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Middle East

Middle East. Todays Issues. Warm Up . Why do you think people from one country would go work in another country? . TODAY’S Issues in the middle East focus on…. Population relocation Change fueled by oil wealth Religious Conflict over land . A new Industry requires more workers.

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Middle East

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  1. Middle East Todays Issues

  2. Warm Up Why do you think people from one country would go work in another country?

  3. TODAY’S Issues in the middle East focus on…. • Population relocation • Change fueled by oil wealth • Religious Conflict over land

  4. A new Industry requires more workers • In the 20thcentury geologist discovered large deposits of petroleum and natural gas in the Middle East.

  5. Foreign Workers To fill the many job opening that became available companies recruited immigrants to work for them. • Why do you think so many “guest workers” come to the Middle East? • What jobs do “guess workers” fill?

  6. Problem with guest workers • 3 major concerns have been raised about foreign workers in the region • Dependence on foreign workers • Fears about intolerance and violence • Weakened national identity Foreign Workers in the Middle East

  7. On the Move • Another cause for population shifts in the Middle East is political conflicts. • Kurds • What land was promised to the Kurds? • Palestinians • Claim land in Israel-West Bank and the Gaza Strip • Why are these two considered stateless nations?

  8. Arab Palestinians • Challenges in Defining an Israeli-Palestinian Border

  9. Oil, Money, Change • What is a Strategic Commodity? • The Middle East holds about 64% of the worlds oil • A disadvantage of oil reserves-no steady economic growth

  10. Diversity • 3 ways Middle Eastern nations can use oil revenues to promote economic growth: • Modernize infrastructures • Roads, irrigation networks, airports • Develop other resources • Water for agriculture production, and wheat • Improve educational systems- Women in the workforce • Human Resources • Education and technology training

  11. Conflict • What do you know about Jerusalem? • Two nations want control of the city • Israel (Jews) • Palestine (Muslims) • After WW II the UN proposed that Jerusalem should become an international city under the control of an international body. • At the end of the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 Jerusalem was divided between Arabs and Israelis. • Control of the holy sites within the city have also become an issue. • Muslims retain control of their holy site even though Israelis captured the city.

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