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3. Category 1 : 1  Question: What is the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?  Answer: Western Wall (Wailing Wall) Back to the Board

4. Category 1 : 2  Question: Name 2 of the three risks of transporting crude oil?  Answer: Collisions of tankers Oil tankers run aground Leaks in pipelines Back to the Board

5. Category 1 : 3  Question: What is the name of the founder of Islam?  Answer: Muhammad Back to the Board

6. Category 1 : 4  Question: What is the holy city to which all Muslims hope to make a pilgrimage?  Answer: Mecca Back to the Board

7. Category 1 : 5  Question: What river serves as a partial border for Israel and Jordan?  Answer: Jordan River Back to the Board

8. Category 2 : 1  Question: What is the name for the cite where Muslims believe Muhammad rose to heaven?  Answer: Dome of the Rock Back to the Board

9. Category 2 : 2  Question: Give 2 of the three descriptors of a salt flat.  Answer: almost uninhabited Extremely hot Windy and dry Back to the Board

10. Category 2 : 3  Question: Name 3 of the 5 pillars of Islam.  Answer: fasting Prayer Faith Pilgrimage Charity Back to the Board

11. Category 2 : 4  Question: What organization was created to regain land currently under Israeli control for the Palestinian Arabs?  Answer: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Back to the Board

12. Category 2 : 5  Question: What is the name of a group of people living in areas of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran for the past 1000 years?  Answer: Kurds Back to the Board

13. Category 3 : 1  Question: What is the purpose of OPEC?  Answer: control the worldwide prices of oil Back to the Board

14. Category 3 : 2  Question: What is the name for a Muslim place of worship?  Answer: mosque Back to the Board

15. Category 3 : 3  Question: How does the Mediterranean coast differ from other areas of Southwest Asia?  Answer: climate is suitable for growing crops Back to the Board

16. Category 3 : 4  Question: About 83% of all Muslims belong to the branch known as what?  Answer: Sunni Back to the Board

17. Category 3 : 5  Question: What land feature in the Middle East is described as the “place where no one comes out.”  Answer: Rub al-Khali Desert Back to the Board

18. Category 4 : 1  Question: What group is characterized as being powerful in Afghanistan, supporting terrorism, and imposing strict laws on the behavior of people?  Answer: Taliban Back to the Board

19. Category 4 : 2  Question: ___________ resources are the skills and talents of the people.  Answer: Human Back to the Board

20. Category 4 : 3  Question: What is the name for the type of Government controlled by religious leaders who rely on religious law?  Answer: theocratic Back to the Board

21. Category 4 : 4  Question: Muslims living in mostly in Iran, as well as parts of Iraq and Afghanistan, belong to what branch?  Answer: Shi’ite Back to the Board

22. Category 4 : 5  Question: What is the purpose of a refinery?  Answer: convert crude oil into useful products Back to the Board

23. Category 5 : 1  Question: What is the name of the movement to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine?  Answer: Zionism Back to the Board

24. Category 5 : 2  Question: Who are the people who were displaced when Israel was created after WWII?  Answer: Palestinians Back to the Board

25. Category 5 : 3  Question: What is the name for foreign, mostly unskilled, laborers brought to the Middle East to fill jobs?  Answer: Guest Workers Back to the Board

26. Category 5 : 4  Question: What is the name for a nation of people who do not have land to legally occupy?  Answer: stateless nation Back to the Board

27. Category 5 : 5  Question: What is the name of the hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee?  Answer: Golan Heights Back to the Board

28. Which region of the world produces the least amount of Petroleum?

29. How many barrels of petroleum is produced per day by Asia** and Oceania?

30. Which region of the consumes the most amount of Petroleum?