world Geography

Question 0

A place where there’s an available supply of oil

Answer 0

Oil reserve

Question 1

Products derived from petroleum or natural gas is what?

Answer 1

Petrochemicals

Question 2

Desalination

Answer 2

A process where salt is removed from sea water

Question 3

Long networks of underground pipes that transports oil

Answer 3

Pipelines

Question 4

Suitable for growing crops

Answer 4

Arable

Question 5

The value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

Answer 5

GDP

Question 6

Economic goods produced

Answer 6

Commodities

Question 7

Aquifer

Answer 7

Underground water bearing layers of porous rocks, sand,

Question 8

In which sea has over fishing decreased fish catches?

Answer 8

Caspian Sea

Question 9

Which river has the Aswan High Dam?

Answer 9

Egypt: the Nile River

Question 10

What does the the Answan Dam do?

Answer 10

Controls the Nile’s floods and supplies nearly 50% of Egypt’s electric power

Question 11

What has the Aral Sea become?

Answer 11

It has become separate, smaller lakes

Question 12

What did the ancient desert city of Petra devise?

Answer 12

Water-divised methods of sharing scarce water

Question 13

Saudi Arabia is dependent upon what from other nations?

Answer 13

Agricultural products

Question 14

Why is tourism popular in this region?

Answer 14

It has religious and cultural importance

Question 15

The GDP of many countries in the region depend upon which products or industries?

Answer 15

Service industries, petrochemicals and tourism

Question 16

What are the main transportation routes in this region?

Answer 16

The Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia (train routes and roads)

Question 17

The ancient what is the route of communications superhighway?

Answer 17

Silk Road

Question 18

In which country does the “great man-made river” carry freshwater?

Answer 18

Libya

Question 19

Limited freshwater resources have forced countries to use what process?

Answer 19

Desalination

Question 20

What percent of the world’s oil reserves does this region have?

Answer 20

70%

Question 21

A system of pipelines transports oil overland to ports on which seas?

Answer 21

The Mediterranean, Red Sea, & the Persian Gulf

Question 22

What led to radiation pollution in Kazakhstan?

Answer 22

Kazakhstan was once home to Soviet Nuclear bases which leaked. They tested on nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.

Question 23

Who set the oil well fires in the Persian Gulf War and identify three types of damage done?

Answer 23

Iraqi troops

Question 24

Within which seas have the most serious environment problems occurred?

Answer 24

The Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, and the Aral Sea

Question 25

How were many of Central Asia's environmental problems caused?

Answer 25

Soviet Union

Question 26

Which type of mining operations contributes to the region's economic growth?

Answer 26

Coal & copper company

Question 27

Which country takes irrigation water from the Jordan river?

Answer 27

Israel

Question 28

Which countries are these? | One of the world's largest cotton producers?

Answer 28

Uzbekistan

Question 29

Which countries are these? | Subtropical agricultural region on the Black Sea?

Answer 29

Georgia

Question 30

Which countries are these? | World's largest exporter of phosphate?

Answer 30

Morocco

Question 31

Which countries are these? | Country whose economy thrives on oil production?

Answer 31

Saudi Arabia

Question 32

Which countries are these? | Country whose GDP is primarily based on service industries?

Answer 32

Bahrain

Question 33

Which body of water or strait are these? | Link between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea?

Answer 33

Strait of Hormuz

Question 34

Which body of water or strait are these? | Heavily polluted inland sea?

Answer 34

Caspian Sea

Question 35

Which body of water or strait are these? | Sea whose water level is sinking each year?

Answer 35

Dead Sea

Question 36

Which body of water or strait are these? | Link between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea?

Answer 36

Strait of Tiran

Question 37

Will this region solve its problem of water scarcity?

Question 38

Explain how and why Saudi Arabia and other countries are interdependent?

Answer 38

Interdependence is growing within the region Saudi Arabia and other countries depend on water, food, & advice on petrochemicals from the U.S. And in return, the U.S. Is dependent on their oil.