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Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
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The Middle East Today:Political Map
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Middle East? OR Near East?OR Southwest Asia? OR….?
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Bodies of Water
TigrisRiver
Nile River
EuphratesRiverJordan
River Persian Gulf
ArabianSea
Mediterranean Sea
IndianOcean
Red Sea
Black Sea
Gulf of Aden
Strait ofHormuz
Suez Canal
Dardanelles Strait
AtlanticOcean
Gulf of
Oman
Caspian Sea
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The Mighty Nile River:
“Longest River in the World”
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Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile”
Annual Nile Flooding
Annual Nile Flooding
Nile DeltaNile
Delta
95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the
land!
95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the
land!
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Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Hydroelectric
Power Plant
Hydroelectric
Power Plant
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Suez Canal
Completed by the British in 1869
Completed by the British in 1869
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The Tigris & Euphrates
River System
Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the
Two Rivers”
Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the
Two Rivers”
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
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Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains
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TheJordan River
System:
Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over
Water Rights?
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Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth
HighestSalt
Content(33%)
HighestSalt
Content(33%)
2,300’ below sea level
2,300’ below sea level
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Wadis – Instant Springs
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Mountains & Plateaus
Atlas Mts.
Elb
urz M
ts.
Taurus Mts.
Zagros Mts.
Iranian Plateau
AnatolianPlateau
Caucasus Mts.
Hejaz M
ts.
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Mountain Ranges in Mid-East
Elburz Mts., IranElburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., IranZagros Mts., Iran
Lebanese Mts.Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., TurkeyTaurus Mts., Turkey
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Deserts
Sahara Desert
ArabianDesert
NegevDesert
SinaiDesertLibyan Desert
Rubal-Khali
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Desert Bedouins
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Breeding Areas of Desert Locusts
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Swarms of Desert Locusts!
Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at
Giza!
Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at
Giza!
Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague
Since the 1950s!
Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague
Since the 1950s!
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Rub al-Khali:“The Empty Quarter”
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Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!
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Fresh Groundwater Sources
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Desalinization
Plants
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Fertile Crescent
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The Fertile Crescent
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Completed Map
TigrisRiver
Nile River
EuphratesRiverJordan
River Persian Gulf
ArabianSea
Mediterranean Sea
IndianOcean
Red Sea
Black Sea
Gulf of Aden
Strait ofHormuz
Suez Canal
Dardanelles Strait
AtlanticOcean
Gulf of
Oman
Caspian Sea
ArabianDesert
NegevDesert
SinaiDesert
Rubal-Khali
Atlas Mts.
Elb
urz M
ts.
Taurus Mts.
Zagros Mts.
Iranian Plateau
AnatolianPlateau
Caucasus Mts.
Hejaz M
ts.Sahara Desert
Libyan Desert
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The Middle East vs. the U. S.
Latitude Lines
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Middle East: Climate Regions
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Middle East: Population Density
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Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East
17,000,000+
People!
17,000,000+
People!
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The Middle East:Natural Vegetation
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The Natural Resources of the
Middle East
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World Oil Reserves
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Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)
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Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries
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Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil
Kuwait
City
Kuwait
City
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Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers
The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.
The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.