Chapter 23 Notes Southwest Asia Todays Issues Section

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?

Problems of Guest Workers • Cultural differences between workers and employers • Misunderstandings over customs result in sever penalties • Workers live in special districts separate from the Arab population • Workers are abandoned, go without wages and have no way to get back home

Guest Worker Problem’s Cont. • Arab’s won’t develop their skills • Intolerance and violence that guest workers face • Fear that immigrants could weaken their country’s sense of national identity

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 resourcesthe skills & talents of their people – Women’s Opportunities in education?