World Geography Unit 11 Middle East

 Major factors in the development of civilizations along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers  included what?

• More land to be divided

• More productive and affecent waterways

• Migration and farming

• Irrigation and agriculture

_________ Is the most abundant resource in the region.

• Gas

• Oil

• Water

• Coal

 The ______ is a vast, Sandy Desert located in central Saudi Arabia.

• Sahara

• Rub'Ol-Khal

• Savanah

• Amazon

         The Strait of ____________ Is a strategic Waterway because it controls the only water access to the oil fields of the Persian Gulf.

•  The Strait of Hormuz

• Gulf Of Mexico

•  The Strait of Venzuzuela

•  The Strait of Hormon

Which of the following religions originated in the Middle East?

• Chritianity

• Islam

• Jewish

• Baptist

   What event led to the Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan War)?

• Slavery

• bombings

• 9-11

• British airstrikes

     Because the rich alluvial soil and steady supply of water has supported centuries of agriculture , the area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is sometimes called the  ______________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Moon

• Agriculture circle

• Half fertile

Following the Holocaust during World War II, many Jews wanted a homeland of their own. In 1947, the United Nations created the nation-state of ______.

• Jordan

• Afganasan

• Isreal

• Asia

  ____is an organization that seeks to control world oil prices by limiting

       production

• OPEC

• NAFTA

• LAMA

• SAEA

  Because oil is so vital to Modern industrial societies, it is considered a _____,  something so important that Nations will go to war to obtain or protect their supply.

• Renewable

• Non-renuable

• Expensive

• Valuable resource