OPEC & Water Scarcity Questions

What does OPEC stand for?

• Oil Producing Economic Countries

• Outside Producing and Exporting Countries

• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

• Oil of Persian Exporting Cities

OPEC is responsible for:

• Regulating the supply of oil to maintain stable prices

• Producing renewable energy

• Mining for diamonds

• Managing trade agreements

What are 2 issues with having an abundance of oil?

• wealthy cities stay wealthy and poor stay poor

• world peace

• overpopulated cities

• economic growth

What are 2 benefits of having an abundance of oil?

• civil unrest and rebellion

• creates job opportunities

• Higher taxes and government control

• creates powerful wealthy countries

The peninsula that has more than half the world's oil reserves is:

• Arabian Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Balkan Peninsula

• Scandinavian Peninsula

Water is scarce because:

• it is found everywhere

• it is not spread equally around the world

• it is not essential for life

• every country has major rivers

What are 2 problems caused by water scarcity?

• livestock dies

• drought and less farms

• reduced pollution

• balanced ecosystems

What is desalination?

• The process of removing salt from sea water to drink and farm.

• The process of adding salt to fresh water.

• A method of fishing from the ocean.

• A technique for purifying air.

What are 2 benefits of desalination?

• Provides drinkable water to the region

• expensive to filter the water

• destroys marine life

• Can be used for farming

What are 2 issues with desalination?

• increases drinking water

• not affordable for poor countries

• reduces droughts

• destroys ocean life