ORTA DOĞU VE KUZEY AFRİKA - Deneme Sınavı - 6

Capital city of Morocco is Rabat. Marrakesh is another famous city of Morocco but not capital. The other big city is Fez, Fas in Turkish, named for Morocco when the city was the capital by Turks.

Arab tribes entered Morocco for the first time in the twelfth century in during the reign of the Almohad Dynasty

Morocco gained independence from France in 1956, and Mohammed V became King of the country

Algeria recovered its full independence from France after a bloody liberation war in 1954-1962 and evolved from socialism to liberalism with its political reforms towards the end of the Cold War period.

Morocco was involved in armed conflict with Algeria in 1973 due to the Western Sahara dispute.

The demand for the recognition of Berber identity as distinct cultural identity and Tamazight as an official language is still one of the domestic challenges in Algeria.

Algeria’s crucial export goods are oil and natural gas, in particular to the European market.

Bourguiba served as the President from 1957 to 1987 in Tunisia, and he pursued a delicate foreign policy by maintaining close relations with the Western countries, while also placing importance the relations with Eastern Bloc countries and Arab states in the Non-Aligned Movement.

Egypt was expelled from the Arab League for signing the Arab-Israeli Peace Treaty with Israel in 1979.

Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya until he was ousted and killed in a popular uprising supported by an international coalition led by NATO in 2011.

The correct answer is E. Lebanon is not a strong state in the Middle East and/or North Africa.

The correct answer is C. Many Middle Eastern countries are rich in natural resources such as petroleum and natural gas.

The correct answer is D. Free market economy is not the cause of regional or local conflicts in the Middle East?

The correct answer is A. The Arab League was established to manage the conflict environment among Arab countries by having a spill-over effect through economic and political cooperation.

The correct answer is B. Iran is not the founding member of the Baghdad Pact.

Southwest Asia

The 20th century

Britain

The colonial interests

Near East