Natural Resources and the Economy in the Middle East — Revision Notes | KS3 Geography

Quick recap

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Brain dump

Before you look at anything else, write down everything you can remember about this lesson: key words, facts, examples. Spelling doesn't matter. Then see which of the 10 key terms you remembered.

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Everything you remember

Key terms

Natural resource: Anything that comes from the Earth without human influence that people can use, such as oil, gas, water, and minerals
Distribution: How something is spread out across a geographic area
Economy: The way a country produces, uses, and manages money, jobs, goods, and services
Export: Selling goods or services to other countries
Import: Buying goods or services from other countries
Economic diversification: Adding variety or changing an economy to avoid relying on a single resource or industry
Vision 2030: Saudi Arabia's national strategy launched in 2016 aimed at economic diversification, major projects, and social reforms
NEOM: A massive development project in Saudi Arabia featuring innovative regions like The Line, Oxagon, Trojena, and Sindalah
Renewable resource: A natural resource that can be replaced naturally over time, such as wind or sunlight
Non-renewable resource: A natural resource that cannot be replaced once used up, such as coal, oil, and gas

What this lesson covers

How well do you know each one? Be honest: red means go back over it.

Explain why natural resources are distributed unevenly around the world
Describe how oil exports generate national wealth and what GDP measures
Explain how oil wealth has changed life in countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Explain why depending on one resource makes an economy vulnerable
Describe the aims of Vision 2030 and what economic diversification means
Compare the economies of an oil-rich and an oil-poor country in the region

Test yourself

Cover the answer, say it out loud, then check the full quiz on the lesson page.

What does the word distribution mean in geography?
What does it mean when a country imports a resource?
Which of the following is NOT one of the four features of NEOM?

Topic quiz

16 questions on this topic only — not mixed with anything else, one at a time.

Question 1 of 16

Spelling challenge

Read the definition, then type the correct spelling of the term. Uses the same terms as above.

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