1. Government of The Middle East
Madi Peden, Maddie Myers, Nick
World Geography, 3rd hour

2. Forms Of Government: Monarchy
Monarchy: Controlled by a monarch (King or Queen) - monarch power is hereditary
Kuwait- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Saudi Arabia- Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

3. Forms of Government: Democracy
Democracy: People choose their leader
Israel- Reuven Rivlin
Turkey- Recep Tayyip Erdoğas

4. Forms of Government: Dictatorship
Dictatorship: Most extreme form of government. One person has the full power
Iraq- Fuad Masum
Syria- Bashar al-Assad

5. Some Current Leaders of middle east:
Current president of Israel since 2014.
10th President
Born in Rehavia/Jerusalem-1939
Wants equality for Israel’s people
Wants to keep Israel Democratic (Strictly) and Jewish under the government’s rule
Wants peace between the different types of people in Israel
Reuven Rivlin

6. Some Current Leaders of the Middle East:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran President
Abadgaran party member
Western countries “supposedly” caused drought
Does not like Israel (Map)
Nuclear
King Salman
Monarch
Son of Hassa al-sudairi(Princess)
Has 5 or more wealthy sons
Main goal is to keep Saudi Arabia Stable
Suffered a stroke-Health effects
Has helped control development on natural gas and oil resources
Has had many important promotions
Ex : He was promoted to minister of defense at the same time he was crowned prince
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (A.K.A Emir of Qatar)
Dictator

7. Middle East and relations with Israel
Saudi Arabia have no formal diplomatic relations
The Saudis don’t recognize them as a state
Arab people were mad at the jews from the beginning when israel was first started, during world war one the british government convinced the Arab to revolt against the Ottoman Empire, and in return the Arabs would get an independent Arab state in the region, and Palestine. But instead the jews got the state.
The two nations had four wars the include the War of Independence in 1948, Sinal war in 1956, six day war in 1967, and the yom kippur war in All of these wars were started by the Arabs.

8. U.s policies and effects on Middle East

9. Work Cited:
iraq/lesson_helper/pdfs/mideastgovernments.pdf
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