Oil and the Middle East

Match the following terms to their clues

• Strait of Hormuz

• Resources found on Earth

• Persian Gulf

• Waterway connects the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf

• Fossil Fuels

• Non-renewable; energy source

• Renewable Resources

• Body of water between Saudi Arabia and Iran

• Natural Resources

• Resources that are replenished

These resources are found in nature, but their supply is limited .

In the 1960s SouthWest Asian countries joined with other oil rich countries to form this organization. ​

• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

• OOISW (Organization of Oil in SW Asia

• ONG (Organization of Natural Gas )

The two natural resources found in Southwest Asia are :

natu. ral gas & oil

• true

• false

Underground oil and and natural gas were discovered in SW Asia in what year?

• 2000s

• 1500s

• 1990s

• 1900s

A temporary halt on oil supplies is known as an _________

Reserves of natural gas and oil are found in these SW Asian countries:

HINT: There are four (4)

How much of the world's oil supply is found in Southwest Asia?

• 25

• 50

• 40

• 75

OPEC _____ the oil in the world market (#242)

Countries with oil reserves are much _____ than those that have no oil in their territory (#240)