Describe a similarity in the effects of changes in population patterns in Africa and the Middle East.(1 point)
Responses
A shift in population patterns has led to greater levels of farming in both regions.
A shift in population patterns led to a decline in urbanization in both regions.
A shift in population patterns has made both countries wealthy.
A shift in population patterns places a greater strain on the ecosystems of each place.
A shift in population patterns has led to greater levels of farming in both regions.
Describe recent divisions and changes to political systems in the Middle East.(1 point)
Responses
A. A lack of needed resources, such as food and medical care; social or cultural divisions; trauma from historical or contemporary events; and other factors caused protests.
B. The rulers of various countries have used their power to eliminate term limits, which is a sign of a weak political system.
C. The end of apartheid in South Africa, as well as the end of various dictatorships throughout the continent, including in the Sudan, caused a strengthening of political systems.
D. The regime changes of the Arab Spring were caused by division and frustrations with the region’s political systems, which caused protests in the region.
D. The regime changes of the Arab Spring were caused by division and frustrations with the region’s political systems, which caused protests in the region.
Identify the Iranian leader who was at the center of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.(1 point)
Responses
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Yasir Arafat
David Ben-Gurion
Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Which of the following best explains how the causes and effects of the arms race and proxy wars in the Middle East and Africa were similar?(1 point)
Responses
A. The arms race and proxy wars in the Middle East and Africa both sought to expand the U.S.’s and Soviet Union’s ally support, which led to less destructive wars.
B. The arms race and proxy wars in the Middle East and Africa both sought to increase the U.S.’s and Soviet Union’s regional influence through their military supply, which led to increased violence.
C. The arms race and proxy wars in the Middle East and Africa both sought to expand the U.S.’s and Soviet Union’s power through weapons, which led to an arms control treaty.
D. The arms race and proxy wars in the Middle East and Africa both sought to show that the U.S.’s and Soviet Union’s military equipment was superior, which led to peace agreements.
B. The arms race and proxy wars in the Middle East and Africa both sought to increase the U.S.’s and Soviet Union’s regional influence through their military supply, which led to increased violence.
What conflict led to the arms race in the Middle East?(1 point)
Responses
the Ogaden War
the Arab-Israeli War
the Cuban Missile Crisis
the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty