1.The 17 countries of Middle Asia Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iran, Afghanistan
5.How was the Dead Sea formed? Formed thousand of years ago when Earth was heaved upon the south end of the area now controlled by Israel. Basically the outlet of the sea was blocked,creating the salt lake.
-Products that come from the Dead Sea that people purchase to cleanse their skin? They purchase products such as Dead Sea Mud and Dead Sea salt or products containing salt minerals from the sea such as a soap bar.
8.The good effect of oil for the middle east is that it maintains their economy, makes a good economy,has a high GDP, and a lot of profit is made by exporting it.Bad effects of oil is that it kills marine life, spills, and pollutes our waters that can cause disease or death. The importance of oil is that it brings profit for the nation, maintains its economy and brings millions each year helping the nation in wars and especially the educational system
10. Tension is caused between christians, muslims, and jews because they all want to claim the holy place of Jerusalem. They all claim to be the first and real religion ,therefore they should own Jerusalem. The effects of this tension between the is causing religious wars,and tearing or separating the nation.
*The major religions in Qatar are Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hindus, and Buddhist. *Qatar has 3 major languages which are Arabic ( main one), English, and Hindi. *The literacy rate of Qatar is 96.3 QATAR EDUCATION: *The education in Qatar has 3 primary levels which are Primary ( grades 1-6) Preparatory(grades 7-9) Secondary(grades 10-12) Children start kinder at the age of 3. Qatari's attend school 5hrs per day and are assigned to school based primarily on geographic location. In 2000-01 38,071 students in Qatar attended private schools; this is 35% of all students. 220 public schools in 2000-01 school year employed 9,218 school administrators and teachers, and served 71,325 students of which 63% were Qatari.
*Terrorism and U.S relationship And Qatar's Military Al-Qaeda is one of the most famous terrorist groups that has attacked Qatar. This was formed by Osama-binLadden.Qatar and the U.S are friends or allies. The us has provided military and logistic support for Qatar.In fact in 2001 and 2013 Qatar has recently signed defense pacts with the united states because they really need all the help they can get, because of the small military forces they have. Qatar military- second smallest in Middle East with an Army of 8,500, navy of 1,800, and air force of 1,500. They have even purchased U.s air and missile defense systems, ostensibly to defend themselves from Iran .
* Football ( soccer) is the most popular sport in Qatar. Major sports in Qatar: Football,cricket,golf,tennis, horse racing,and camel racing! Qatar sporting success- -winners of the football Gulf Cup twice,first in 1992and again in 2004. -2nd place at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Cup. Lastly Saif Saaeef Shaheen won the 3,000 steeplechase at the 2003 World Athletic Championship. Also a big part of Qatar hobbies is art and mostly on Fridays they perform traditional dances.