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- 3. the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Formed in 1960 to ensure a steady supply of oil and a steady income, several oil-oexporting countries
- 4. Human development index. a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development:
- 5. "preventing the passage of liquid or gas." Geologists call this layer a cap rock because it functions like the cap on a container, keeping most of the oil and natural gas contained deep inside the earth and preventing them from escaping.
- 6. there is only a limited amount of this kind of resource.
- 8. petroleum as it comes out of the ground and before it has been refined or processed.
- 10. the average period that a person may expect to live.
- 11. These plates continue to drift very slowly over the surface of Earth
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- 1. a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
- 2. resources that will not run out or that can be replaced.
- 7. a viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.
- 8. The United States and many other countries formed a coalition, or alliance, to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. Some members of the coalition were oil-importing countries that did not want their oil supplies threatened by Iraq. Others were oil-exporting countries that feared losing control of their oil reserves to Iraq.
- 9. dictator who controlled Iraq's oil income. He spent most of Iraq's oil wealth building an army, buying weapons, and fighting wars