Iraq and Arabia

Which two rivers in Iraq provide most of the fresh water in Iraq and Arabia?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Jordan

• Nile and Persian

• Mesopotamian and Sumer

What is the process in which salt water is converted to freshwater through evaporation?

• Desalination

• Desertification

• The Water Cycle

• Filtration

What natural resource is the primary source of wealth for most of the countries of Iraq and Arabia?

• Oil

• Salt

• Silk

• Sand

The region, meaning "between the rivers" where civilization began.

• Mesopotamia

• Persia

• Sumer

• Rome

First civilization in Arabia

• Sumer

• Egypt

• Persia

• Babylon

Empire who contributed to modern ideas of astronomy and mathematics.

• Egypt

• Sumer

• Babylon

• Arabia

What religion was founded in 600 AD in the Arabian Peninsula and continues to dominate the region to this day?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

Which sect of Islam was created by followers who believed that Muhammad's father-in-law should become the new leader of the faith?

• Sunnis

• Shias

• Kurds

• Al Qaeda

In 1980, Saddam Hussein led Iraq in a war against ____________ for control of their oil fields. Iraq was supplied with weapons for this war by the United States.

• Iran

• Bahrain

• Saudi Arabia

• Afghanistan

Why did the United States and the Coalition Forces invade Iraq in 1991?

• Iraq had invaded Kuwait for their oil fields using US-made weapons.

• Saddam Hussein had used mustard gas on the Kurds.

• 9/11

• The US thought that Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction"