2B Geography of Persian Gulf

The interior of the Persian Gulf region (Rub al-Khali) is known as the _______________ because it is the driest region of the world and lacks any water sources.

• Empty Quarter

• Death Valley

• Fertile Crescent

• Iranian Plateau

Ancient Civilizations such as the Sumerian and Persian Empires settled in the ______________ of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers for accessible water for irrigation and trade accessibility.

• Fertile Crescent

• Arabian Peninsula

• Empty Quarter

• Sinai Peninsula

The prophet Muhammad established a Muslim community in Medina which eventually spread the religion of ___________ throughout the Middle East.

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Hinduism

The language of Arabic began to spread throughout the Middle East (cultural diffusion) because the Islamic holy text, the __________ was written in Arabic.

• Qu'ran

• Ka'ba

• Burj Khalif

• Torah

Every year, approximately two million devout Muslims make a holy pilgrimage known as a __________ to Mecca to the see of the site of the sacred shrine the Ka'bah.

• hajj

• jihad

• sharia

• sunni

Saudi Arabia is an ally of the US; the nation is vitally important to the export of oil and a leading member of ___________ an organization of the world's leading petroleum exporters.

• OPEC

• ISIS

• Al-Qaeda

• Arab Union

The nation of _______ is a major concern for the US because the nation's political instability and negative attitude toward western nations could cut off oil exports to the rest of the world.

• Iran

• Kuwait

• Syria

• Yemen

In 1973, the Middle East placed an ________ on oil exports to the US; as a result, gas prices skyrocketed causing an economic recession; however, the US began to make efforts to be less dependent on foreign nations for oil.

• embargo

• tariff

• subsidy

• sanction

Islamic fundamentalists typically follow a stricter form of ___________________________ which is considered grotesque by non-Islamic society due to its harsh treatment of women and non-Islamic populations.

• Sharia Law

• Torah Law

• Draconian Policy

• International Cooperation

In the 1989, Iraq invaded Kuwait to gain control of the smaller nation's rich oil supplies; however, a US led coalition pushed back the Iraqi forces in the ______________.

• Persian Gulf War

• Ottoman Invasion

• Butcher of Baghdad

• Persian War