SW Asia History
SW Asia is the birthplace of these three major world religions
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
This is the hard outer layer of Earth
What is crust
Oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground sits in
What are oil reserves
Natural gas, coal, and oil are known as this
What is fossil fuels
Oil remains _________ in ________ underwater/ground.
What is trapped and pockets (holes)
This religion dominated SW Asia
What is Islam
Wealthier countries with advanced economies are often known as
What are developed countries
Poorer countries with less advanced economies are often known as
What are developing countries
A useful material that is found in nature is called this
What is a natural resource
Fossils are the remains of these
What are dead plants and animals
Europeans did this to many SW Asian countries
What is colonize
Petroleum is another word for this type of fossil fuel, before it has been refined or processed
What is crude oil
This word means something that cannot be broken or passed through
What is impermeable
Having a limited amount of something is this
What is a nonrenewable resource
Large amounts of oil formed in SW Asia when this event happened (probably more than once)
What are the Arabian and Iranian tectonic plates slammed against each other
This event, which happened during different times in history, caused the creation of new countries throughout SW Asia
What is independence
This is the process of cleaning and separating liquids
What is distillation
HDI stands for this and examines these things in a country
What is Human Development Index
What is examines a country’s per capita GDP and other factors that reflect the general quality of life.
These will not run out or can be replaced
What is a renewable resource
The weight of _______, along with the Earth's ______, help create fossil fuels
What is water and heat
This empire lasted for about 600 years, and were centered in modern-day Türkiye
Who were the Ottoman Turks
Per Capita GDP means this and measures this aspect of a country
What is by or for each person
What is imeasuring a country’s development
GDP stands for this term and measures these things in a country
What is Gross Domestic Product
What is measures the value of all the goods and services produced in a country in a year
This is a way people get heat from within the Earth
What is geothermal
One reason a country's economy may not be doing well is because of this
What is too much reliance on oil (and not enough support in other economic areas)