Chapter 23 Notes- Southwest Asia

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Chapter 23 Notes- Southwest Asia

• Todays Issues

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Section 1 Population Relocation

• Guest Workers- usually unskilled laborers that
  immigrate into a country to work.
• Needed for oil related jobs
• Problems?

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Section 1 Population Relocation

• Stateless Nation- a nation of people w/out a land
  to legally occupy.
• Kurds are the largest group of people w/out their
  own country.
• Gypsys Palestinians?
• Occupied Land?

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Section 1 Population Relocation

• Palestinians- displaced peoples from the land of
  Palestine (now called Israel)
• Stateless nation
• Main source of conflict in region!

West Bank
Gaza Strip
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Section 2 Oil Wealth Fuels Change

• Strategic Commodity- resource so important that
  nations will go to war to ensure its steady
  supply.
• Persian Gulf War?
• 64 of oil is in Middle East

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Section 2 Oil Wealth Fuels Change

• What to do with oil profits?
• 1. Modernize Infrastructure-
• New roads airports
• Irrigation Networks
• Desalinization Plants

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Section 2 Oil Wealth Fuels Change

• 2.- Develop its agricultural, mineral, water
  resources
• Tap underground water supplies
• Reduce dependence on foreign food imports

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Section 2 Oil Wealth Fuels Change

• 3.- Gain access to higher education
• Develop human resources- the skills talents of
  their people
• Womens Opportunities in education?