*Exajoule (EJ): The amount of energy equal to one quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10¹⁸) joules.
**Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): a group of 10 countries (like Russia and Kazakhstan) that used to be part of the Soviet Union.

Instructions: Study the graph and data table above to answer the questions.

Question 1: List the regions where coal consumption surpasses coal production. 

Question 2: Which region had the highest coal production and consumption? 

Question 3: Why is coal production and consumption in the Middle East so low compared to other regions? 

Question 4: What may be one reason why countries in the Asia Pacific region consume over 100 exajoules of their energy from coal? 

Question 5: Create a question from the data set and then answer it. 

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