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Another name for a group controlling the worlds oil.
What is OPEC.
100
What is a wet fertile area in a desert that forms where underground water bubbles to the surface.
What is Oasis.
100
What is the persian name for a king?
What is a shah.
100
Who conquered Mesopotamia in the 500s, B.C?
What is Persians.
100
What is Iraq's official language?
What is Arabic.
200
What country is a influential member of OPEC?
What is Saudi Arabia.
200
What is water that is not replaced by rainfall?
What is fossil water.
200
What persian ruler conquered mesopotamia in 331 A.D?
What is Alexander The Great.
200
When did Alexander the great take over the Persian Empire in Mesopotamia?
What is 331 B.C.
200
When was the Iranian revolution?
What is 1978.
300
Who is the world's leading exporter of oil?
What is Saudi Arabia.
300
What is the name for a dry streambeds in the desert?
What is a wadis.
300
What type of government does Kuwait have currently.
What is democratic.
300
Who took over Mesopotamia in 600s AD?
What is the Arabs.
300
How did war damage Baghdad?
What is no running water or electricity.
400
What country tried to take over Kuwait's oil?
What is Iraq.
400
A muslim religious group that believe in the ability of the majority of the community to be able to interpret islamic teachings.
What is Sunni muslims.
400
What type of government is Saudi Arabia?
What is monarchy.
400
When did Mesopotamia become part of the Ottoman empire?
What is 1500s.
400
What is Iraq's population?
What is 27 million.
500
What country invaded Iran for their oil?
What is Iraq.
500
What is the limit on trade called?
What is an Embargo.
500
Who was elected Iraq's leader in 1979?
What is Saddam Hussein.
500
Who took over Iraq in WW1?
What is the Brits.
500
How much of Iraq's population are Kurds?
What is 15 to 20%.