Role of Oil Webquest
Directions: Visit the links listed below to answer the following questions about the role of oil in
Southwest Asia.
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/oilprices/8339540/The-Middle-Easts-topoil-producers-interactive-map.html
1. Which Middle Eastern country is the world's largest producer of oil?
2. Bases on the links, how much oil does this country produce?
3. What percent does that represent?
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http://middleeast.about.com/od/oilenergy/a/me080207d.htm
4. In terms of oil supplies, what do Southwest Asian nations such as Israel, Jordan, and Afghanistan
have in common?
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/06/business/20071107_WINNERSLOSER
S_GRAPHIC.html?_r=1&#
5. Which country is the largest consumer of oil? How much barrels of oil a day does it consume?
6. Which 2 Southwest Asian countries supply the U.S. with a large amount of Oil?
A._______________________________
Number of Barrels: _______________
B. ______________________________
Number of Barrels: _______________
OPEC Webquest
Directions: Visit the link listed below to answer the following questions about the role of OPEC in the
world’s production of oil.
 http://rewordify.com/rwweb.php?userdata=http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/
about_us/24.htm
1. Click on “Brief History.” What does OPEC stand for?
2. Click on “Brief History.” In your own words, what role does OPEC play in the world?
3. Click on “Member Countries.” List the countries that belong to OPEC.
The Saudi Question
Directions: Visit the link listed below to answer the following questions about the role of oil in the oilrich nation of Saudi Arabia.
 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/previous_seasons/shows/saudi/map.html
1.
How many Barrels of Oil Reserves does Saudi Arabia hold?
2. What percent of the World’s Proven Oil Reserves does Saudi Arabia contain?
3. Saudi Arabia meets/exports what percent of the daily U.S. need for crude oil?
4. Looking at the Saudi Oil map, which pipeline does Saudi Arabia currently use to ship it oil back and forth
across the country?
5. Why do you think they retired the other pipeline and use this current pipeline? What role does the Strait of
Hormuz play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to use the E-W Petroline pipeline to ship oil back and forth across
the country?
1.
Click on the “Where the Oil comes From” Map
Which region has the most “World Total Oil Reserves?”
2. What percent of world oil reserves does this represent? How many barrels does the article say this
percentage converts to?
3. Roll your mouse over that region and identify the 4 leading countries in that region and list their
percentages
1. ______________________________________
Percent: _______________
2. ______________________________________
Percent: _______________
3. ______________________________________
Percent: _______________
4. ______________________________________
Percent: _______________
Click on the “Who the U.S. depends on” Map
1. Based on this map, identify the 3 countries that are leaders in exporting oil to the U.S.
A. __________________________________
Percent: _______________
B. __________________________________
Percent: _______________
C. __________________________________
Percent: _______________
2. Based on the Article, which country is by far the most Oil-Rich Country in the World?
3. Based on the Article, describe the relationship between the United States and the answer to number 2.
World Interactive Map
Directions: Visit the link listed below to answer the following questions about the role of oil and the
impact it has on a nation’s Gross Domestic Product.
 http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=67
Look at the chart, list the GDP-Per Capita (Gross Domestic Product Per Person) for the countries below, and
the rank of each country out of 226 nations represented.
Saudi Arabia ______________________________
Rank: ______________
Iraq
______________________________
Rank: ______________
Iran
_______________________________
Rank: ______________
Israel
________________________________ Rank: ______________
Afghanistan ________________________________ Rank: ______________
Essay Response Directions:
In a well-developed paragraph, describe what surprises you most about the
GDP rankings of each of the nations listed above. Based on the evidence you collected and what we learned
about oil-rich and oil-poor countries in Southwest Asia, how do these countries’ GDPs compare to their current
oil production and oil reserves?
Basic Petroleum Uses
Directions: Visit the link listed below to complete the following activity.
 http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/classroom/wwo/petroleum.pdf
List the top TEN items that are made using oil that you could not live without. Describe in detail your reasons
why they are important to you.