Geography of SW Asia
Culture of SW Asia
History of SW Asia
Government of SW Asia
Economy of SW Asia
100
Which physical feature is the most important for countries with oil reserves in Southwest Asia?
What is the Persian Gulf?
100
Which of the following would best complete the analogy? Arabs: Saudi Arabia :: ____________________ : Iran
What is Persians?
100
What is the cause of most conflicts in Southwest Asia
Artificial boundaries
100
How are the governments of Turkey and Israel similar?
The citizens have many personal freedoms
100
Why would Saudi Arabia’s oil industry need a large investment in human capital?
What is to help increase the GDP/ Education of the people
200
How does the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) help countries with oil deposits?
By controlling the price and supply of oil on the world market.
200
What is one way in which the three predominant religions of Southwest Asia are different in beliefs?
Answers will vary.
200
David is a Kurdish Muslim in Iraq, but most of the population is Sunni Muslim. There is a small percentage of the population who are Kurdish living in Iraq. David has been denied a government job and cannot go to college in Iraq. David and his family have had to move to multiple places since leaders of Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq don’t want them in their country. David’s friends and family have suffered from extreme persecution and Iraq’s former leader tried to kill them. What is the root cause of David's problems?
What is European Partitioning
200
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom. Based on this passage, how has citizen participation helped affect change?
What is by voting for more rights and freedoms
200
Which is an example of investment in capital goods?
answers will vary
300
Which country in Southwest Asia is landlocked?
What is Afghanistan?
300
What is one way in which all the religions are similar?
What is they all believe they are decedents of Abraham?
300
"We wish to give the Jews a Homeland. Not by dragging them ruthlessly out of their sustaining soil, but rather by removing them carefully, roots and all, to a better terrain.” - Theodore Herzl This quote refers to what event in the historical development of Southwest Asia?
What is the creation of Israel?
300
The head of the state in a parliamentary system is often a person who ____________.
What is a figure head/ has no real power
300
Which economic strategy would be BEST to ensure consumers have the most choice, but still protect the local producer? The local producers are complaining that local consumers are purchasing goods from foreign producers. What action should the government take to help the local producers sell their products to the local consumers?
What is a Quota
400
Where is most of the oil reserves in Southwest Asia found?
What is the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
400
What are the five pillars of Islam?
1. Pray 5x a day towards Mecca 2. There is only one God, Allah, and his prophet is Mohammad. 3. Give Charity 4. Make the pilgrimage to Mecca 5. Holy month of Ramadan
400
Why did the United States join the United Nations to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait in 1990?
What is to protect oil deposits in Saudi Arabia
400
Man “A” exercises executive authority over his country. However, he is not the commander and chief and his decisions are subject to review by a supreme leader. What position is man "A"?
What is the President of Iran.
400
Because the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) controls the price of oil, what would be the BEST effect of OPEC’s regulations for member countries?
Countries would experience economic growth and increase their GDP
500
What type of people live in the desert?
What is a nomad
500
What is the reason for the division between the Islamic religious sects?
What is the leader after the death of Mohammad
500
What was a result of the Palestinians attacking Israel when the nation was created by the United Nations?
Many Palestinians lost their homes and had to live in refugee camps.
500
How does religion influence the government of Saudi Arabia?
The Koran and other teachings are the basis for government rule.
500
Israel is trying to increase its production of agricultural products and subsistence farming. However, due to limited water resources production is limited. Companies have developed and invested in capital goods such as desalination plants. What would be the BEST way for the government to support this sector of the economy?
What is use a subsidy
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