Oil & Water Quizzizz

How do the driest countries of the region, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, get fresh water?

• They have large aquifers.

• They pump water out of oases.

• They depend on desalination.

• They rely on rivers.

Oil and gas are called fossil fuels because

• They are found inside dinosaur bones.

• they come from the remains of living things.

• they form the backbone of the world economy.

• they are usually discovered by archeologists.

Where are this region's two major rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, located?

• in Saudi Arabia, in the Empty Quarter

• in Yemen, in the mountainous highlands

• in Iraq, in the historical region of Mesopotamia

• between Oman and the United Arab Emirates

Why is farming difficult throughout much of the region?

• Much of the region is covered by desert and lacks fresh water.

• Farmers have left the business to focus on oil production

• Countries import their food and do not need to farm.

• The region is too mountainous for farming.

Some countries in the region, such as Kuwait and Qatar, have majority populations who are not Arabs because

• many immigrants have come to these countries.

• these countries have never had an Arab majority.

• most of the Arabs have left those countries.

• those countries did not have resources for their growing population.

What is the process of treating salt water to remove salts and minerals called?

• perspiration

• desalination

• consolidation

• remediation