Southwest Asia aka the Middle East

Crude Oil

• A type of oil used for cooking

• Gasoline for cars

• Petroleum before it has been refined

• Oil that has been discovered but remains in the ground

What is a Primate City

• City of monkeys

• The governmental center of a country

• Largest most important city

• A city of influential people

Damage to the natural environment

• Environmental degration

• Groundwater

• Water Stress

• Salinization

What is a developed country?

• A country going through industrialization

• A country abundant with natural resources to trade

• A highly populated country

• A wealthy country with a good economy

What has money from the sale of oil been able to do for Southwest Asia?

• Make a push for renewable resources

• Cause people to leave the area

• Make it rich

• Grow in religious freedom

What is the only country in the region without a Muslim majority?

• Yemen

• Israel

• Kuwait

• Syria

What isn't a major religious in the region?

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Persians

• Tuareg

What is NOT a way oil has made people better off in the Middle East?

• Life Expectancy

• High GDP

• Equal Distribution of Wealth

• Low Infant Mortality Rate

Which country has the most oil?

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Kuwait

• UAE

What is the goal of OPEC?

• Make as much money as they can for the countries that belong to it

• Regulate oil prices as not too high or not too low

• Regulate Mining in the area

• Funding the military to protect oil reserves