1. How Oil and Water Affect The Middle East

2. Geographical and Economical Questions (EQs)
How does geography politically and economically affect the Middle East?
What is a Cartel?

3. Vocabulary Terms Cartel Price Fixing OPEC Anti-Trust Laws Oil
Fossil Fuels
Renewable Resources
Desalination
Arable Land

4. Vocabulary Continued…
Cartel
An agreement among businesses. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices and production.
Price Fixing
An agreement between business competitors to sell the same product or service at the same price.
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

5. OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Consists of :
African: Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Gabon
South American: Venezuela, Ecuador
South East Asia: Indonesia
Middle East: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, Iran, United Arab Emirates

6. The Middle East?

7. What comes to mind when you think about the Region of “The Middle East

8. Oil and Water
How do the abundance or the shortage of natural resources like oil and water affect the Middle East?
The resources of oil and water influence the region’s politics and economics.

9. Oil: The Countries That Have It.
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Bahrain
Qatar
Kuwait

10. Oil: The Countries Who Do Not Have It
Israel
Egypt
Turkey

11. Water: Those Who Have It
Turkey
Israel
Iraq
Egypt
Left: Tigris River Top: Nile River (Cairo)

12. Water: Those Lacking In This Natural Resource
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Bahrain
Qatar

13. Making Inferences About Oil and Water In The Middle East

14. Take a look at your list…
What inferences can you make about the commodities (have and have not) countries are likely to trade (both import and export)?

15. Lets Summarize

16. Explain
Explain one way geography affects the politics of countries in the Middle East.
Explain one way geography affects the economics of the Middle East.