Countries
What is the biggest oil producing country in Southwest Asia?
What fell to the ocean floor to begin the process of making oil?
The remains of plants and animals.
Oil money has improved the lives of many people. Name one way we discussed in class.
Life expectancy or infant mortality rate
Name 2 renewable resources:
solar, wind, geothermal energy, wood
True or False: The majority of the world's oil lies beneath Southwest Asia.
True
What is the smallest oil producing country in Southwest Asia?
Bahrain
What changed the remains into oil and natural gas?
pressure and heat
What did the King of Saudi Arabia have built to get him from his villa to the beach?
An elevator
Why isn't oil a renewable resource?
It takes WAY too long to make!
Where do most Americans get their oil from?
Gas stations
Which country did Iraq invade in 1991?
Kuwait
Layers of what built up over the remains?
sand
Which country did we discuss that spends money on war instead of helping it's citizens?
Iraq
What is geothermal energy?
energy produced by hot water from deep inside the earth.
What used to cover Southwest Asia?
Water
Which country produces the most oil?
Saudi Arabia
A layer of what kept most oil and natural gas trapped deep inside the earth?
cap rock
Why isn't everyone in these countries rich from the oil?
The wealth is not distributed evenly.
Why are we so dependent on oil and natural gas?
Modern forms of transportation run mainly on oil, power plants burn oil and natural gas to generate electricity.
What is the dominant religion of Southwest Asia?
Islam
Of the 10 countries we have learned about which one has the fourth largest amount of oil reserves? Hint: It's small.....
Kuwait
The Iranian Plate and Arabian Plate bumped into each other created space where oil and gas were formed and trapped. What are these plates called?
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Crude oil
What is the only country in the region that does NOT have a Muslim majority?
Israel