What does the term entrepreneurship mean?

willingness to take the risk of starting a business

Which describes government under a dictator?

an all-powerful ruler has total control of the country

Why are oil and natural gas called fossil fuels?

They are the remains of once living things

The desalination process:

creates drinking water from seawater

What are some achievements of Muslim learning:

foundation of chemistry, invention of algebra

a group of countries that export oil

What is fundamentalism?

a belief that holy books should be taken literally

To help diversify, many countries in the region have:

improved education, encouraged investment and entrepreneurship

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1
What does the term entrepreneurship mean?
willingness to take the risk of starting a business
training new workers for jobs in the oil business
believing that men and women can share a business
understanding how to run your own business
2
Which describes government under a dictator?
government is elected by the people
a monarch inherits total control, there is no elected gov't
an all-powerful ruler has total control of the country
the king works with elected leaders
3
What is the Quran?
a story about a Sumerian king
five muslim religious duties
writing with wedge-shaped tools
the holy book of Islam
4
Why are oil and natural gas called fossil fuels?
Humans burn the bones left by Dinosaurs
They are made from water
They are the remains of once living things
5
What major rivers flow through Iraq?
Tigris and Nile
Mesopotamia and Nile
Mesopotamia and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
6
The desalination process:
creates drinking water from seawater
adds salt to oil
helps the region pump more oil
adds salt to underground water
7
What are some achievements of Muslim learning:
developed the first writing system
foundation of chemistry
created the first computer
invention of algebra
8
What is OPEC?
the capital of Iran
a group of countries that export oil
Arabian countries who trade with each other
a group of Arabian economic partners
9
Which type of leader is a political and religious leader?
president
king or queen
caliph
dictator
10
The plate beneath Arabia and Iraq is made of
glass that is very fragile
blocks of rocks and soil
very strong and stiff paper
plastic that won't break
11
Which group is the majority population in the region?
Kurds
Pakistanis
Arabs
Sri Lankans
12
What is fundamentalism?
a belief that holy books should be taken literally
a belief in one god
a way to expand the economy
separating government from religion
13
The roles of men and women in Islamic tradition are seen as
non-traditional
complementing each other
women have all of the control
men primarily raise the children
14
To help diversify, many countries in the region have:
improved education
created more oil
encouraged investment and entrepreneurship
limited water resources
15
What is monotheism?
belief in one god
beliefe in many gods
belief in two gods
belief in no gods
16
Which of the following is NOT a body of water surrounding Arabia?
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Sea
Red Sea
Gulf of Oman
17
When Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, the United States:
invaded and defeated Iraq
did nothing
quietly supported Iraq
sent troops to help Iran
18
Who defeated the Persian empire in 331 b.c.?
Saddam Hussein
Alexander the Great
Mohammed
Ibn Saud
19
Which individual or group practices terrorism?
Western engineers
Abd al-Wahhab
al Qaeda
the Ottoman empire
20
The tradition of "jihad" in Arabic means
terrorism
struggle
priest
head dress

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