Middle East Govt/Econ/Pop
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- Q1Which Middle Eastern countries have a Parliamentary Democracy?Saudi Arabia and IranTurkey and IranIsrael and Saudi ArabiaIsrael and Turkey30s
- Q2What kind of govt does Saudi Arabia have?constitutional monarchyabsolute monarchyparliamentary democracytheocracy30s
- Q3Iran has a govt that is based on its religion, with the religious leader having the most power. What kind of govt is this?oligarchyreligious democracytheocracymonarchy30s
- Q4Which Middle Eastern countries give the govt leader more power than the religious leader?Israel and Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia and TurkeyTurkey and IsraelTurkey and Iran30s
- Q5Which Middle Eastern county has a govt leader who is also the head of the religion?IsraelSaudi ArabiaTurkeyIran30s
- Q6Who has the most power in Iran?citizens by votingSupreme Leader - head of religionPresident - head of govtNational Assembly - legislative branch30s
- Q7In some Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, most of the people are Muslim and their laws, rights, freedoms, and govt and economic decisions are based on their religious beliefs. These countries follow _________.Jewish customs and traditionsArab customs and traditionsIslamic Lawbasic human rights30s
- Q8Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran all have what kind of economy?traditionalmixed commandmarketmixed market30s
- Q9Israel doesn't specialize in anything and produces many different things, keeping their economy strong and keeping them from relying too much on one industry. Because of this their economy is ________________.the weakest economy in the Middle Eastthe most diverse economy in the Middle Eastthe most dependent on oilthe most limited economy in the Middle East30s
- Q10Israel is disliked by many of its neighbors and its population is growing very quickly. These are both big problems for the economy in Israel. This means the biggest problems facing Israel's economy are ______________.national security and water shortagesnational security and immigrationimmigration and droughtslack of oil and not enough water30s
- Q11What natural resource are many Middle Eastern economies based on?diamondsoiltourismwater30s
- Q12In the Middle East a lot of countries didn't invest in human capital, so people have little education or skills training. This makes it difficult for them to get good jobs. Which of these is a result of this?many oil companies are leaving the Middle East in search of oil form countries with a skilled workforceabout 1/3 of Saudi Arabia's roads are not pavedmany women are unable to work, because Islamic law says they can't do certain jobsabout 1/3 of Saudi Arabia's jobs go to foreign workers, especially in the oil industry30s
- Q13Until recently Turkey was trying to join the European Union. This was possible because although most of Turkey is in Asia, a small part is in Europe. Even though many Middle Eastern countries have high GDP's due to oil, most citizens don't have as high a standard of living as many countries in Western Europe, where the average income is much higher than SW Asian country's. Which of these is a result of this?Turkey doesn't trade very much with anyoneTurkey does most of their trade with western EuropeTurkey does most of their trade with countries in SW AsiaTurkey does most of their trade with Africa and the Americas30s
- Q14What does OPEC stand for?Oldest Petroleum Exporting CompaniesOrganization of Petroleum Exporting CountriesOrganized Petroleum Exporting CommandersOptional Petroleum Exporter Companies30s
- Q15What does OPEC do?determines how much oil all oil producing countries can sell each yeardetermines how much oil its member countries produce and sell each yearset the price of gasoline for its member countriesdetermines who is allowed to sell oil and who isn't30s