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?