______ is the smallest country in GCC countries

Saudi Arabia occupies about_____ of the area of GCC countries, with a population of about ____ million.

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to gain influence in the Gulf region in _____

The Charter of the GCC was signed on ____________,

The _______ Force is the military arm of the GCC, formed in 1984

Before ______ industry, date palm was the dominating crop of of Bahrain

At least _______ varieties of dates were grown in Bahrain.

Bahrain's cultivated area had been reduced from 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) before independence to

The cultivated land consists of about 10,000 plots ranging in size from a few square meters to

Agriculture Plots are distributed among approximately

Absentee owners rent their plots to farmers, generally on the basis of three-year contracts.

There are approximately 2,400 farmers, 70 percent of whom do not own the land they cultivate.

There are five revolutions of industrial revolution

The United States and Europe have been at the forefront of the Industrial Revolutions over the last two and a half centuries.

The First Industrial Revolution began in Britain with the invention of _____ machines

GDP stands for

The _________________ took place in Europe and the United States between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The USA, (West) Germany, and Japan led industrial growth and development during this revolution, exemplified by visionaries such as _____ and _____.

Who are the four Asian Tigers?

Mining contributes _______ to Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product and is responsible for 250,000 jobs,

Oman is the second largest country after Saudi Arabia in the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

Oman Mining Company LLC (OMCO) is a privately-owned company established by a Royal Decree based in Sohar, north-eastern Oman.

Mawarid Mining LLC is the only private sector company operating in the copper sector.

Alara Resources Ltd is an Arabian company with a mining license to work on the Al Hadeetha Copper Project.