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50 Cards in this Set
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Wadis?
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SOME ON ARABIAN PENINSULA
RIVERBEDS THAT REMAIN DRY EXCEPT DURING RAINY SEASON |
PHYSICAL FEATURE
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MAJOR MT RANGES?
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HINDU KUSH (AFGANISTAN, LINKED WITH MTS IN ASIA) , ZAGROS (WESTERN IRAN) , TAURUS MTS (SEPARATE TURKEY WITH SW ASIA)
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3 OF THEM
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FERTILE CRESCENT?
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TIGRIS, EUPHRATES RIVERS RUN THROUGH
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS LIVED (EX. SUMERIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS) "CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION" |
WHERE LIFE BEGAN?
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JORDAN RIVER?
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IN LEBANON NEAR MT. HERMON
SEPARATES ISRAEL AND JORDAN FLOWS THROUGH DEAD SEA |
MEET ME BY THE RIVER JORDAN...
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DEAD SEA?
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LAND LOCKED SALT LAKE
ONLY BACTERIA LIVES IN IT B/C ITS SO SALTY A LONG TIME AGO EARTH WAS PUSHED AGAINST IT FORMING THE DEAD SEA |
ITS CALLED "DEAD" FOR A REASON
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GOLAN HEIGHTS WAS FOUGHT FOR...
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PLATEAU LOOKING OVER JORDAN RIVER AND SEA OF GALILEE
STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR FIGHTING TOP OF THE HILL=GOOD |
ITS A PLATEAU...
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2 MEAIN PENINSULAS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE
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ARABIAN PENINSULA= SEPARATES AFRICA BY RED SEA. HELPS GOODS GO THROUGH THE SUEZ CANEL
ANATOLIAN PENINSULA= TURKEY. RIEVERS NEAR IT HELP TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION |
BIG PENINSULAS!!
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WATER MORE VALUABLE THAN OIL
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WATER CAN BE USED FOR HYDROELECTRIC POWER
WATER IS SCARCE THERE IS MORE OIL (OVER HALF OF WORLD'S SUPPLY!) |
OBVIOUS!
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eXTREMELY ARID
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SOUTHWEST ASIA
LESS THAN 18IN OF RAIN A YR COVERED WITH ROUGH, DRY TERRAIN SAND DUNES AINIMALS AND VEGETATION SURVIVE WITH EXTREME TEMPS |
THINK OF ALL THE BAD PLACES TO FARM AND PUT THEM ALL TOGEHTER
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RUD AL-KHALI?
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KNOWN AS "EMPTY QUARTER" OR "PLACE WHERE NO ONE COMES OUT"
VAST DESERT ABOUT THE SIZE OF TEXAS ON ARABIAN PENINSULA SAND RIDGES, DUES TEMP OF SAND CAN BE UP TO 150 DEGREES!!! SOMETIMES WITHOUT RAIN FOR 10 YRS! |
EXAMPLE OF EXTREMELY ARID
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iCEBERG STORY
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ICEBURGS HOLD WATER
1981-- PEOPLE FROM M.E. TRIED TO BRING ICEBERG HOME ON A BIG BOAT FOR FRESHWATER |
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WATER CHALLENGES?
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FINDING AND STORING WATER DIFFICULT
ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS |
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AN-NAFUD
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desert
occasional oasis in syria SEPARATES LEBANON, ISRAEL, SYRIA AND TIGRIS |
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DASHT-EKAVIR
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IN IRAN
CENTRAL PART SALT FLAT (WINDS EVAPORATE THE MOISTURE IN THE SOIL, CHEMICAL SALTS REMAIN CREATING A SALT FLAT |
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SEMIARID?
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WARM TO HOT SUMMERS
ONLY ENOUGH RAINFALL FOR GRASS AND SHRUBS GOOD PASTURE FOR ANIMALS |
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MEDITERRANIAN COASTAL REGION?
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GREEN, LUSH
PLATEAUS, MTS |
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DAMS AND IRRIGATION?
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SOME ANCIENT PRACTICES
HELPS MEET NEEDS OF FARMS NEED FOR DAMS AND IRRIGATION PROVIDE HYDROELECTRIC POWER COUNTRIES DOWNHILL GET A DISADVANTAGE H20 FROM GOLAN HEIGHTS, JORDAN RIVER, SEA OF GALILEE WATER USED TO SUPPLY DESERT |
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NATIONAL WATER CARRIER PROJECT
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IN ISRAEL
CARRIES FROM NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY CARRIES TO CENTER AND SOUTH WATER FROM MT AREAS EX. GOLAN HEIGHTS, JORDAN RIVER |
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DRIP IRRIGATION?
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REMOVAL OF SALT FROM OCEAN WATER
DONE IN TECHNICAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS MAY BE STILL TOO SALTY TO USE VERY EXPENSIVE CANNOT MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THE M.E. |
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FOSSIL WATER?
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WATER PUMPED FROM AQUIFIERS
(WELLS) BEEN IN AQUIFIER FOR LONG PERIODS O TIME LITTLE RAINFALL TO REFILL AQUIFIER 25-30 YRS OF WATER REMAINS |
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REFINERY?
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CRUDE OIL PUPED FROM REFINERY
CONVERTS CRUDE OIL INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS PIPELINES TRANSPORT OIL BRINGS REFINERIES OR PORTS |
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JERUSALEM?
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3 MAJOR RELIGIONS CAME OUT OF
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PLO
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PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION
FOR ARABS TO REGAIN LAND PERSUED POLITICAL AND MILITARY MEANDS TO TAKE ARAB LAND IN ISRAEL |
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JERSUSALEM TO JEWS
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ANCIENT HOMELAND
LOCATIED IN OLD PART OF THE CITY KING SOLOMON BUILT FIRST TEMPLE 2ND TEMPLE WAS BUILD IN 538 BC MODERN JEWS PRAY IN THE HOLIEST SITE A PORTION (WESTERN WALL) CALLED WAILING WALL IS REMAINING WHICH WAS PART OF THE 2ND TEMPLE DESTROYED IN AD 70 |
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JERUSALEM TO CHRISTIANS
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LOCATOIN OF FINAL SUFFERINGS AND CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS
PARTS OF CITY IMPORTANT TO THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRISTIANS VISIT PLACES LIKE THE MOUNT OF OLIVES NAD THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE BY 1000s WHEN IN MUSLIM CONTROL, CHRISTIANS LAUNCHED CRUSADES PLACED THEM UNDER CONTROL OF CHRISTIANS LAND RETURED TO THE CONTROL OF MUSLIMS |
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JERUSALEM TO MUSLIMS
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3RD MOST HOLY CITY
WHERE DOME OF TH EROCK IS SAID THAT MOHAMMAD ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN THIS IS WHERE ABRAHAM PERPARED TO SACRIFICE ISAAC (CLASH B/W JEWS AND MUSLIMS) |
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EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION HISTORY
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POLITICAL TENSION AND UNREST
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (MUSLIM) CONTROLLED LANDS FROM 1520-1922 GREW WEAK SIDED WITH GERMAY IN WWII FELL APART AFTER WAR BRITAIN AND FRANCE GAINED LAND |
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MESOPOTAMIA
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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS EMERGED FROM HERE
B/W TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES FERTILE SOIL=GOOD FOR CROPS |
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HITTITES
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BROUGHT IRON WEAPONS TO THE AREA
PRESENT DAY TURKEY |
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TALIBAN?
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IN AFGANISTAN
MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS STRICT RULES AGAIN PPL'S OPINIONS SUSPECTED AS TERRORISTS OF 9/11 POLITICAL GROUP |
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SHIITE VS SUNNI
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ISLAM SPLIT IN 2 DIVISIONS
83% ARE SUNNI MOST SHIITE LIVE IN IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN SUNNI LIVE IN TURKEY, IRAQ, AFGANISTAN DIVISION STARTED AFTER MOHAMMAD'S DEATH |
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KURD STRUGGLES VS TURKEY
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KURDS ARE A STATELSS SOCIETY
LIVE IN TURKEY, IRAN, IRAQ THEY WERE PORMISED A HOMELAND AFTER WWI (NEVER GOT ONE) KURDS CLASHED WITH TURKEY, IRAN, IRAQ GOV'TS |
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OIL IN PERSIAN GULF?
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OIL WAS FOUND IN IRAN IN 1908
BRITISH AND RUSSIAN FOUGHT FOR OIL WARS IN 80S AND 90S TO GET THE OIL FIGHTING ALSO TO KEEP OIL FEILDS OPEN |
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IRAN, TURKEY, MODERNIZING?
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CREATING WATER RESOURCES
TURKEY WANTS TO BE PART OF THE EU TURKEY HAS A LOT OF STEEL GOOD PLACE FOR TRADE IRANS GOVT HAS HAD CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH OIL MONEY DIVERSITIZING ECONOMY IRAN IS STILL RECOVERING FROM WAR |
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PROGRESS INTERRUPTED?
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POLITICAL PROBLEMS
WAR RECOVERY RESTRICTIONS BY US LACKS TRANSPORTATION NOT ENOUGHT WORKERS CIVIL WAR REFECTED EFFORTS TO MODERIZE US BOMBS THEM.... HEH HEH HUSSEIGN MEAN TO NEIGHBORS |
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BRITISH CONTROL OF PALESTINE
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19TH CENTURY--ZIONISM BEGAN
(SUPPORT JEWISH HOMELAND IN PALESTINE) JEWISH SETTLERS BOUGHT LAND THERE BRITISH CONTROLLED REGION BUT LET JEWS MOVE THERE (ARABS APPRECIATED THE $) ARABS AND JEWS BEGAN CONFLICTING SO NO MORE JEWS COULD IMMIGRATE THERE * JEWS MOVED TO ISRAEL TO FULFILL COVENANT * TRANSJORDAN MADE FOR ARABS BRITAIN ALLOWED JEWS TO BUY LAND... GEWS GOT SCARED DURING WWII SO MOVED TO PALESTINE |
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HOW WAS ISRALE CREATED
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AFTER WII, JEWISH SURVIVORS WANTED TO MOVE TO PAELSTINE
WORLD OPINON- MAKE JEWISH NATION-STATE 1947=PLAN BY UN TO DIVIDE PALESTINE IN 2 PARTS (ONE FOR ARABS, ONE FOR JEWS) |
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OBSTACLES IN STABILITY?
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ARABS DISAGREED WITH THE DIVISION
THE NATIONS OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WERE YOUNG MANY POLITICAL DIVISIONS, REFUGEES, LACK OF WATER, WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE |
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WHY IS INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMATIC?
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COUNTRIES LACK A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE
ROADS NEEDED REBUILT ETC ALREADY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT GOOD CLIMATE, GOOD FOR TOURISM, GOOD LOCATION |
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RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE
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LESS COMMON TO EAT OUT
SEPARATE AREAS FOR MEN AND WOMAN CAFES AND COFFEE SHOPS ONLY FOR MEN EAT LATE (8-11) B/C OF PRAYER THICK COFFEE AND TEA SERVED |
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CULTURES OF LEBANON
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REGUGE FOR MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS
MANY SHIITE MUSLIMS DRUZE ALSO LIVE THERE (SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES) THEY LIVE IN THE MT AREAS WIDE VARIEY OF CULTURES AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES |
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ISRAEL'S DIVERISTY?
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MANY IMMIGRANTS
MANY ARE JEWISH FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THE FOCUS OF JEWISH CULTURE DRAWS PPL OF THIS DIVERSE GROUP TOGETHER HOME OF ARAB MUSLIMS THERE'S SOME CHRISTIANS AND BAHAI BRING VARIEY OF LANGUAGES AND LIFESTYLES |
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GUEST WORKERS?
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USED TO FILL JOB OPENINGS
MOSTLY FROM S, E, ASIA FILL JOBS THAT WERE UNACCEPTABLE FOR BATIVES 90% OF WRKRS IN UAE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES B/C OF NATIVES AND GUEST WORKERS |
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STATELESS NATION?
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CONFLICTS: B/W KURDS AND OTHER GROUPS
AFTER WWI, ALLIES RECOMMENDED CREATING STATE FOR THE GROUP KURDS JUST BECAME A PART OF OTHERNATIONS (TURKEY, IRAQ, IRQN, SYRIA) BECAME STATELESS SOCIETY (NATIONS OF PPL WITHOUT A LAND TO LEGALLY OCCUPY) GOVTS MOVE KURDS BY FORCE TO CONTROL THEM |
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CHANGE THAT OIL MADE ON M.E.
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GAVE M.E. TECHNOLOGY
HELPED PUMP FUEL FROM GROUND GAINED WEALTH FROM OIL LED TO URANIZATION NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS MADE IT EASIER TO ENTER CITIES AND TOWNS MIGRATE TO CITIES TO FIND JOBS AND SHARE IN CITY'S RICHES MANY JOBS AVAILIBLE |
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HISTORY OF PALESTINIANS?
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ARABS LIVING IN AREA USED TO CALLED PALESTINE IS NOW ISRAEL
STATELESS NATION ARABS IN PALESTINE WERE PROMISED A HOMELAND 52 REGUGEE CAMPS... REGUGEES CANNOT RETURN HOME OR IT WILL CAUSE CONFLICT ABOUT 8.2 MILLION PALESTINIANS WRLD WIDE |
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STRATEGIC COMMODITY?
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AT THE BEGINNING OF 21ST CENTURY.. OIL FUELED INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORTATION (AND ECONOMIES)
STRATEGIC COMMODITY-- RESOURCE SO IMPORTANT THAT NATIONS GO TO WAR OVER IT BLACK GOLD WAS AN EXAMPLE |
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QUEEN NOOR'S OPINION
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EDUCATION CHANGED WOMEN'S ROLES
NOW GIVEN MORE RIGHTS GIVES COUNTRY MORE MONEY=MORE JOBS |
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OIL PRICES IN 96-97 TAUGHT M.E....
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NATIONS REALIZED THAT THEY COULDNT SOLEY RELY ON OIL
MADE OIL PRICES LOW AT THE TIME |
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3 ECONOMIC GROWTH CHALLENGES?
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MODERNIZE INFRASTRUCTURE:
NEW IRRIAGATION SYSTEMS, ROADS, MALLS, ETC DEVELOPING RESOURCES: NEED MORE PRODUCTS TO DIVERSIFY WELLS, DAMS NEEDED FOR WATER THEY NEED CERTAIN THINGS TO MEET ECONOMIC NEEDS HUMAN RESOURCES: SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED WOMAN NEEDED TO WORK SOMETIMES TO FILL JOBS * A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY IS BUILT IF ALL ITS PPL WORK TOGETHER * |
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