Vocabulary Words
Oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground.
Oil reserves
What was the Middle East under millions of years ago?
Millions of years ago the area was underwater.
Which country in Southwest Asia has the highest HDI?
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
What is one of the goals of OPEC members?
For oil prices to be steady and there is a steady supply of oil being shipped from the Middle East.
What is Southwest Asia's biggest resource?
Oil
Petroleum as it comes out of the ground and before it has been refined or processed into useful products.
Crude oil
Are oil reserves distributed equally among the countries of Southwest Asia?
No.
Since 1990-1991, why hasn't Iraq been able to end poverty in their country?
An Iraqi dictator used oil money on building an army, buying weapons, and fighting wars instead of helping citizens.
Name one of the two types of coalition members in the Persian Gulf War.
1. Oil Importers 2. Oil Exporters
What was the name of the Iraqi dictator?
Saddam Hussein
A resource that takes so long to form that it can't be replaced.
Nonrenewable resource
Which country in Southwest Asia has the most oil reserves?
Saudi Arabia
How do you calculate per Capita GDP?
Gross Domestic Product divided by the number of people in a country.
Name one of four Southwest Asian countries aren't OPEC members?
Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, and Oman.
What three factors make up a country's HDI?
Human Development Index includes Per Capita GDP, Life Expectancy, and Education
A resource that can't be used up or can be replaced quickly as it is used up.
Renewable resource
Which country in Southwest Asia has the least oil reserves?
Bahrain
Which country in Southwest Asia had the lowest HDI?
Yemen
Name one of the two realities that make OPEC's power limited.
1. They don't control all of the world's oil. 2. OPEC members don't always act as a united group.
Who started the country of Saudi Arabia? Last name is fine.
King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
Oil and coal are examples of which term?
Nonrenewable resources
What is oil made out of?
Plant and animal remains.
Human Development Index
Name one of the three countries in Southwest Asia are OPEC members and were top contributors to the costs of the Persian Gulf War?
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the U.A.E
Name the Gulf that is near the top oil contributors in Southwest Asia. It was also the name of a war that took place in the 1990s.
Persian Gulf