Geography 2060A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: 1973 Oil Crisis, Greater Middle East, Land Grabbing
9 Apr 2016
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Developing countries have preventable causes of early death, developed are all age related. Middle east someimes includes the stans (afghanistan etc. ) and northern africa (mena) as well. Highly urbanized since 1940, uneven and associated with inequality. Most urbanized kuwait, qatar (due to low land area), low birth rates. Most rural syria, iraq, yemen (large land area), high birth rates. Pop explosion 1950+ (60-280million) due to high birth rates and immigraion. Sykes-picot agreement (1916) france/england base borders on oil distribuion, colonial-like efects. 1920"s us wants oil, 1930"s get irst contract to explore oil. Oil producion shoots up ater oil found, urbanizaion ied to oil (wealth). Oil was very useful for wwii, and us foreign policy. Ater wwii, oil rich countries wealthy, pop/urban growth. Uneven oil producion/consumpion raio, developed use most, developing use least. Energy ellipse oval from saudi arabia to kazakhstan. Urban triangle (most populated ciies) istanbul, cairo, tehran. Extremely opulent (tallest building, internet city, man-made islands)
