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Which of the following is not true of al-Qaeda? A) Most al-Qaeda cell members have lived in ordinary society, supporting themselves with jobs or crime. B) Finance, media, legal-religious policy and military committees report to a council called Majiis al shura. C) Al-Qaeda has been implicated in several bombings since the attack on the United States in 2001. D) Al-Qaeda is a single unified organization. E) Al-Qaeda grew out of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
The Commonwealth is primarily A) organized to increase availability of mineral resources in perforated states. B) an economic and cultural alliance of states once part of the British Empire. C) a religious entity that sends missionaries to Africa. D) an organization of culturally homogenous nations that opposed the Warsaw Pact.
The problems experienced by Cyprus during the past four decades include all but which of the following? A) a Greek-inspired military coup B) division of the capital city by a buffer zone patrolled by U.N. soldiers C) an increasing spatial segregation of Greeks and Turks D) a partition of the island by the British as part of independence E) a Turkish army invasion
Alsace and Lorraine A) are proto-Germanic languages now extinct. B) are on opposite banks of the Rhine River. C) represent a cultural boundary. D) have been claimed by France and Germany at different times.
The Germans established the proruption known as the Caprivi Strip in present-day Namibia for which of the following reasons? A) access to resources in central Africa B) access to the Zambezi river C) fighting apartheid in neighboring South Africa D) disruption of British communications E) A, B, and D
The British created different government structures for its various colonies to A) expedite the export of raw materials and imports of finished products. B) separate religious groups. C) break down local authorities and governments to make way for the British. D) help protect the cultures in their territories. E) control the people in the colonies.
Elongated states may suffer from poor internal communication and difficulty defending its borders. Which of the following is not an elongated state? A) Gambia B) Chile C) Italy D) Namibia E) Malawi
The most populous remaining colony is ruled by A) the United Kingdom. B) China. C) the Netherlands. D) the United States. E) France
Korea is a good example of aA) sovereign state. B) colony. C) patron-state. D) nation-state. E) ethnicity divided between more than one state.
Percentage of people in the world living in a rural area