Geography quiz!
Jan. 15th, 2009 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Eighteen nations are named on the map. How many are "Arab lands"?
Only nine of the eighteen countries named are Arab nations: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen. None of the others identify themselves as Arab nations, belong to the Arab League, or have a majority Arab population.
Eighteen nations are named on the map. How many are "Arab lands"?
Only nine of the eighteen countries named are Arab nations: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen. None of the others identify themselves as Arab nations, belong to the Arab League, or have a majority Arab population.
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Date: 2009-01-15 11:45 am (UTC)Hmmm. How do we meaningfully compare countries? By area, population, arable land, GDP? The US isn't on that map, yet it occupies one country and is a close ally of another: how does this affect the map's meaning?