33. The Middle East is to Mackinder\'s World-island a. Central b. eccentric c. p

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33. The Middle East is to Mackinder's World-island a. Central b. eccentric c. peripheral d. outlier 34. A. T. Mahan was reported to have given the name Fertile Crescent to the cultural hearth of the Middle East a. True b. False 35. What consequences have been associated with the existence of inland seas inlets and lakes in the Middle East a. high accessibility b. promotion of cultural insularity c, a and b d. None of the above 36. The term Levant owes its origin to French colonialism in the Middle East b. False a, True 37. Latitudinally, the northernmost reaches of the Middle East belongs in a. the Polar Region b. the Midlatitudes c. the subtropics d. the Arctic Region

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33. The answer shuld be b. eccentric. Because, the region of Middle East is not positioned completely at the center of the World Island model, rather, part of it is in the central position.

34. The statement is b. False. Because it was archaeologist James Henry Breasted who gave the name "Fertile Crescent", not A. T. Mohan.

35. The answer is a. High accessibility. Because, these inland waterbodies offer numerous water ways from various directions.

36. The statement is b. False. Because, the word is certainly a French term but it stands for "rising" which indicates rising of sun in the east.

37. The answer is b. the Midlatitudes. Because, the northernmost part of Middle East comprises of Turkey which has latitude 38o N. As 30o-45o zone in either hemisphere is termed as Mid-latitude region, the northernmost point reaches into the Mid-latitude region.

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