SAUDI ARABIA

GOVERNMENT

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The government in Saudi Arabia is monarchy . The King is Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He was declared King in 2015 Saudi Arabia is very violent.  In Saudi Arabia if you want to work in the castle you have to sign a piece of paper that says your not Jewish.  They still do crucifixions, beheading, and stoneing. They say that beheadings are their only form of public entertainment besides a football game. They also have the amputation of the right hand if you repeat theft. The last time a stoneing happened was August of 2014. When you think of crucifixion you think of dying on the cross but, in Saudi Arabia they behead them and then display their bodies for the public. 

RELIGION

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The main religeon is Islam. Some people thing Islam started in Saudi Arabia. Abraham had two sons one of them started the religeon Islam. Many Muslims travel all over the world to pray in unison in Saudi Arabia. Just like how Catholics travel to pray in Italy were the pope has mass. Muslim is an adherent of Islam. They beleive God is incomparable, and the purpose of life is to worship God. It is the second largest religeon and the fastest growing religeon in the world.

WEATHER AND CLIMATE

    The climate of Saudi Arabia is desert climate. That means high temperatures in the daytime and a big drop in temperature at night. This leads to very little rain fall. The average summer temperature in 46° C but 54° C is not uncommon. In the winter some times it drops below 0° C. In the spring it is mainly 29° C.

NATURAL RESOURCES

   There are four main water supplies in Saudi Arabia that means water is very valluble. Saudi Arabia has many mineral resources such as gold, silver, copper, zinc, and salt. Some other no important resources are gypsum, tin, aluminum, iron, tungsten, lead. Saudi Arabia is the main oil producer in the world. Saudi  Arabia produces 9,713,000 barrels of oil per day! They also produce a lot of natural gasses. 

BIBLICAL HISTORY

Abraham had two sons one of which started the religeon Islam. Most people beleive that it started in Saudi Arabia. There used to be Jews in Saudi Arabia until the rise of Islam. There is only four main areas were the Jews are now. 

MILITARY POWER

Their military consists of the Saudi Arabian army, the royal Saudi Air Force, the royal Saudi navy, the royal Saudi air defense, the Saudi Arabian national guard. Their army is 18 years old, and their budget is 52.9 billion. They plan to build 16 nuclear reactors in the next twenty years. Sadi Arabia is not known to have nuclear weapons. They signed a treaty to have a non-nuclear weapon zone. For this reason they have not identified Saudi Arabia as a country of concern

CULTURE

Saudi Arabia's culture is very traditional and religious some of the traditions are centuries old. The culture has changed rapidly from a kind of poor unnoticed country to a rich and famous country. This reason is because of the oil the have. Women in Saudi Arabia don't have a lot of rights they can't drive cars, get divorced, get custody of there children, And men have to make decisions on their behalf. A man in Saudi Arabia can have up to four wives. Men from another country have to get permission by the government to marry a women. The women have to wear a niqāb. 

GEOGRAPHY

   Saudi Arabia is a part of the Arabian peninsula. It has the largest continuous sand dessert. The oil region lies mainly in the eastern province along the Persian Gulf. The capital is Riyadh. The southeast of the county is occupied by the Rub al-Khali dessert. 

CONFLICTS

    Saudi Arabia has a huge conflict with Iran. They have not been able to inprove the conflict. They don't have a lot of conflicts, but this one is the most important. The conflict may soon ease between the two countries. The are at conflict because the use there wealth from oil on two different things, and there arguing that the other one is wrong and that they are right. 

FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS

• Oil is cheaper than water in Saudi Arabia.
• No alcohol aloud.
• There is no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia.
• Classes are split by gender.

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