2023 SS Final Study Guide #2

What is the narrow water way located between the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea where most of the world's oil shipments are exported?

• Dead Sea

• Strait of Hormuz

• Suez Canal

• Jordan River

Why aren’t desalination used more in the Middle East?

• Most countries don’t know about this technology.

• Putting salt into water is bad for fish.

• No country is near the ocean.

• This technology is very expensive.

How has the building of dams created problems for countries sharing rivers in Southwest Asia?

• It is against the law to build dams along rivers.

• The United Nations own the water.

• Dams limit the water to other countries downstream.

• Dams are too expensive.

Why is the Persian Gulf important to the world?

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• transport of sand

• transport of oil

• farming

• desalination

The Ottoman Empire controlled the Middle East for hundreds of years. They used the area for all its natural resources. This is an example of ___________________.

• partitioning.

• imperialism/colonialism.

• independence.

• nationalism.

This ethnic group is the majority in the Middle East.

• Kurds

• Persians

• Jews

• Arabs

What is one of the greatest environmental issues facing SW Asia today?

• lack of oil

• food shortages

• lack of water

• shipping routes

Put the following religions in chronological order?

• Islam, Judaism, Christianity.

• Judaism, Christianity, Islam.

• Judaism, Islam, Christianity.

• Islam, Christianity, Judaism.

According to the 5 Pillars, a Muslim must agree to travel to ______________ at least once during their lifetime.

• Israel

• Jerusalem

• Dead Sea

• Mecca

Zionism is ___________________ .

• the belief that a Jewish country should be created in Alaska.

• the belief that all the world’s Jews should be killed.

• the hatred of the Jews.

• the belief that the world’s Jews deserve to return to their homeland in Palestine (Israel).