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ARABIAN PENINSULA

CHAPTER 23 SECTION 4. ARABIAN PENINSULA. LARGEST DESERT –SIZE OF TEXAS LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER OF ANY LARGE LAND MASS LARGEST KNOWN PETROLEUM RESERVES MOST CHANGE IN LEAST TIME OF ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD. ARABIAN PENINSULA LAND OF LARGEST AND LEASTS. PROFITS FROM OIL USED FOR

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ARABIAN PENINSULA

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  1. CHAPTER 23 SECTION 4 ARABIAN PENINSULA

  2. LARGEST DESERT –SIZE OF TEXAS LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER OF ANY LARGE LAND MASS LARGEST KNOWN PETROLEUM RESERVES MOST CHANGE IN LEAST TIME OF ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD ARABIAN PENINSULALAND OF LARGEST AND LEASTS

  3. PROFITS FROM OIL USED FOR • BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE • NEW INDUSTRIES • BANKING • STEEL • PETRO-CHEMICAL OIL AND MODERNIZATION

  4. OPEC-ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES COUNTRIES MEET TO DECIDE HOW MUCH OIL TO PRODUCE AND WHAT PRICE TO SELL AT DONE TO DECREASE THE INFLUENCE OF WESTERN OIL COMPANIES OPEC

  5. 1960’S DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY BEGINS DUE TO OIL WEALTH SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION BECOME A PRIMARY FOCUS TWO COMMERCIAL CENTERS DEVELOPED ONE ON EACH COAST-YANBU AND JUBAIL SAUDI ARABIA

  6. A GREAT DEAL OF CHANGE OCCURS IN ONE GENERATION HAD TO BE DONE CAUTIOUSLY DUE TO ISLAMIC AND OTHER TRADITIONS FAMILY IS THE FOCUS-SO THERE ARE NO PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT AREAS-LIKE MOVIE THEATERS OR NIGHTCLUBS ISLAM AND MODERNIZATION

  7. WOMEN ARE HONORED AS WIVES AND MOTHERS BUT ARE LIMITED IN OTHER SOCIETY AREAS. CANNOT ASSOCIATE WITH MEN OUTSIDE OF THEIR FAMILYS SO JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIMITED MODERNIZATION (CONT.)

  8. HOLY CITIES OF ISLAM SAUDI ARABIA IS THE GUARDIAN OF THESE CITIES SO MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO UPSET CONSERVATIVES MECCA IS THE CITY OF PILGRAMAGE HOME TO THE KAABA. MECCA AND MEDINA

  9. THESE COUNTRIES HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE CHANGE OF THE REST OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA. SLOWER TO DEVELOP COUNTRY USING OIL REVENUES. YEMEN IS THE POOREST COUNTRY ON THE PENINSULA OMAN AND YEMAN

  10. YEMEN WAS ONLY UNIFIED AS A COUNTRY IN 1990. MOST PEOPLE MAKE MONEY BY FARMING AND HERDING OMAN IS JUST DEVELOPING NEW INDUSTRIES, TOURISM AND MANUFACTURING. OMAN AND YEMEN

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