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Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows.
A satellite map of the Middle East. The west coast of the Arabian peninsula and western Iraq is circled.
Image courtesy of NASA
Which major economic activity in the Middle East occurs largely in the area circled on the map above?
A. diamond mining
B. farming
C. nomadic herding
D. oil production
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D. oil production
That region (especially Saudi Arabia and Iraq) contains large petroleum reserves and many oil fields/refineries — the Middle East's economy is dominated by oil extraction and export.
That region (especially Saudi Arabia and Iraq) contains large petroleum reserves and many oil fields/refineries — the Middle East's economy is dominated by oil extraction and export.
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