Impact of Oil and Physical Features on the Middle East Name_

Roselin Villarreal Cuevas Isaiah Passmore Jari Fisher Emmanuel Parga-Vazquez _Date
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Part I: Distribution of Oil in the Middle East Look at the “Population

Density” map of your country and the “Oil in the Middle East”
document provided and answer the following questions:
1. Are there significant oil fields in your country? _________4 ½
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2. Are there oil refineries in your country? ________
___There are 2 __________________________________ 3. Compare the
“Population Density” map of your country with the “Oil in the Middle
East” document. Describe how the location of oil fields and/or
refineries is related to the population density of your country. Why is
there a connection? ____There is a connection because where ever
all the oil is in iraq thats where most people live stay
at._________________________________________________
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4. Look at the “GDP per Capita” map. How does the distribution of oil
in the Middle East impact a country’s GDP? _The way in impact this
countries GDP is by 108
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Part II: Water in the Middle East Look at the “Population Density” map
of your country and the “Water in the Middle East” document
provided and answer the following questions:
5. Describe what you already know about the distribution of water in
the Middle East.____________________That Iraq provides a lot of water
with the Tigris river and the Euphrates._____________________
6. Where do the majority of people live in your country in relation to
water? Majority of the people live by Euphrates river
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7. A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more
harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or
from land. If your country’s “Population Density” map has ports
identified, describe how their location impacts the population
density of your country.
__We (Iraq) don't have ports
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Climate in the Middle East Look at the “Population Density” map of
your country and the “Climate in the Middle East” document
provided and answer the following question.
8. Describe how the climate of your country impacts where people
live. __Iran
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___________________________ Part IV: Transportation in the Middle East
Look at the “Transportation” images for your country and answer the
following question.
9. Describe the types of transportation used in your country. _____In
iraq We use __Cars Trucks,And Bikes _________________________ I

impact of Oil and Physical Features on the Middle East

Name______________ Date ____ Period __ Part V: Bringing It All Together
10. Why do you think Iraq’s GDP and world ranking is worse than some
of the other countries even though it has oil? ___________Because it is
near to the lowest rank of GDP.______________
11. After hearing about oil, water, climate, and transportation in other
Middle East countries, write a summarizing sentence or two that
explains the impact of oil and physical features on people in the
Middle East. Mostly oil was found in the Arabian peninsula and
around the Persian gulf.Also they do most things with oil such as
medicine, fuel lipstick,cleansers and more.
12. Based on the information that you learned about different
countries in the Middle East, which one of the country’s described
would you prefer to live in and why? (Your response should refer to
oil, water, climate, and transportation).

We said Saudi Arabia because it looks beautiful and it has one of the
best transportation in the Middle East. It is in the top 3 in the
Middle East of oil Resources. It has great weather. It is close to the
Red Sea and Persian Gulf. So we would like to live in Saudi Arabia.
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