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Southwest Asia Today

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A word that means to "enjoy success" is

a)

capital

b)

prosper

c)

economy

2.

What is a major challenge of living in Southwest Asia?

a)

access to water due to the arid climate

b)

sandstorms

c)

government

3.

Modern irrigation systems are a form of technology that allowed farmers to

a)

participate in subsistence farming.

b)

plant on once dry land.

c)

export crops.

4.

_____________ was a techonlogy that allowed the population to grow in desert regions.

a)

capital

b)

nationalized

c)

desalination

5.

True/False: Saudi Arabia discovered oil in the 1900s.

a)

True

b)

Falso

6.

The world depends on oil to power vehicles and heat homes.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is causing farmland to be ruined, water pollution, and the buildup of salts in the soil?

a)

entrepreneurship

b)

the oil industry

c)

traditional economy

8.

Choose two countries that are leaders in oil production.

a)

Turkey

b)

Jordan

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Iran

9.

(a)   is a waterway that would be used for shipping oil.

10.

The removal of salt from seawater is

a)

oasis

b)

nationalized

c)

desalination

11.

Which economy bases the economic decisions on customs, traditions, and beliefs of the past?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

market

12.

Which economy uses bartering, when trading is done without money?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

market

13.

Which economy is described by the government owning most property, sets the prices of goods, and determines wages?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

market

14.

Communist countries follow a

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

market

15.

In a (a)   economy, private citizens own and control the economy.

16.

Competition between companies is

a)

free enterprise

b)

economic stimulus

c)

subsistence farming

17.

Farming mainly to feed the farmer’s family with little left over to send to market.

(a)  

18.

Government taking ownership of a company or industry.

(a)  

19.

A place in the desert where water can be found.

(a)  

20.

A person who organizes & manages their own business.

(a)  

21.

Money or goods that are used to make products.

(a)