ANSWER KEY
Date:
Core:
World Geography
Middle East Test:
Review Sheet #1
Directions: Answer all of the following questions without the use of your notes/handouts. Circle the questions
that you have difficulty with and then look up the correct answers.
1. What is desalinization? The process of removing salt from water to make it drinkable
(Oil & Water: Valuable Natural resources of the
Middle East handout
2. What percentage of the earth’s oil can be found in the Middle East? Roughly 60%
(Oil & Water: Valuable Natural resources of the
Middle East handout)
3.
What does OPEC stand for? Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries
(Oil & Water: Valuable Natural resources of the
Middle East handout)
4. What is the purpose of OPEC? To make as much money as possible from the sale of oil
(Oil & Water: Valuable Natural resources of the
Middle East handout)
5. What percentage of the earth’s water can be found in the Middle East? Less than 1%
(Oil & Water: Valuable Natural resources of the
Middle East handout)
6.
Use the laws of supply and demand to explain why the price of oil is so much lower in the
Saudi Arabia than it is in the USA. The supply of oil is much higher in Saudi Arabia than it is in the
United States than in Saudi Arabia. Since the supply is so high, the price is much lower.
(Mental Warm-Up: Basic Economics Revisited
handout, Distribution of Oil & Water in the Middle
East worksheet)
7.
What does the word “arid” mean? Dry (like the climate of the Middle East)
(Oil & Water: Valuable Natural resources of the
Middle East handout)
8.
When did Operation Desert Storm begin (what year)? 1991
(The First War with Iraq: An Examination of Operation Desert
Storm handout)
13. Operation Desert Storm began after Iraq invaded the small, oil-rich country known as Kuwait
(The First War with Iraq: An Examination of Operation Desert
Storm handout)
14. Who won the Operation Desert Storm? The United Nations collation of the USA, Europe, Russia &
China
(The First War with Iraq: An Examination of Operation Desert
Storm handout)
15. Define the term “trade embargo”. When you stop trading with a country
(Iraq in Times of Peace: The Growth of Anti-American
Sentiment in the 1990s handout)
16. Describe the “Oil for Food” program adopted by the United Nations in 1996 (be sure to
mention why the United Nations used this policy). The UN allowed Iraq to trade its oil for food
and medical supplies. The UN set up this program to help the people of Iraq and to prevent Hussein
from getting money which he might use to re arm the country_
(Iraq in Times of Peace: The Growth of Anti-American
Sentiment in the 1990s handout)
17. What are weapons of mass destruction? Weapons of Mass Destruction – weapons that are capable
for causing large, long lasting damage to an area
(Iraq in Times of Peace: The Growth of Anti-American
Sentiment in the 1990s handout)
18. In 2001 Saddam Hussein said, “we are not at all seeking to build up weapons or look for the most
harmful weapons…however, we will never hesitate to possess the weapons to defend Iraq and the Arab
nation.” How did the United States interpret those words?
The US believed that this quote indicate that Hussein might be trying to acquire WMDs for Iraq_
(Iraq in Times of Peace: The Growth of Anti-American
Sentiment in the 1990s handout)