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Which of the following bodies of water are extremely important for shipping in the Middle East, especially for the transport of oil?
i. the Suez Canal
ii. the Persian Gulf
iii. the Tigris River
A.
i only
B.
i and ii only
C.
ii and iii only
D.
i, ii, and iii

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
B. i and ii only

The Suez Canal and the Persian Gulf are critical shipping routes for oil (the Suez Canal for global transit, the Persian Gulf as the export area with tankers passing the Strait of Hormuz). The Tigris is not a major international oil-shipping route.