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What forces in the earth have shifted the physical features in this region?
Tectonic forces
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What is the two most important natural resources in the region?
Oil and Water are the two important natural resource
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What language does a majority of this population speak?

Arabic

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What is the capital of Iran?

Tehran 

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What is an oasis?
A place where a spring bubbles to the surface desert areas and plants grow.
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What is the primary economic factor for countries along the Persian Gulf? 

Oil and gas production

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Who built the first known cities?
The Sumerians
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Saudi Arabia produces roughly _.__ million barrels of oil a day!

8.25

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What is the tallest range in Afghanistan?

Hindu Kush

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What are the main sources of water in Iraq?
The Tigris and Euphrates
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What is the unifying cultural feature of the region?
Islam
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In the 1200's, this group pushed through Afghanistan and Iraq.  They were able to take control.

Mongolians

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What are exotic rivers?

Rivers that begin in humid regions and then flow across dry areas

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What important factor is accounting for Saudi Arabia's influence in world affairs today?
Their oil wealth
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What is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan

Pashtun

400

What are Bedouins

a nomadic groups of this desert region

500

The Persian Gulf and the interior Southwest Asia is located on this peninsula.

Arabian Peninsula

500

What is OPEC?

Its stands for organization of petroleum exporting countries. This organization influences oil prices by controlling supply.

500

Who is Muhammad?

He reported that a message of God, the angle Gaberiel, told him to preach the word of God. He established in Islam

500
What is Theocracy?
A country governed by religious law.