Chapter 32 - Oil in the Middle East LEFT
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Oman
Yemen
Syria
Bahrain
What is a renewable resource? You can keep buzzing in.
Sunlight
Wind
Geothermal Energy
Waterpower
Trees
What was Istanbul called before Istanbul? I will take two answers.
Constantinople
Byzantium
What does potable mean?
Drinkable
What does HDI stand for?
Human Development Index
True or false: Every country in the middle east has the same amount of oil
False
In the activity we did with trading the colored cards. What location was the best location to be at?
The big city in Country 2
What happens during salinization?
Water or Soil becomes salty
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What is oil pumped out of the ground called?
Crude Oil
What makes the largest city in a country a primate city?
It has double the amount of people of the next largest city.
The condition that occurs when people do not have enough clean, fresh water to meet their everyday needs
Water Stress
What is the goals of OPEC?
Regulate how much oil they sell
What are the TWO coalitions formed against Iraq in the Persian Gulf War?
Oil importing countries
Oil exporting countries
What aspect of the site of Constantinople helped it defend from attacks?
It was surrounded by water on three sides.
What crop contributed a lot to the creation of the new desert in the Aral Sea region?
Cotton
You need to state at least 3 steps of how Oil if formed
Tiny plants and animals died and sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Layers of rocks and sand built up over the remains.
Pressure and heat changed the remains into oil and natural gas.
A layer of cap rock kept most oil and natural gas trapped inside earth.
Why did the Persian Gulf War begin?
Iraq invaded Kuwait and took control of the oil reserves.
Cities
Damage to or destruction of the natural environment
Environmental Degradation