Chapter 6: The Middle East & North Africa Flashcards
What is the ecological trilogy?
a unique way of life made up of nomads, villagers and urbanites (city dewellers) who share resources, exchange knowlage and fill a niche group where each benifits from the other.
Who are the members of the ecological trilogy?
nomads, villagers, and urbanites (city dwellers)
What is OPEC?
Stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
What is the purpose of OPEC?
OPEC was established to take joint action to demand higher profits from oil by making up the 13 countries that produce oil. It ensures an efficient, regular, and economical oil supply. OPEC producers control 40% of all oil produced; Saudi Arabia and Russia are the most influential members as they are significant producers.
What was the goal of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war?
Egypt’s original objective was to seize a foothold on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal and subsequently leverage these gains to negotiate the return of the Sinai Peninsula and other Israeli-occupied territories, an attempt to reverse the Arab losses of 1967. Ultimately Egypt won back the Suez Canal.
Who was Muammar Qadafi?
He was a Libyan dictator who from 1969 to his assassination in a revolt in 2011, was a strange and brutal ruler.
Persia is now known as what country?
Iran
