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3. Physical : 1  Question: How does the Mediterranean coast differ from other areas of Southwest Asia?  Answer: climate is suitable for growing crops Back to the Board

4. Physical : 2  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

5. Physical : 3  Question: Give 2 of the three descriptors of a salt flat  Answer: almost uninhabited Extremely hot Windy and dry Back to the Board

6. Physical : 4  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

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

8. Human 1 : 1  Question: What term describes an area in the desert where water is found?  Answer: oasis Back to the Board

9. Human 1 : 2  Question: What is the name of the founder of Islam?  Answer: Muhammad Back to the Board

10. Human 1 : 3  Question: What is the name of the movement to create and support a Jewish homeland in Palestine?  Answer: Zionism Back to the Board

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

12. Human 1 : 5  Question: Name 3 of the 5 pillars of Islam.  Answer: fasting Prayer Faith Pilgrimage Charity Back to the Board

13. Human 2 : 1  Question: What is the purpose of OPEC?  Answer: control the worldwide prices of oil Back to the Board

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

15. Human 2 : 3  Question: What is the holiest Jewish site in Jerusalem?  Answer: Western Wall (Wailing Wall) Back to the Board

16. Human 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

17. Human 2 : 5  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

18. Human 3 : 1  Question: What is necessary for large-scale farming to take place in the Middle East?  Answer: Dams and irrigation systems Back to the Board

19. Human 3 : 2  Question: What is the name for a resource that is so valuable that nations will go to war to ensure its supply?  Answer: strategic commodity Back to the Board

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

21. Human 3 : 4  Question: What is the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth?  Answer: The Dead Sea Back to the Board

22. Human 3 : 5  Question: Which of the following do foreign workers in the Middle East not experience? ○ Living in special districts ○ Receiving late to no wages ○ Feeling welcomed ○ Misunderstandings over customs  Answer: feeling welcomed Back to the Board

23. Issues : 1  Question: After the war during 19481949, who fled what is now Israel?  Answer: Palestinians Back to the Board

24. Issues : 2  Question: Which ethnic group tried (unsuccessfully) to establish a nation since the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after WWI?  Answer: Kurds Back to the Board

25. Issues : 3  Question: What organization was created with the intention of regaining land on the West Bank and Gaza Strip for Palestinian Arabs?  Answer: PLO Back to the Board

26. Issues : 4  Question: Which group of people consider themselves a stateless nation since the nation of Israel was created?  Answer: Palestinians Back to the Board

27. Issues : 5  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

28. Random 1 : 1  Question: About 83% of all Muslims belong to the branch known as what?  Answer: Sunni Back to the Board

29. Random 1 : 2  Question: What is the name of the hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee?  Answer: Golan Heights Back to the Board

30. Random 1 : 3  Question: What branch of Muslims live mostly in Iran and parts of Iraq and Afghanistan?  Answer: Shi’ite Back to the Board

31. Random 1 : 4  Question: The following all describe what river? ○ Flows through parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq ○ Valleys are well suited for agriculture ○ Ancient civilizations lived on its banks  Answer: Euphrates Back to the Board

32. Random 1 : 5  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

33. Random 2 : 1  Question: What organization helps members nations in the export of oil?  Answer: OPEC Back to the Board

34. Random 2 : 2  Question: What is the name of the strip of land on the west side of the Jordan River?  Answer: West Bank Back to the Board

35. Random 2 : 3  Question: What was the name of the government that controlled every aspect of life in Afghanistan until 2002?  Answer: Taliban Back to the Board

36. Random 2 : 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

37. Random 2 : 5  Question: Religious sites considered holy by both Muslims and Jews have resulted in fighting in which Middle Eastern city?  Answer: Jerusalem Back to the Board

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

39. How many barrels of petroleum are produced per day by Asia** and Oceania?

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