Quiz 12

Question 1

What is the name of the process by which green plants convert carbon dioxide, water and energy from the sun to form simple sugars and oxygen?

Answer 1

Photosynthesis

Question 2

Where and over what period of time have fossil fuels been formed?
Where:
A.  In the ocean
B.  In the atmosphere
C.  Under thick layers of rock
When:
D.  Since the last Ice Age
E.  Hundreds of millions of years
F.  Billions of years

Answer 2

C & E

Question 3

Who is president of Iran?

Answer 3

Hassan Rouhani

Question 4

What are the three fossil fuels that account for over 75% of global energy production?

Answer 4

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

Question 5

In what year was the Islamic Republic of Iran founded?

Answer 5

1979

Question 6

What variety of Islam is practiced by most people in Saudi Arabia?

Answer 6

Wahhabism

Question 7

Name the capital cities of the six (6) members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that are located in the Persian Gulf.

Answer 7

Tehran, Baghdad, Kuwait City, Doha, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi

Question 8

What three countries are watered by the Euphrates River?

Answer 8

Turkey, Syria, Iraq

Question 9

Of the countries of the MENA region, which capital city is located furthest to the south [south]?

Answer 9

Sanaa