Why was the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) created?

• To compete for sales and undercut one another.   

• To determine the government leaders for each member nation

• To limit the selling of petroleum to other member nations.   

• To determine how much oil to produce and bargain for the price of oil

Historically, why are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers important?

• They dried up over time and created a large desert.   

• The first civilizations started there.

• The first modern political revolution started there.

• They supplied all the water for Iran.

Omid wants to take a pilgrimage to Mecca.  According to the Five Pillars of Islam, what would this trip be called?

• Salat   

• Shahada   

• Hajj

• Sawm   

Persians, from modern-day Iran, devised an innovative way to transport water. These devices used underground tunnels to extract groundwater from below mountains and transport it downhill, where it was used to irrigate cropland. What were these devices called?

• Cisterns

• Qanats  

•   Wells  

•   Aqueducts

With regards to Southwest Asia, what was the purpose of the League of Nations?

• Establish Christianity as the only religion in the region

• .    Give portions of the former Ottoman Empire to China.     

• Give portions of the former Ottoman Empire to European powers.  

• Establish Israel as an independent country.

What is one of the original disagreements between the Sunni and Shia followers of Islam?

• How people should be taxed     

• Which holy scripture to follow  

• Who should have succeeded Muhammad as the leader of the Muslim faith

• What type of government should exist   

Ajiad wants to visit a prominent mountain chain in Southwest Asia.  Where should he go?

•   Atlas Mountains   

• Himalayan Mountains

• Zagros Mountains   

• Alpine Mountains

Saakshi wants to learn more about how the Australian and Eurasian Plates are moving in Indonesia.  What type of tectonic action should she research?  

• Subduction   

• Boundary

• Transformation      

• Convergent

What was the original reason for building Angkor Wat?

• To serve as the king’s state temple in support of Islam         

• To serve as the king’s state temple in support of Christianity

• To serve as the king’s state temple in support of Buddhism

• To serve as the king’s state temple in support of Hinduism

Found in Southeast Asia, what is an entrepôt?

• A large temple  

• A government building

• An entertainment center

•   A commercial center of trade