About Middle Eastern Countries
Oil-related
Current Events/Conflicts
Primate Cities
Aral Sea - Lesson 26
100
The country that is fighting Hamas and killing a lot of Palestinian people
What is Israel
100
Oil has increased the __________ of most Middle Eastern countries
What is GDP, or wealth
100
Several of you presented about this important conflict in which Israel has invaded __________ after the attack by Hamas in 2023.
What is Gaza?
100
This is the primate city in Hungary where the guy in the video was.
What is Budapest?
100
The Aral Sea is located in these countries/region
What are Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, or Central Asia?
200
The country famous for huge towers, artificial islands, luxury shopping, and now, a new chocolate brand
What is the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
200
Oil is a ___________ type of resource
What is non-renewable?
200
Ansley presented about a problem that is common to many Middle Eastern countries because they are in __________ (this) type of environment with little water.
What is desert.
200
The primate city definition is measured by cities' populations, but there is also this second factor, not based on numbers.
What is influence/importance?
200
The water from the rivers feeding into the Aral Sea mostly went into growing this crop
What is cotton?
300
The biggest country in the Middle East, very traditional and conservative, does public executions sometimes, buying up many sporting and entertainment events
What is Saudi Arabia
300
This is a reason that countries like Iraq do not have a lot of money even though they have a lot of oil.
What is conflicts, wars, or corruption?
300
Will presented about Syria where this problem like ISIS had increased because the country was unstable in a civil war.
What is terrorism?
300
One advantage of having a primate city in your country is how many jobs in the arts, education, and new companies/investment that it can create. This means that primate cities receive a lot of _________ (these) people
Who are immigrants, migrant workers?
300
The main negative effect other than the shrinking of the sea is that the water changed and became _________ (this).
What is saline, salty?
400
Country known for being the center of ancient civilization (Babylon), but unstable and dangerous. Had a crazy dictator named Saddam Hussein
What is Iraq
400
This organization has a lot of Middle Eastern countries and controls the price and flow of most of the world's oil.
What is OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)?
400
Jeremy presented about this company being bought out by Bahrain, likely to further promote its F1 race.
What is McLaren?
400
There are reasons such as this that Xavier spoke about the people that governments might want to not have their capital in the primate city.
What is overcrowding, overpopulation?
400
This is one reason why building a dam would help in restoring some of the lost water level in the Aral Sea, restoration.
What is that it can join disconnected parts, or create a reservoir, more force/flow at the point?
500
This country's name means 'two seas' in Arabic, was the center of the ancient Dilmun civilization, and famous for its pearl divers
What is Bahrain
500
Iraq invaded ___________ because of an oil conflict and then burned many oil wells. *Mr. Booth lived in this country
What is Kuwait?
500
Amelia talked about how Oman is dealing with challenges for its environment. Working on this industry has been a key part of what has made Oman different from the other Gulf countries.
What is ecotourism?
500
This is an important disadvantage of having a primate city, something we talked about way back when we did Mexico/Latin American countries.
What is social, or economic inequality?
500
What is watershed?