3&4 Southwest Asia-Human Enviroment/Arabian Peninsula

Turkey’s Dams and Powerplants on the upper Tigris and Euphrates Rivers may causes what problems for Syria and Iraq?

• fear they will receive too much water for irrigation and hydroelectricity because they are down stream of the projects.

• fear they will receive less water for irrigation and hydroelectricity because they are down stream of the projects.

• fear they will receive polluted water for irrigation and hydroelectricity because they are down stream of the projects.

Noria or waterwheel is used to?

• lift oil from undergrand to the processing fields.

• lift sand from the dried riverbeds to the beach

• lift water from the river to the fields.

Ocean tankers that go through the Red Sea, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, and Straits of Hormuz are in danger of running aground causing an?

• oil spill in the desert

• oil spill in the mountains

• oil spill in the ocean

This area contains more than one-quarter of Saudi Arabia’s reserves of oil.

• Al Ghawar

• Shaybah Field

• Foroozan-Marjan

This religion is a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of its founder, Muhammad

• Judism

• Christainity

• Islam

The principal resource in the economy of the Arabian Peninsula is?

• Agriculture

• Oil

• Sand

What is the name of Islam's holy book?

• Bible
• Quran
• Torah
• Vedas

The purpose of OPEC is to help members control ?

• worldwide cooking oil prices by adjusting cooking oil prices and production quotas

• worldwide coconut oil prices by adjusting coconut oil prices and production quotas

• worldwide oil prices by adjusting oil prices and production quotas

The region was valuable to colonial powers for two reasons:

• (1)The Suez Canal, a vital link between colonial holdings in the rest of Asia and European ports, (2) Coconut Oil

• (1)The Suez Canal, a vital link between colonial holdings in the rest of Asia and European ports, (2) Baby Oil

• (1)The Suez Canal, a vital link between colonial holdings in the rest of Asia and European ports, (2) Oil

Desalinization – the process of ​ (a)   salt from ​ (b)   .

• removing
• seawater
• adding
• sewer water