HEI: Southwest Asia

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.

What is the suez canal?

• Man Made waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea by cutting through the Suez Isthmus.

• The boat from the titanic

• Man Made waterway that connects the red Sea and the indian ocean by cutting through the Suez Isthmus.

• None of these are correct

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

• pollution

Desalinization – the process of _____salt from ​______   .

• removing, seawater

• adding, the ocean

• removing, the land

Fossil Water is water pumped from underground aquifers.

• True

• False

Dams

A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.

• True

• False

What is a Qanat?

• a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.

• A machine used to stop pollution

• Used to remove salt from ocean water

What is an irrigation canal

• Removes water from the ocean

• A boat that transfers food and water

• a hydraulic system whose main objective is to convey water from a source (dam and river) to different users.

• none of the above

Opec stands for organization of petroleum exporting countries

• True

• False