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Arabia & Iraq Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Large Shia Muslim populations are mainly found in

a)

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iraq.

b)

Qatar, Yemen, and Kuwait.

c)

Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman

d)

Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Yemen

2.

Over millions of years, heat and pressure from inside the Earth changed the decaying bodies of living things into

a)

oxygen and carbon dioxide.

b)

hydrogen and methane.

c)

oil and natural gas.

d)

nitrogen and kerosene.

3.

How has oil helped some countries in Arabia and Iraq become wealthy?

a)

Oil is not very expensive, so they can sell a lot and make enough money.

b)

Oil is a valuable resource and there is a great deal of it in the region that can be sold to countries.

c)

They don't have much oil in the region.

d)

They have no export economy, so the oil they have cannot be sold.

4.

Pressure from the Arabian Plate pressing against the Eurasian Plate created

a)

the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

b)

mountains in Iraq and Yemen.

c)

a broad valley along the shores of the Red Sea.

d)

fold traps in the African Plate

5.

Farming is possible in northeastern Iraq because

a)

desalination plants are located there.

b)

the Euphrates River flows through the region.

c)

the region receives some rainfall.

d)

moist air reaches the region from the Red Sea.

6.

Much of Arabia is heavily ____, meaning that most of the population is concentrated in cities.

a)

majority

b)

urbanized

c)

desalinated

d)

fossil fuels

7.

In most countries in the region, Arab Muslims make up more than half the population, meaning those people form a ______ group.

a)

majority

b)

desalination

c)

aquifer

d)

urban

8.

Because they are created from the remains of living things, oil and gas are known as ___.

a)

desalination plants.

b)

urban sprawls.

c)

fossil fuels.

d)

majorities.

9.

In very dry desert areas, people use a process called ___ to remove salt from seawater.

a)

urbanization

b)

desalination

c)

fosilization

d)

amalgamation

10.

Being able to sell their only natural resource at a high price to other nations has given the region of Arabia and Iraq a(n) ____.

a)

advantage

b)

disadvantage

c)

neither

d)

both