Where Am I?
Environmental Issues
Historical Events
Oil
Grab Bag
100
South of Turkey and north of Saudi Arabia
What is Iraq?
100
Name on main environmental issue in the Middle East
What is water scarcity, pollution, and unequal distribution?
100
The organization that was formed by Oil producing countries in 1960.
What is OPEC?
100
I am the world's largest producer of oil.
What is Saudi Arabia?
100
Type of land found most often in SW Asia
What is desert?
200
Easternmost country in SW Asia
What is Afghanistan?
200
Cause of conflict between Jordan, Syria, and Israel
What is the damming of the Jordan River?
200
The State of Israel was created by _________ in ______ year.
What is United Nations and 1948
200
Name 2 of the 3 main oil-producing Middle Eastern countries.
What are Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq?
200
People who believed in a homeland for the Jews
What are Zionists?
300
Largest country in SW Asia
What is Saudi Arabia?
300
Happens to the environment when pesticides and fertilizers runoff into water sources
What is water pollution?
300
After WW I the Middle East was divided up by these two countries.
What are Britain and France?
300
Percentage of oil found in the Middle East
What is over 50%?
300
What area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is commonly called
What is Fertile Crescent?
400
I am the eastern "twin" river
What is the Tigris River?
400
This term means bringing water to land.
What is irrigation?
400
The large empire that broke up after WW1
What is the Ottoman Empire?
400
The acronym OPEC means:
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
400
I am scarce in SW Asia.
What is water?
500
I let ships pass from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
500
Using land so much that the soil has no nutrients.
What is overuse of land for farming?
500
What are 2 of the 3 things that weakened the Ottoman Empire?
What are new trade routes, superior technology, and vast wealth from new discoveries?
500
Name 2 of the 3 major goals of OPEC
What is keep a steady flow of oil, keep prices steady, and member nations keep a steady income?
500
Process of removing salt from seawater
What is desalination?
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