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Chapter 23 Notes- Southwest Asia
Today’s Issues
Section 1: Population Relocation
• Guest Workers- usually unskilled laborers that immigrate into a country to work.– Needed for oil related jobs– Problems?
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. – Gypsy’s & Palestinians? – Occupied Land?
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
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
Section 2: Oil Wealth Fuels Change
• What to do with oil profits?– 1. Modernize Infrastructure-
• New roads & airports• Irrigation Networks• Desalinization Plants
Section 2: Oil Wealth Fuels Change
• 2.- Develop its agricultural, mineral, & water resources– Tap underground water supplies– Reduce dependence on foreign
food imports
Section 2: Oil Wealth Fuels Change
• 3.- Gain access to higher education– Develop human
resources- the skills & talents of their people
– Women’s Opportunities in education?