<em>Answers first, some detail later:</em>
1. The international organization developed in 1960 to stabilize international oil prices and to oversee petroleum imports and investments is:
<h2>OPEC
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2. The Middle East is a stable region with many peace treaties and no ongoing issues.
<h2>False
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3. All of the following statements about oil in the Middle East are true except:
<h2>oil wealth is distributed equally among all of the citizens in oil rich countries</h2>
<u>Some further details:</u>
OPEC stands for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Within that, there was also the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), formed in 1968. The Middle Eastern countries that are members of OPEC are also aligned in OAPEC.
The Middle Eastern countries with large oil deposits tend not to be open, democratic societies. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the majority of the populations in their countries live in far from affluent conditions.
Both countries were not receptive to the domination of Europe and America but Japan was less unyielding after witnessing the defeat of China in the Opium wars. The monarchy, the nobles, and the military were against the Western domination but the intellectuals, the peasants, and the workers were more open to the Westerners because of the prospect of new knowledge and opportunities for employment.<span />
The Wilmot Proviso pulled the nation apart because the southerners and northerners did not know whether to allow slavery in Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso automatically banned slavery in that region. ... Another was to allow the New Mexico and Utah territories to allow whether they wanted to have slavery.
Richard Lawrence, an unemployed house painter, approached Jackson with two loaded guns. Fortunately the guns misfired. Lawrence was mentally unstable and had no connections with Jacksons political rivals. Jackson and his Vice President, Martin Van Buren, was convinced that Lawrence had been hired by the Whig Party, who were opponents of his at the time. Jacksons Democrats and the Whig Party were upset about Jacksons attempts to dismantle the Bank of the United States. Therefore, they could've tried this, but Jacksons suspicious were never proven to be true. Hope this helped! :)
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