HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Diamonds
|
|
|
Apples
|
|
|
Gold
|
|
|
Oil
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Today, abundant petroleum fields dominate the area’s economy. The Middle East is similarly disproportionately rich in natural gas (32 percent of the world’s known natural gas reserves are in the region) and phosphate (Morocco alone has more than half of the world’s reserves).
Detailed explanation-2: -Without oil our machines, many of our factories, our way of life would come to a halt. Without oil we could not hold the sea, which permits us to hold together the far-flung fragments of the Free World and thereby keep an uneasy peace.
Detailed explanation-3: -For some countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, oil represents more than 85 percent of the nation’s natural resource worth, according to the report. Saudi Arabia has nearly 20 percent of the world’s oil-the greatest share among all countries.