North Africa & Southwest Asia: Natural Resources

The major commodity in North Africa and Southwest Asia is sometimes refereed to as:

• Tourism
• Dark gold
• Oil
• Black gold

The large desert in the Arabian Peninsula, Rub al-Khali, is home to this oil field:

• Sahara
• Suez
• al-Ghawar
• Palistinian

Southwest Asia produces _______ of the world's oil reserves.

• 3/5
• 3/4
• 1/2
• 2/3

Unprocessed petroleum is called:

• Oil
• Petroleum
• Crude oil
• Gas

This is a determining factor for where people live.

• sheep
• irrigation
• water
• rocks

The process of removing salt from water is:

• Salinization
• Filtration
• Deconstruction
• Desalinization 

Ancient methods of gaining access to water:
1. Rain traps
2. Animal powered water wheels
3. 

• Dams
• Wells
• irrigation systems
• Desalinization

Turkey's damming of the upper Euphrates is causing the lower Euphrates to dry up. Which theme of Geography is this an example of?

• Movement
• Human Environment Interaction
• Pull factor
• Place

What are the risks in transporting oil?

• War
• Birds
• Fish dying
• Oil Spills

What countries as the two main consumers of oil from Southwest Asia?

• U.S. and Canada
• France and Britain
• Europe and Canada
• Europe and the U.S.