Geography
$100: What is the largest desert in Southwest Asia?
What is Arabian Desert
What type of government is present in Saudi Arabia?
What is absolute monarchy
What is the primary natural resource that drives the economy of Saudi Arabia?
What is oil
What is the primary source of freshwater for irrigation in Southwest Asia?
What are rivers
What are trade barriers
What is embargo, tariffs, quotas
Name two rivers that flow through Iraq
What are Tigris river and Euphrates River
Which country in Southwest Asia has a parliamentary democracy?
In a market economy, what determines the prices of goods?
What is supply and demand
What is one major consequence of water pollution in the region?
What are health issues or decreased agricultural productivity
What are capital goods?
What are goods used to produce other goods and services, such as machinery, and factories
What is the most north SW Asian country
What is Turkey
What is the word meaning that government is separate from religion?
What is secular
What is the economic term for the total value of all goods and services produced in a country?
What is GDP
What is one country in SW Asia with significant water scarcity
What is Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan
What is human capital, and why is it important for economic growth?
Human capital refers to the skills and knowledge of the workforce. It is important because a well-educated and skilled workforce can drive innovation and productivity
What river is the cause of water disputes between Israel, Jordan, and Syria
What is Jordan River
Which Southwest Asian country has a presidential democracy?
What is Turkey
Which economic system is characterized by government control over resources?
What is the term for the unequal distribution of water resources in Southwest Asia?
Water Inequality
What is entrepreneurship, and how does it contribute to economic development?
What is the name of the peninsula that Saudi Arabia is located on?
What is Arabian Peninsula
What is chosen by Parliament
What are the 3 basic questions of economics?
What to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce
How does water scarcity impact economic development in Southwest Asia?
What is limiting agricultural production, lack of drinking water
How does investment in capital goods affect a country's productivity?