OPEC

Student Expectation: We will describe OPEC and make a connection to interdependence.

Your Title:

OPEC:

Oil in the Middle East

What is it?

OPEC is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Allows the Middle East to have control over the price of oil.

Interdependence: Countries interact to benefit each other.

NAFTA:

Free trade between Mexico, United States and Canada

European Union:

Free trade in Europe

Same language

Same money

Can move between countries in Europe without passports

Watch the video to complete the sentence stem

OPEC

• Middle East countries have an income from exporting oil
• Other countries get oil

OPEC is _________________