Southwest & Central Asia: How "Black Gold" Has Shaped a Region

Why is oil considered a nonrenewable resource?

• It is found deep in the ground.
• It is used to produce electricity.
• It creates pollution when burned.
• It takes millions of years to form.

Why is so much of the world’s oil buried under Southwest Asia?

• This area was under water millions of years ago.
• 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 the above

Why did many oil-exporting countries join the United States in opposing Iraq in the 1991 Persian Gulf War?

• They believed that Iraq was a threat to their oil reserves.
• Iraq was threatening the United States with its nuclear weapons.
• They wanted to make sure that natural gas would continue to flow into their countries.
• Iraq was selling too much oil and causing oil prices to plummet.

What is Southwest Asia’s “hidden treasure”?

• Coal
• Gold
• Oil
• Diamonds

Large reserves of which other fuel (besides oil) can be found in Southwest Asia?

• uranium
• natural gas
• wood
• hydrogen

What does OPEC stand for?

• Oil Plastic Energy Container
• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
• Oil petroleum energy countries
• Organization of Plastic Energy Countries

Which of these forces slowly turns the remains of plants and animals into oil?

• Solar energy and wind power
• The mixing of water and gases
• Underground pressure and heat
• Nuclear power

Oil is pumped out of the ground in the form of

• gasoline.
• crude oil.
• cap rock.
• uranium.

What do the countries in this list have in common? United States, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Japan, Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates

• They all belong to OPEC.
• They all export or import oil.
• They all rank low in the HDI.
• They all have large oil reserves

Which of the following is a renewable energy resource?

• uranium
• natural gas
• wind
• crude oil