Chapter 23Chapter 23

SW AsiaSW Asia

Today’s IssuesToday’s Issues

Why did so many foreign Why did so many foreign workers come to SW Asiaworkers come to SW Asia

Work in the oil industriesWork in the oil industries

GUEST WORKERSGUEST WORKERS

Fill the jobs that the native people Fill the jobs that the native people find culturally or economically find culturally or economically unacceptableunacceptable

Problems with the guest Problems with the guest workersworkers

SegregationSegregation

DiscriminationDiscrimination

Competition with local workersCompetition with local workers

Land for the KurdsLand for the Kurds

Parts of TurkeyParts of Turkey

IraqIraq

SyriaSyria

WHO ARE THE PALESTINIANS?WHO ARE THE PALESTINIANS?

Arabs and their descendents who Arabs and their descendents who lived or still live in the area formerly lived or still live in the area formerly know as Palestine and now called know as Palestine and now called IsraelIsrael

WEST BANKWEST BANK

Strip of land on the west side of the Strip of land on the west side of the Jordan RiverJordan River

Jordan lost control of this land in a Jordan lost control of this land in a war with Israel in 1967war with Israel in 1967

GAZA STRIPGAZA STRIP

Territory along the Mediterranean Territory along the Mediterranean Sea – Northeast of the Sinia Sea – Northeast of the Sinia PeninsulasPeninsulas

Israel ocuppied this land in 1967Israel ocuppied this land in 1967

Section 2Section 2

STRATEGIC COMMODITYSTRATEGIC COMMODITY

A resource so important that nations A resource so important that nations will go to war to ensure its steady will go to war to ensure its steady supplysupply

OILOIL

OIL DEPOSITS IN SW ASIAOIL DEPOSITS IN SW ASIA

64% of the 64% of the earth’s supply earth’s supply is located hereis located here

WOMEN AND EDUCATIONWOMEN AND EDUCATION

Difficult for women to get an Difficult for women to get an education because many societies education because many societies have strict rules governing the have strict rules governing the bahavior for womenbahavior for women

22ndnd class citizens class citizens

Lacking civil rightsLacking civil rights

UNITED NATIONS CREATING JERUSALEM IN UNITED NATIONS CREATING JERUSALEM IN ISRAEL AFTER WWIIISRAEL AFTER WWII

However, after a series of Arab However, after a series of Arab (Muslim) and Israeli (Jews) wars, (Muslim) and Israeli (Jews) wars, Israel won control of most of the cityIsrael won control of most of the city

CONTROL OF JERUSALEMCONTROL OF JERUSALEM

2 nations want control over the city2 nations want control over the city

Israel (Jews)Israel (Jews)

Palestine (Muslims)Palestine (Muslims)