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What is brain drain?

A) the common name given to an illness caused by exposure to toxic residues from petroleum refining that results in short-term memory loss
B) This occurs when highly centralized governments actively recruit the best and the brightest individuals for jobs in the national capital, leaving few behind in the villages.
C) This occurs when bright young people migrate to foreign lands in search of better jobs.
D) This is a rock group from the United Arab Emirates.
E) The common name given to the practice of providing scholarships to students in North Africa/Southwest Asia, which enables them to study abroad and gain a better education than that available in their home region. These scholars later return to share their new-found knowledge with their own students.

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Map ID - SW Asia and North Africa States and Provinces -What is the name of the country labeled on the map with the number 6 (six) ?

A) Algeria
B) Egypt
C) Jordan
D) Libya
E) Tunisia

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Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Iran was historically known as Persia.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Hydropolitics is an important issue in North Africa/Southwest Asia because pollution has made so much of the water unacceptable for consumption.

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -If one were making a pilgrimage to Makkah and Medinah, one would travel to Egypt.

What was the goal of the Balfour Declaration?

What is the major problem that Southwest Asia and North Africa is most likely to face as a result of global climate change?

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Turkey has one of the most diversified economies of Southwest Asia and North Africa, and is not reliant on oil.

Which of the following is NOT one of the environmental problems facing North Africa/Southwest Asia?

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Islam originated in present-day Saudi Arabia.

Map ID - SW Asia and North Africa States and Provinces -What is the name of the country labeled on the map with the number 18 (eighteen) ?

Which two bodies of water mark the traditional boundaries of Mesopotamia?

What is the definition of "hydropolitics"?

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -Defeat of the Persian Empire in World War I was the major factor that led to European colonialism in Southwest Asia/North Africa.

What religion has had the greatest impact on urban function and design in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

What does the acronym OPEC stand for?

Write True or False to the statements below.If the statement is false, rewrite the underlined word or phrase to make the statement true. -France took the early lead in colonizing North Africa.

Map ID - SW Asia and North Africa States and Provinces -What is the name of the country labeled on the map with the number 9 (nine) ?

In which contemporary country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is Mesopotamia located?

Which animal is most to blame for the loss of forests in Southwest Asia and North Africa?