| KEY TERMS | KEY PLACES | |
| exploitation | Alaska | |
| conservation | Pacific Ocean | |
| petrochemicals | Beaufort Sea | |
| ecosystem | Bering Strait | |
| environmental damage | Prudhoe Bay - oilfield | |
| economic benefit | Valdez - oil port | |
| social benefits | Brooks Range - mountains | |
| Gwich'in (Native American People) | Yukon River - central Alaska | |
| Inupiat (Inuit Native American People) | Alaska Range - mountains | |
| Trans-Alaska Pipeline | A.N.W.R. - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | |