Final Exam Semester 2

In Saudi Arabia, the government is ruled by a monarch which means that the Saudi Royal Family (the House of Saud) rules the country and claims that their rule is divinely ordained. What type of government is Saudi Arabia?

• An Oligarchy

• A Confederation

• An Autocracy

• A Democracy

Which political feature is the arrow pointing at?

• Israel

• Persian Gulf

• Euphrates River

• Strait of Hormuz

Based on the map, which statement is most likely correct?

• Turkey and Saudi Arabia often have disputes over the use of freshwater in the Persian Gulf.

• Iraq and Oman often have disputes over the use of freshwater from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• Turkey, Syria, and Iraq often have disputes over the use of freshwater from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates often have disputes over the use of freshwater in the Persian Gulf.

Use the diagram to answer the question. Which factor of production is entrepreneurship?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is the goal of the Kurdish National Movement?

• To gain natural resources

• Racist

• To gain their own homeland

• OPEC

Which of the following usually has the MOST power in a parliamentary democracy?

• the judiciary

• the legislature

• the military

• the president

In a presidential democracy, the head of government is a part of what branch of government?

• the executive branch

• the judicial branch

• the legislative branch

• the military branch

Which country has more mineral resources than every country except the United States and Russia and controls about 12 percent of all of the world's mineral resources?

• India

• China

• Japan

• North Korea

The issue of the succession of the Caliph caused a split between which two branches of Islam?

• Shia

• Kharijite

• Sufism

• Sunni

• Ahmadiyya

The Mekong River is represented by which numeral on the map?

• A. I

• B. II

• C. III

• D. IV