Question 1

used by oil tankers to enter and leave the Persian Gulf

Accepted Answer

Strait of Hormuz

Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Answer

Aral Sea

Answer

Suez Canal

Question 2

used to pass from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea

Accepted Answer

Suez Canal

Answer

Persian Gulf

Answer

Strait of Hormuz

Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 3

contains largest reserves of petroleum and natural gas

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf

Answer

Suez Canal

Answer

Aral Sea

Question 4

body of water that borders both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Accepted Answer

Aral Sea

Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Answer

Persian Gulf

Answer

Strait of Hormuz

Question 5

used to pass from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

Accepted Answer

Strait of Gibraltar

Answer

Persian Gulf

Answer

Strait of Hormuz

Answer

Aral Sea

Question 6

How has the Aswan High Dam affected the use of fertilizers by farmers along the Nile?

Accepted Answer

Farmers along the Nile must add fertilizers because the Damn controls flooding of farm land, which once added nutrient rich silt to the land.

Answer

Farmers rely on the flooding of farmland to add nutrient-rich silt to the land, so they don't use fertilizers.

Answer

Farmers don't use fertilizers along the Nile because it can cause pollution.

Question 7

How have oil revenues brought divisions to the region of N. Africa, and SW and Central Asia?

Accepted Answer

Some countries are wealthy if they have oil, but countries without oil reserves remain poor.

Answer

All countries are wealthy even if they don't have oil reserves.

Answer

Countries with oil reserves are generally poor countries.

Question 8

What is the only country in the region with enough timber to support a lumber industry?

Accepted Answer

Lebanon

Question 9

What is the only  factor below has NOT  hurt fishing in the Caspian and Aral Seas?

Accepted Answer

pollution of the seas

Answer

seawater has become too salty due to irrigation

Answer

irrigation projects

Answer

poaching (illegal fishing)

Question 10

The Strait of Gibraltar and the Khyber Pass both __________.

Accepted Answer

serve as trade routes linking different regions of the area.

Answer

are waterways.

Answer

are valleys between mountains.

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