Southwest Asia Unit

As members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) took control of domestic oil production in the 1970s and then what happened

• OPEC began to have more control over oil prices on the world market.

• OPEC began to have less control over oil prices on the world market.

• OPEC began to increase investments in alternative hydrocarbon initiatives.

• OPEC began to reduce investments in alternative hydrocarbon initiatives.

________________________________ a government that is ruled by one person, such as a monarch or dictator. 

• Oligarchy

• Confederation

• Autocracy

• Democracy

In Abdul’s country the government makes most of the economic decisions and consumer choice and entrepreneurship is limited.  The economic system in Abdul’s country is most likely ________________________________________.

• traditional

• command

• market

• pure

The relationship between literacy rates, standard of living, investment in human capital, investment in capital goods and GDP is

• countries that spend a larger percentage of the GDP investing in human capital and capital goods experience increases in literacy rate, standard of living and GDP.

• countries that spend a smaller percentage of their GDP investing in human capital and capital goods experience increases in literacy rate, standard of living, and GDP.

• countries that spend a larger percentage of their GDP investing in human capital and capital goods experience increases in literacy rate and standard of living and decreases in GDP.

• countries that spend a larger percentage of their GDP investing in human capital and capital goods experience decreases in literacy rate, standard of living and GDP

These  countries are in conflict over the use of the Jordan River

• Turkey and Syria

• Iraq and Saudi Arabia

• Israel and Egypt

• Isreal and Jordan

The process of desalination is

• adds salt to fresh water

• takes chemical from polluted water

• takes salt from salt water to make fresh water

• takes dirt from fresh water

The main reason for continuing conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors is

• Israel has nuclear weapons.

• Israel has a high tariff on Arab goods.

• there are no oil reserves in Israel.

• Arabs and Israelis want the same land.

The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 because

• to overthrow the communist government of Afghanistan.

• to gain access to oil supplies for the United States consumer.

• to defeat terrorist groups who had attacked the United States.

• to prevent Afghanistan from developing weapons of mass destruction.

Partitioning is described as

• extreme pride in one's own nation .

• the process of unifying a divided nation into one.

• to divide a country or region into smaller parts.

• the belief that all Jewish people deserve their own homeland.

After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, the European partitioning lead to regional conflict in Southwest Asia because

• there were few jobs available in the newly created counties.

• there are few natural resources available in the newly created countries.

• new political boundaries prevented people from immigrating to different areas.

• new political boundaries were formed without considering the cultural differences of the people.