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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the easiest way to trace how terrorist groups get funded?
(a) Send marked American dollars to a terrorist group.
(b) Listen in on international phone calls.
(c) Have agents infiltrate terrorist cells.
(d) Follow the trail of bank transactions and internet contacts.

2. What does de Blij think is the greatest risk to stability in Africa?
(a) The rise of Islamic extremism.
(b) Corruption in government.
(c) Lack of infrastructure.
(d) Natural disasters such as droughts.

3. In which of the following countries are Muslims and Christians at war with each other?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Sudan.

4. Which of the following locations seems like a likely target for terrorists, according to de Blij?
(a) Airplanes traveling between North America and Europe.
(b) Western hotels in countries that are allied with the U.S.
(c) Popular Western resorts located near known terrorist refuges.
(d) Large cities in secular Western countries.

5. What country's model should be followed by the U.S. in responding to terrorist attacks, according to de Blij?
(a) Israel.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Canada.

6. What organization binds the United States and Europe together?
(a) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(b) The European Community.
(c) The European Economic Community.
(d) The North American Free Trade Agreement.

7. What is the world's largest country in terms of territory?
(a) Australia.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Russia.
(d) Canada.

8. What is Afghanistan like today?
(a) It has become a satellite of Communist Russia.
(b) It is a modern Islamic country.
(c) It has a thriving agriculturally-based economy.
(d) It lacks most modern amenities.

9. Who is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
(a) The founder of Islam.
(b) A conservative, extremist Muslim theologian.
(c) The leader of a terrorist movement targeting Americans.
(d) The leader of the Iranian government.

10. How does de Blij characterize sub-Saharan Africa?
(a) As the world's most dangerous region.
(b) As the world's most geographically challenged region.
(c) As the world's politically corrupt region.
(d) As the world's neediest region.

11. What event contributed to the end of Mao's power in China?
(a) Twin earthquakes.
(b) Flooding.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A famine.

12. How have Chinese nationalists reacted to American foreign policy decisions?
(a) With economic warfare.
(b) With anti-Americanism.
(c) With terrorism.
(d) With approval.

13. Why is sub-Saharan Africa so isolated?
(a) Sub-Saharan Africa has very extreme weather, with frequent storms.
(b) North African countries used to boycott South Africa becauseof apartheid.
(c) The people of the north and south have different religious faiths.
(d) The Sahara makes it hard to travel between north and south Africa.

14. Which of the following cities is a popular haven for terrorists?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) New York.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Paris.

15. Why did both the United States and the Soviet Union support African tyrants?
(a) Because neither country wanted to share its system of government with other countries.
(b) Because both countries needed military support from African leaders.
(c) Because coping with a tyrant seemed better than losing a battle in the Cold War.
(d) Because neither country wanted to be forced to give aid to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the slave trade between 1700 and 1810 affect Africa?

2. What was Russia like during the early years after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

3. What country did Afghan refugees flee to when the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan?

4. Who was Shamil Basayev?

5. What is a fatwa?

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