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2012 AWQ

2012 AWQ. Round 3 Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa Answers Blue Answer Sheet. 1. Which country does this flag belong to?. A. Yemen B. Oman C. Saudi Arabia D. United Arab Emirates. 2. Who is the current ruler of Syria?. A. Hafez al-Assad B. Bashar al-Assad C. Basil al-Assad

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2012 AWQ

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  1. 2012 AWQ

  2. Round 3Middle East, Central Asia, North AfricaAnswersBlueAnswer Sheet

  3. 1. Which country does this flag belong to? A. Yemen B. Oman C. Saudi Arabia D. United Arab Emirates

  4. 2. Who is the current ruler of Syria? A. Hafez al-Assad B. Bashar al-Assad C. Basil al-Assad D. Ahmad al-Khatib

  5. 3. What is the name of the area between Egypt and Israel? A. Sinai Peninsula B. Arabian Peninsula C. Israeli Peninsula D. Mount Ariat

  6. 4. Which country insists there is no military element to its program but Western powers fear it is constructing nuclear weapons? A. Saudi Arabia B. Iran C. Iraq D. Syria

  7. 5. This is the flag of what country? A. Libya B. Tunisia C. Morocco D. Algeria

  8. 6. What type of government does Iran have? A. Democracy B. Constitutional Monarchy C. Islamic Republic D. Autocracy

  9. 7. Dubai is located in which country? A. Qatar B. Bahrain C. Kuwait D. United Arab Emirates

  10. 8. Which country recently elected a member of the Muslim Brotherhood as the new parliament speaker? A. Jordan B. Egypt C. Lebanon D. Palestine

  11. 9. What is the name of the only island-nation in the Middle East? A. Kuwait B. Qatar C. Bahrain D. Iraq

  12. 10. The Strait of Hormuz connects which two bodies of water? A. Persian Gulf & Gulf of Aden B. Persian Gulf & Red Sea C. Persian Gulf & Bay of Bengal D. Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman

  13. 11. Who is the current prime minister of Israel? A. Benjamin Netanyahu B. David Ben-Gurion C. Levi Eshkol D. Golda Meir

  14. 12. The Jordan River and the Dead Sea form a natural barrier between which two countries? A. Lebanon and Syria B. Jordan and Syria C. Israel and Syria D. Israel and Jordan

  15. 13. What is the name of the area in Cairo, Egypt where the main government protests occurred in early 2011 and continue to occur today? A. Tahrir Square B. Heliopolis C. Giza District D. The Citadel

  16. 14. Which organization sent monitors to Syria to report on and observe the ongoing violence? A. United Nations B. Arab League C. NATO D. Human Rights Watch

  17. 15. Which city has been dubbed the ‘Capital of the Syrian Revolution’? A. Homs B. Damascus C. Daraa D. Aleppo

  18. 16. Iran is the world’s ___ largest oil producer A. 4th B. 5th C. 6th D. 7th

  19. 17. Which UN Security Council member vetoed a resolution condemning the Syrian government’s crackdown on protesters? A. United States B. Britain C. France D. Russia

  20. 18. If further sanctions on Iran result in loss of crude oil production, which country said they would make up the difference? A. Kuwait B. United Arab Emirates C. Saudi Arabia D. Bahrain

  21. 19. Which of the following is the most populous Central Asian country? • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan

  22. 20. According to the UN’s refugee agency, more than 1,500 Syrians have crossed into ? • Lebanon • Turkey • Iraq • Jordan

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