2012 AWQ

Round 3Middle East, Central Asia, North

Africa

AnswersBlue Answer Sheet

1. Which country does this flag belong to?

A. YemenB. OmanC. Saudi ArabiaD. United Arab Emirates

2. Who is the current ruler of Syria?

A. Hafez al-AssadB. Bashar al-AssadC. Basil al-Assad

D. Ahmad al-Khatib

3. What is the name of the area between Egypt and Israel?

A. Sinai PeninsulaB. Arabian PeninsulaC. Israeli PeninsulaD. Mount Ariat

4. Which country insists there is no military element to its program but

Western powers fear it is constructing nuclear weapons?

A. Saudi ArabiaB. IranC. IraqD. Syria

5. This is the flag of what country?

A. LibyaB. TunisiaC. MoroccoD. Algeria

6. What type of government does Iran have?

A. DemocracyB. Constitutional MonarchyC. Islamic RepublicD. Autocracy

7. Dubai is located in which country?

A. QatarB. BahrainC. KuwaitD. United Arab Emirates

8. Which country recently elected a member of the Muslim Brotherhood

as the new parliament speaker?

A. JordanB. EgyptC. LebanonD. Palestine

9. What is the name of the only island-nation in the Middle East?

A. KuwaitB. QatarC. BahrainD. Iraq

10. The Strait of Hormuz connects which two bodies of water?

A. Persian Gulf & Gulf of AdenB. Persian Gulf & Red SeaC. Persian Gulf & Bay of BengalD. Persian Gulf & Gulf of Oman

11. Who is the current prime minister of Israel?

A. Benjamin NetanyahuB. David Ben-GurionC. Levi EshkolD. Golda Meir

12. The Jordan River and the Dead Sea form a natural barrier between which

two countries?

A. Lebanon and SyriaB. Jordan and SyriaC. Israel and SyriaD. Israel and Jordan

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 SquareB. Heliopolis C. Giza DistrictD. The Citadel

14. Which organization sent monitors to Syria to report on and observe the

ongoing violence?

A. United NationsB. Arab LeagueC. NATOD. Human Rights Watch

15. Which city has been dubbed the ‘Capital of the Syrian Revolution’?

A. HomsB. DamascusC. DaraaD. Aleppo

16. Iran is the world’s ___ largest oil producer

A. 4th

B. 5th

C. 6th

D. 7th

17. Which UN Security Council member vetoed a resolution condemning the Syrian government’s

crackdown on protesters?

A. United StatesB. BritainC. FranceD. Russia

18. If further sanctions on Iran result in loss of crude oil production, which country said they would make up the difference?

A. KuwaitB. United Arab EmiratesC. Saudi ArabiaD. Bahrain

19. Which of the following is the most populous Central Asian country?

A. TurkmenistanB. UzbekistanC. KazakhstanD. Kyrgyzstan

20. According to the UN’s refugee agency, more than 1,500 Syrians have crossed into ?

A. Lebanon B. TurkeyC. IraqD. Jordan