The Arabian Peninsula (CH 18 GEO)
Quiz by Paul Bachman
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- Q1
a system in which an employer sponsors a migrant worker by paying his or her
expenses
kafala
Shia
khat
Sunni
30s - Q2
a plant chewed as a mild stimulant and on which much groundwater is wasted
Shia
simoom
Najd
khat
30s - Q3
a brief but dangerously hot “poison” wind
Najd
shari’ah
simoom
Shia
30s - Q4
a “north” wind that blows sand and dust during midwinter and early summer
kafala
khat
shamal
Sunni
30s - Q5
the law of Islam which governs every aspect of a Muslim’s life
Makkah
hajj
shamal
shari’ah
30s - Q6
a branch of Islam that regards Muhammad’s son and the imams as rightful
successors
Shia
shari’ah
simoom
Najd
30s - Q7
a branch of Islam that regards the first four successors of Muhammad as his
rightful successors
Sunni
simoom
khat
Shia
30s - Q8
a religious journey Muslims are expected to complete at least once
hajj
Sunni
shamal
kafala
30s - Q9
the holiest city of Islam to which many Muslims make a pilgrimage
Makkah
shamal
hajj
kafala
30s - Q10
the central, desert portion of the Arabian Shield
Najd
shari’ah
hajj
Makkah
30s - Q11
Push and pull factors refer to
the political give and take between nations as they negotiate trade agreements
the annual process of planting and harvesting in the eastern lowlands
the process of drilling and extracting oil from the vast deposits under the deserts
the reasons people leave and are drawn to the Arabian Peninsula
30s - Q12
The Red Sea is an important resource because it
provides moisture that soaks the peninsula’s deserts during the summer monsoons
provides a buffer zone that protects the peninsula from invaders
contains significant deposits of oil and hosts many oil-drilling platforms
contains an unusually hardy coral reef
30s - Q13
Amnesty International and other human rights organizations are pressuring governments to
break the pattern of discrimination and abuse against nomadic bedouin groups
crack down on human rights abuses against immigrants
stop persecuting non-Muslims for practicing their faith
protect the rights of small landowners to drill for oil on their property
30s - Q14
Nomadic bedouin tribes moved from place to place because
they were persecuted by permanent residents and had no place of their own
they were searching for the lost holy city of Muhammad
they grew crops that quickly exhausted the weak soil in each area
they needed to move their herds from one desert oasis to another
30s - Q15
How have countries in the Arabian Peninsula managed freshwater, their most precious resource?
Most have maintained strict limitations on the use of freshwater so little is wasted
Most have drawn too heavily from aquifers and wasted it with poor irrigation methods
Most use much less water per person than western countries with greater freshwater resources
Most have refused to switch to desalination as a source because it is too expensive
30s