Where in the world?
True or False?
Oil
Between the lines...
What's it mean?
100
Two of the world's most powerful early civilizations flourished in the Middle East: Egypt and Mesopotamia. What specifically drew ancient people to settle in Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
100
55% of the world's oil can be found in the Middle East.
What is TRUE?
100
The United States gets most of its oil from which Persian Gulf nation?
What is Saudi Arabia?
100
This physical feature allows ships to pass to the Atlantic Ocean without having to sail around the tip of Africa
What is the Suez Canal?
100
OPEC
What is Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries?
200
Name one country that is sometimes on the map AND sometimes left off the map of the Middle East, depending on how the region is defined.
What is Afghanistan, Armenia, Egypt, Azerbaijan
200
People can't live in the deserts of the Middle East because there is not enough water to support life.
What is false.
200
Another name for crude oil.
What is Petroleum?
200
Body of water separating the Middle East from Southern Europe
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
Nationalization
What is the process of a government taking control of a business/industry?
300
Explain how tectonic plate shifts have impacted the natural resources in one place in the Middle East.
Dead Sea fault line: mineral deposits in Herapolis, (baths) copper in Fertile Crescent, discovery of tin, water in Iran in deserts
300
In what Middle Eastern country could I go on a ski vacation?
What is Iran
300
Describe one area of the Middle East that was of interest to Great Britain in the 20th century because of its oil.
What is Iran?
300
Natural border between Israel and Jordan
What is the Dead Sea?
300
Qanat
What is a series of well-like vertical shafts, connected by gently sloping tunnels?
400
Countries most likely to rely on "desalination" of water to provide fresh water for drinking, cooking, and irrigation.
What is Persian gulf countries?
400
Nomads make up only a small minority of the people who live in the Middle East.
What is True.
400
Name one example of American intervention/interest in Middle East politics and war that could be linked to its interest in a secure oil supply.
What is the Gulf War, the invasion of Afghanistan, the coup on the Iranian government and installation of the Shah?
400
The shipping route for most oil in the Middle East starts in this body of water
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
Sanctions
What is a ban on trade, travel, or even athletic competition between nations?
500
The natural land bridge between Europe and the Middle East.
What is Turkey
500
Most people in the Middle East earn their living from the oil business.
What is False?
500
Experts predict that in 50 years, most oil coming to the United States will not be from the Arabian peninsula, but rather from this neighboring region.
What is Central Asia, or any of the following countries: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan
500
Two countries one might expect to have a dispute over control of the Persian Gulf
What is Saudi Arabia and Iran?
500
Mesopotamia
What is the "land between two rivers"?
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