Our World

Class Summary 11/17

On Friday we took notes on the last part of the note for Chapter 7. We started to watch the movie A Short History of the Middle East and filled out a study guide along with it. There is a test on Monday!! Make sure to study! Senior to Sophomore people your second paper is due this next Wednesday.

*The Geography of fossil Fuels*
-oil is unevenly distributed in the area
-Saudi Arabia, Iran, U.A.E., Libya, & Algeria contribute significantly in oil production while Morocco and Sudan have few developed petroleum reserves
-this region has 7% of the world's population, holds 68% of the world's proven petroleum reserves

*Higher-Income Oil Exporters*
-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, U.A.E. benefit greatly
-cultural landscapes reshaped because of oil wealth
-not all benefits rural Shiite Muslims and foreign workers

*Lower-Income Oil Exporters*
-Algeria oil and natural gas are its top exports, but political instability remains a problem
-Iran has huge oil reserves but long war with Iraq (1980-90) and withdrawal from world trade under fundamentalist, have lower living status

*Prospering Without Oil*
-Israel has highest living standard in the region
-Turkey has a diversified economy, has seen growth
-economic reform in Tunisia
-Lebanon ha potential for prosperity through tourism and telecommunications

*Regional Economic Patterns*
-Sudan's economy ruined by civil war
-Morocco is poorer than Algeria or Tunisia and suffers from brain drain
Brain Drain- migration of the best-educated people from developing countries to nation where economic opportunities are greater
-Egypts prospects unclear, with growth in the 1990's, but large gaps between the rich and poor
-Yemen is the poorest country in the Arabian Penisula

*Varied Regional Patterns*
-Israel has high living standard; but Jewish majority doing much better than Muslim minority
-Saudi Arabia has lower figures of social well-being the might be expected

*A Women's Changing World*
-worlds lowest female workforce participation
-in some countries of the regions, women are not allowed to work outside of the home or drive
-Libya sees modernizing women's role as a high priority

*Changing Global Linkage*
-oil is the major export of the region
-oil makes up 70% of the regions exports
-OPEC still influences cost and availability of petroleum
-Turkey exports textiles, food products & manufactured goods
-Israeli exports include cut diamonds, electronics, machinery parts
-tourism includes religious and historical sites, other activities

*Regional Connections*
-relationships with the EU are critical, Turkey asks to join EU
-Arab League formed in 1945
-Arab Free-Trade Area 1998

*The Geography of Tourism*
-Ancient historical sites and globally significant religious localities are a large draw
-Tourist hotels and condos on Mediterranean
-Tourism is a large part of the regional economy in Turkey, Israel, and Egypt
-Impact to visual landscape, physical environment and archeologist sites

posted by Anonymous @ 11/18/2006 07:37:00 PM