Oil In Southwest Asia Review

Why does Southwest Asia have a lot of oil?

• This area was once covered by ancient oceans.

• The Iranian Plate and the Arabian Plate bumped up against each other.

• Pockets formed where oil and gas could collect and be trapped.

• all of these are correct

Which country of Southwest Asia has the greatest number of oil reserves?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Iraq

• Kuwait

It measures the total value of a country's economy by the things it produces and the services it offers.

• GDP Per Capita

• GDP

The amount of money someone in a country can expect to earn on average.

• GDP Per Capita

• GDP

A measurement that includes life expectancy, education, and GDP per capita which are used to rank countries into groups of development.

• HDI

• GDP

• GDP Per Capita

• Oil Reserves

the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread out over an area.

• distributed

• opec

• gdp per capita

• crude oil

How has oil improved the well being of people in Southwest Asia?

• Life expectancy has increased

• Infant Mortality Rate has decreased

• Life Expectancy has decreased

• Infant Mortality has increased

Which one, GDP or GDP Per Capita, gives a better measurement of the well being of people within a country?

• GDP

• GDP Per Capita

Which countries cannot pull their people out of poverty because they either do not have enough oil or they have spent their oil wealth on war materials?

• Iraq

• Yemen

• Kuwait

• Bahrain

What is the goal of OPEC members?

• A steady supply of oil being sold

• A steady supply of money flowing into OPEC countries from selling oil

• Keep prices steady with oil --not to low or too high

• all of these are the goals of OPEC