Ch. 24 – Oil in SW Asia
Geoterms:
_______________________________ Petroleum as it comes out of the ground, before it has
been refined or processed into useful products.
_______________________________ A resource that takes so long to form that it can’t be
replaced. Oil, which takes millions of years to form, is a nonrenewable resource.
_______________________________ Discovered oil that remains unused in the ground.
_______________________________ A resource that can’t be used up or that can be replaced
as quickly as it is used up. Sunlight, wind & geothermal energy are renewable resources.
Southwest Asia:
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Crossroads of____________________, ___________________ & __________________.
All 3 continents meet here at the __________________________________ Sea.

Ethnic groups include: _______________________, ________________________, and
______________________________.
Facts:
1. Oil Develops when the Remains of ____________________ & _____________________
fall to the ocean floor. Layers of sand build up over the remains. Over time,
____________________ & ___________________ change the remains to Oil.
2. Southwest Asia has over ___________________ of world’s oil reserves.
3. Millions of years ago this region was covered by _____________________ containing
plants & animals needed to make oil.
4. Movement of the Earth’s _____________________ creates pockets where oil can form.
5. Oil is not found equally in all ______________________. Some have more than others.
6. Having a valuable resource like ________________ brings wealth & power and also
death & destruction.
7. Iraq invaded _______________________ in 1991 to get their oil. When the Iraqis were
forced out by the U.S., they set fire to ___________________________ in retaliation.
Some fires burned for 8 months.
8. The royal family of ______________________________ is very wealthy due to oil
reserves, yet many people there live in poverty.
9. _____________________________ has small oil reserves. It is one of poorest countries.
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Ch. 24 – Oil in SW Asia
OPEC Stands for ____________________________of the _____________________________
_______________________________ ________________________________.
1. Has ______________ members – Six are from ______________________________ Asia.
2. Not all oil exporting countries are ______________________________ of OPEC
3. OPEC Wants to keep oil prices ______________________________.
4. Power of OPEC is limited:
a. Can’t control all of world’s ___________________________ sales.
b. Members don’t always act as a ____________________________.
The following countries all export or import oil:
1. _______________________________________
2. _______________________________________
3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
5. _______________________________________
6. _______________________________________
7. _______________________________________
8. _______________________________________
HDI Stands for: ______________________ ______________________ ____________________
HDI: The measure of how well people are living using factors such as _____________________,
__________________________, & ________________________.
Countries that invest in things such as education & Health Care have a higher
___________________ ranking than those that don’t.
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