Southwest ASIA

What does OPEC stand for?

• Options for Purifying Energy Communities

• Organization for Purifying Energy

• Oil, Park Education, and Community

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

What country if the largest producer of oil

• Israel

• Indonesia

• Saudia Arabia

• United States

What country is the largest consumer of oil

• United States

• Israel

• Parkistan

• Saudia Arabia

Why is desalination not the best answer to providing freshwater to people in need?

• you can never get the salt out

• the water tastes THE WORST

• it is expensive and takes a TON of energy

• it is unhealthy water

What is desertification

• its when you take the salt out of sea water

• when everyone leaves because there was a problem in the country

• when you eat a lot of sweets

• when fertile or arable land becomes desert

Which region of the world has the LEAST amount of freshwater resources?

• Southwest Asia and North Africa

• Europe

• South America

• North American

When Israel became a country on May 14th, 1948, which country recognized and supported them right away and started a long history of supporting Israel with money and military aid?

• England

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• United States

Soon after Israel became a country, war started with Israel's neighbors attacking from all sides, who won the wars?

• Israel

• United Kingdom

• Jordon

• Uzbekistan

The event of Sabra and Shatilla stopped a peace agreement from being made between Israelis and Palestinians and was used as a recruitment tool for which terrorist leader?

• Osama bin laden

• Vladimr Putin

• Hitler

• Stalin

Why do many terrorists blame USA for the conflict in Palestine?

• because the US has given Israel over 56 trillion dollars in military aid

• because the US supported the Taliban during the Cold War

• because the US drained the Dead sea

• because the US stole oil from Saudi Arabia