Middle East Review 2024
Characteristics of a totalitarian
government that allows governments to control their citizens
a) Censorship
b) Mass arrests
c) Secret prisons
Theocracy
Government with religious leaders & laws
Example of theocracy
Iran
Allowed for urbanization, economic growth & improving infrastructure in Middle
East
Discovery & use of oil revenue
Purpose of OPEC
Manage the oil supply
Define boomtown
A community going through rapid population & economic growth
Boomtown example:
Dubai
Causes of boomtowns
a) Location near trade routes (choke-points)
b) Location near important resources (oil)
Potential problem ONE commodity economies
a) Economy tied directly to world's
market price
b) Resources eventually run out
Solution to one commodity economies
Diversifying (new industries)
How was Israel created (Jewish homeland)?
U.N. mandate in 1948
Arab reaction to creation of Israel
Protest, terrorism, and war
Reason for increase in religious
fundamentalism
Response to the spread of Western culture
Cause of Iran Hostage Crisis
Anti-American,
Islamic-fundamentalist government in Iran
Reasons for 2003 U.S./Iraq War
1) Supposedly sponsoring of terrorism
2) Supposedly having weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
Allowed "Arab Spring" to spread quickly
Internet/Social Media
Limits economic development in Middle East
Characteristics of a totalitarian
government that allows governments to control their citizens
a) Censorship
b) Mass arrests
c) Secret prisons
Theocracy
Government with religious leaders & laws
Example of theocracy
Iran
Allowed for urbanization, economic growth & improving infrastructure in Middle
East
Discovery & use of oil revenue
Purpose of OPEC
Manage the oil supply
Define boomtown
A community going through rapid population & economic growth
Boomtown example:
Dubai
Causes of boomtowns
a) Location near trade routes (choke-points)
b) Location near important resources (oil)
Potential problem ONE commodity economies
a) Economy tied directly to world's
market price
b) Resources eventually run out
Solution to one commodity economies
Diversifying (new industries)
How was Israel created (Jewish homeland)?
U.N. mandate in 1948
Arab reaction to creation of Israel
Protest, terrorism, and war
Reason for increase in religious
fundamentalism
Response to the spread of Western culture
Cause of Iran Hostage Crisis
Anti-American,
Islamic-fundamentalist government in Iran
Reasons for 2003 U.S./Iraq War
1) Supposedly sponsoring of terrorism
2) Supposedly having weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
Allowed "Arab Spring" to spread quickly
Internet/Social Media
Limits economic development in Middle East
