Relationships within Places
Country-Capital
Location
Regions
Da Middle East
100
OPEC stands for
Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries
100
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
100
What country is just south of the Caspian Sea
Iran
100
All of Saudi Arabia practices what religion
Islam-Sunni
100
What was the Persian Gulf War about
Iraq wanted to get Kuwait oil
200
True or False Pipelines transport oil across Saudi Arabia to the Persian Gulf
True
200
Iran
Tehran
200
What country is across the Red Sea from Egypt
Saudi Arabia
200
Most of Iran practices what religion
Islam-Shiah
200
Why did the U.S. feel compelled to go to war with Iraq
Maintain access to Kuwait oil
300
A massive known oil deposit lies under which body of water?
Persian Gulf
300
Iraq
Baghdad
300
What country is bordered by the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Turkey
300
Addis Abada, Ethiopia, and its surrounding area practice what religion
Christianity
300
What does HDI stand for
Human Development Index
400
Which country is almost completely covered with working oil fields?
Qatar
400
Oman
Muscat
400
In what country do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers meet?
Iraq
400
What is the predominant religion of Isreal
Judaism
400
How does oil form
Plants and animals died and sank to the bottom of the ocean. After millions of years oil was formed
500
Which country has working oil fields on the Red Sea?
Egypt
500
What country lies between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
500
What two religions are practiced around Baghdad, Iraq
Islam-Sunni and Islam-Shiah
500
Two large plates collided to create pockets where oil could form and gas could be trapped
Tetonic
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