Mid Spring DPM

The Middle East is globally important because

• it is part of the world

• It contains about 2/3 of the world's known petroleum (oil)

• It consists of desert terrain

• It has many religions

The main purpose of OPEC is to manage the quantity and price of oil.

• True

• False

By managing the price of oil, OPEC causes what to happen?

• Problems

• Oil shortages

• the fluctuation in the price of gas

• more cars being manufactured

Which of these is an example of human interaction with technology and the environment?

• Hurricane winds eliminating flood conditions

• decomposing plants

• wind erosion soil

• Building the Aswan Dam for flood control

Which news headline goes with Arab Spring?

• Oil fields invaded

• Chemical weapons searched for in Iraq

• Dictators overthrown

• Negotiations Resume

Negative economic effects of European colonization include?

• Little money left for roads, education, airports, etc.

• citizens being free of European influences

• influencing art and music

• reducing debt

Which religious observances are significant to Judaism?

• Christmas

• Easter

• Ramadan

• Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah

What is desalination?

• sailing

• increasing salt

• removing salt from water

• removes sinus pressure

If countries in the Middle East have desalination plants (factories), how does that help them?

• Solves a problem of a shortage of a natural resource (water)

• it doesn't, it actually hurts the water

• it provides transportation infrastructure

If a population pyramid has a lot of children, that country could benefit from having what?

• senior living facilities

• less government funded transporation

• educational opportunities

• employment opportunities