks arabic and a muslim is a person who practices __
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arab, islam
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besides jews, many other people are
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semetic
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the turkish language used
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roman script
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the government in lebanon is
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sectarian
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most of the population is me is due to
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high birth rates
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40% of pop in me is under the age of
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14
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eight internation companies have control of
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oil in me
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me countries have more oil reserves than
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anyone
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the smallest country in the me is
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bahrain
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the me is one of the largest __ market in the world
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arms
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who is the biggest buyer of arms
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saudia arabia is the biggest buyer of arms
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most of me oil is consumed by
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asian countries
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there is no alternative to
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oil
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coal is an important part of
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industry in the world
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jews do not accept the message of
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muhammed
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the lack of democracy in me allows
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terrorism to flours
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arab countries possess elements to
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encourage unification
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