Places
the holiest city of Islam to which many Muslims make a pilgrimage
Makkah (Mecca)
What best describes the past and present of bedouin tribes in the Arabian Peninsula?
They used to wander with sheep and goat herds and now mostly live in towns and cities.
Because Bahrain has little oil, it has
become wealthy by diversifying into finance and banking for its oil-rich neighbors.
Though there are Christians and Jews and people of other faiths in the Arabian Peninsula, the overwhelming majority of people are __________________________.
Muslim
The primary religion in Arabia is
Islam
Transportation of oil by supertankers can be interrupted by disputes near the region’s
choke points.
Religious people in the region see making a ________ as part of their duty to Allah, or God.
hajj to Mecca
The ________ industry provides significant wealth to most nations in Arabia.
petroleum (oil)
The most important resources on the Arabian Peninsula are
oil and freshwater
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is threatened
by both human activity and climate change.
the body of water that is “choked;” much of the world’s oil is shipped here
Persian Gulf
Nomadic bedouin tribes moved from place to place because
they needed to move their herds from one desert oasis to another.
an extremely dry climate
arid
T/F
New Zealand receives more rainfall than Australia.
True
T/F
New Zealand and Australia have similar climates.
False
Australia = dry
NZ = wet
the northern desert of red dunes
An Nafud
Aboriginal men used ________ as their primary hunting weapon.
boomerangs
T/F
The Great Barrier Reef is a UNESCO World Heritage site currently under threat from a variety of sources.
True
While most of Australia is flat, much of New Zealand is __________.
mountainous
The major source of conflict between the two branches of Islam is disagreement over
whether relatives of Muhammad should be his successors.
Among New Zealand’s leading exports are _________________.
Sheep and wool
Contemporary culture in Australia and New Zealand
blends indigenous, European, and Asian cultures.
A highly prized mineral in New Zealand is a greenstone or type of jade known as _________________________.
pounamu
The breakup of Australia and New Zealand from the early supercontinent Gondwana resulted in
the isolation and survival of unique animal and plant species.
For centuries, Aborigines used _________________________ to record their past.
rock paintings