SW Asia

When you remove the salt from water is called _____________. 

• Scarcity
• Desalination
• Hydroelecricity
• Drip Irrigation

who is responsible for splitting up the region into these countries

• Amurica

• Europe

• Australia

• Russia

Very narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea; considered one of the most, if not the most strategic bodies of water on the planet.

• Suez Canal
• Tigris River
• Strait of Hormuz
• Jordan River

What is the major natural resource of the Middle East?

• Diamonds
• Apples
• Gold
• Oil

How has the discovery of oil in some Southwest Asian countries affected the economic development of this area?

• Those with oil need less water than the other countries around them.
• Having oil has made very little difference in the economy in this region.
• The discovery of oil has mean that no other industries have developed in the region.
• Those countries with oil reserves are much richer than those countries that have not found oil in their territory.

An area in the desert where vegetation is found because water is available.

• Oasis
• Wadis
• Kurds
• Salt Flat

What ethnic group in Southwest Asia takes up a portion of the population in the countries of Iraq,Syria, and Turkey

• The Kurds

• The Palestinians

• The Jews

• The Iraqis

What is the name of the highly contested city between the three monotheistic religions?

• Jerusalem
• Abu Dhabi
• Baghdad
• Tehran

Oil-rich nations in SW Asia protect their oil industries by creating what? 

• better transportation
• money for more foreign workers
• a cooperative organization (OPEC) for oil-producing nations
• marketing campaigns to increase demand for oil 

Why was there international support to create the state of Israel in 1948?

• the land was unoccupied at the time
• the Holocaust opened peoples' eyes to the persecution of the Jews
• Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a Jewish homeland
• all national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were promised homelands by the UN