Paragraf Test-21 Soru=12

We are told in the passage that during the last half century, .............. .

Of all the oil-producing Arab countries of
the Middle East, Kuwait was the first one
whose entire population came to benefit
from its vast petroleum reserves. Many of
these reserves lie along its border with
Iraq. Kuwait lies at the northeastern tip of
the Arabian Peninsula, on the shore of the
Persian Gulf. Like Iraq and Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait has a Muslim Arab cultural heritage.
Kuwait is a good example of a traditional
society that advanced rapidly into the 20th
century because of its oil wealth. In the
early 1950s the nation's capital, Kuwait
City, was a fortified town surrounded by a
mud wall for protection against other
tribes. Today, the city has high-rise
buildings, a busy port, stores that sell the
latest products, and an extensive
petrochemical industry.