The Arabian Peninsula Vocabulary Quiz

Which of the following is the largest peninsula in the world, and is home to many countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and Yemen?

• Arabian Peninsula

• Persian Gulf

• Seward Peninsula

• Kamchatka

What is the body of water to the southwest of Iran and Iraq that is important for the transportation of oil and has significant geopolitical significance?

• Arabian Peninsula

• Persian Gulf

• Bosporus

• Strait of Gibraltar

____________ are dry riverbeds that fill with water during occasional rainfalls in arid regions like the Middle East.

• Wadis

• Fossil Water

• Braided Rivers

• Glacial Lakes

What term refers to water that was trapped underground for thousands of years that is not replaced by rainfall and is a vital resource in the arid regions of the Middle East?

• Lakes

• Oases

• Wadis

• Fossil Water

What international organization, founded in 1960, seeks to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its member countries, ensuring stable oil markets?

• Embargo

• OPEC

• Shah

• Revolution

An ____________ is a government order that restricts trade or other economic activities with a particular country, often as a political protest or economic pressure.

• Barter

• Apartheid

• Embargo

• Boycott

What title was used by the rulers of Iran before the Islamic Revolution in 1979 when the country became an Islamic Republic?

• Czar

• Shah

• King

• Emperor

What term refers to a significant and often sudden change in a country's government or political system?

• Revolutions

• Embargo

• Petition

• Sanction

What is the capital city of Iran and one of the largest cities in the Middle East?

• Baghdad

• Budapest

• Constantinople

• Tehran

A government where religious leaders hold the highest positions of power and the state's legal system is based on religious law is known as a ____________.

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Anarchy