Answer:
Turkey's strategic position directly influences U.S. policies vis-?-vis Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the Caucasus.
It has a growing strategic relationship with another long-term American ally, Israel, and it controls access to the Black Sea.
The successful exploitation and security of Caspian oil and natural gas reserves will certainly involve the transport of energy resources through Turkey, either overland or through the Bosporus, or both.
Turkey is a Muslim democratic country. The successful melding of Islam with a democratic, Western-oriented government serves as a model for many other nations in the region.
With regard to Greece, the strategic importance of the country has increased because of events in the Balkans over the last 10 years. Greece is certainly the most stable and economically viable country in that region. Greece's role in the region's development will grow even more as Balkan countries continue to struggle with their future.
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B. covers almost the entire Arabian Peninsula;
D. has very few people living there;
The Arabian desert is one of the biggest deserts in the world. It is also one of the hottest and driest places on the planet. This desert occupies almost all of the Arabian Peninsula, with only parts of the coastline and the mountains along the southern half of the coastline of the peninsula, not being part of it.
In one way or another, most of the desert have some water bodies in them, be it a river or a lake. The Arabian Desert actually doesn't have a single river in it despite its vastness. Because of the harshness of the desert, there's very few people living in it, with almost all of the population on the peninsula being located along the coastline.
The answer is rapid population growth, urbanization, industrialization.
