MENA Review

What is MENA?

• Middle East and North Africa

• Asia

• Africa

• SouthWest Asia

Why was OPEC created?

• To regulate the supply and price of oil

• to help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel

• to design new machinery to get oil out of the ground

• to keep countries that are not members from producing any oil

Identify the word that means removing salt from salty water

• Descaling

• Desalination

• Desaltination

• Distribution

What is the major natural resource for the Midde East

• Oil

• Sand

• Gold

• Diamonds

Most of the climate in MENA is_______

• Arid (dry) and semi-arid ( Partly dry )

• Wet and Dry

• Muggy and Dry

When the Middle East and North Africa were colonized, the Europeans left the legacy of...

• Their native languages

• The modern boundaries of the countries today

• Their cultural practices

• Their economic plans that still impact the area today

The most common climate within the MENA region is: 

• Mediterranean

• Temperate Grassland

• Humid Subtropical

• Desert

The country that has both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in it is...

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

• Iraq

The Arabian Peninsula is surrounded by these three bodies of water.

• Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea

• Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea

• Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea

• Arabian Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea

Which group of people migrated to Israel after WWI because of heritage to the region? 

• Christians

• Muslims

• Jewish

• Buddhist