Population
This is the most populated country in the world.
What is India?
Goods that come into a country resulting in money flowing out are called this.
What are imports?
This is the type of government that was established in Iran after its revolution in 1979.
What is an Islamic Republic?
Founder of Al Qaeda and the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, the embassy attacks in Kenya and Tanzania, and the attack on the U.S.S. Cole.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
This is Islam's holiest city and the birthplace of Muhummad.
What is Mecca?
These are two factors that have contributed to rapid population growth worldwide.
What are Industrial Revolution, World Wars, the Green Revolution, and advances in medicine and technology? (pick two)
A nation is said to have this balance of trade when it brings in more money from exports than it spends on imports.
What is a trade surplus?
The Persian Gulf Crisis began when Iraq invaded this nation and seized its oil reserves.
What is Kuwait?
This group, founded by Mohammed Omar, instituted Sharia law in Afghanistan.
What is the Taliban?
This dictator led Iraq from 1979 - 2003. He used chemical weapons against Iran and the United States.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This is the formula for calculating arithmetic population density.
What is total population divided by total land area?
This term describes a tax on imported goods which encourages domestic production and spending due to the rising prices of imports.
What is a tariff?
This is the dominant form of Islam in Iraq and most of the world. Followers do not believe that leaders of Islam have to be direct descendants of Muhammed.
What is Sunni Islam?
This law, passed by Congress after the 9/11 attacks, permitted broad surveillance authority to the government and allowed for detention and deportation of those suspected of terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?
Two thirds of the world’s population lives in these four densely populated regions.
What is (1) South Asia, (2) East Asia, (3) Southeast Asia, and (4) Europe?
A country that has this type of population likely has a high standard of living and a population that will decrease in the future.
What is diminishing?
This goal of this international organization is to improve the standard of living around the world through the regulation of trade.
What is the World Trade Organization?
This was the codename for the ground invasion of Iraq by coalition forces during the final phase of the Persian Gulf War.
What is Operation Desert Sabre?
These Islamic militants fought against the Soviet Union after its invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Later, they would wage war against other militant groups during the Afghan Civil War.
Who are the Mujahideen?
These are the Five Pillars of Islam.
What are (1) Profession of faith that Allah is the one true God and that Muhammad is his messenger or prophet, (2) Prayer five times daily while facing Mecca (3) Giving of alms to the poor (4) Fasting during the daylight hours of the holy month of Ramadan and (5) Making a pilgrimage or trip to visit Mecca?
Based on their population pyramids, Ethiopia and Nigeria would have this type of population.
What is expanding?
The Maastricht Treaty created this economic and political alliance of nations. It's primary focus was to create a uniform currency.
What is the European Union? (EU)
This person took control of Iran after the Shah abdicated the throne.
Who is Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini?
This is correct oder for all 6 major events that occurred on September 11th, 2001.
What is (1) American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, (2) United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, (3) American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, (4) he South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, (5) United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, (6) the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses?
The IBRD and IDA are both branches of this organization that strives to help developing nations by giving out loans and grants.
What is the World Bank?