Northern Africa Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Characteristics F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States F Conflicts

Ten Geographic Characteristics F 1. World’s great ancient culture hearth F 2. Source region or hearth for several religions

Ten Geographic Characteristics F 3. Islam Predominates F 4. Arab World F 5. Population is clustered around water

Ten Geographic Characteristics F 6. Desert Environment predominates F 7. Central Pivotal Area between 3 continents. Name them--- F 8. Volatile area with conflicts - disputes & boundary frictions

Ten Geographic Characteristics F 9. Center of superpower chess game. Who? ? ? F 10. Petroleum - a key economic resource

Relative Location of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia Centrally located between Europe, Asia & Africa F Between the Atlantic/Indian and Mediterranean F

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Characteristics F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Historical Geography F Regions & States

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia Plate Tectonics F Plateaus F Deserts F Mountains F Rivers F Lakes F Climates F

Physical Geography F Plate Tectonics – Clashing Plates u Arabian Plate into Eurasian Plate – Separating Plates u Arabian Plate pulling apart from African Plate u Red Sea

Physical Geography F Plateaus - Anatolian Highland F Suez Canal F Peninsulas - Saudi Arabian,

F Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia Deserts – The Sahara Desert (World’s largest) – The Saudi Arabian Desert – The Libyan Desert – Negev Desert (Israel)

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Mountains – Atlas Mountains (N. Africa) – Taurus & Pontic Mts (Turkey) – Zagros Mts. (Iran) – Hindu Kush (Afghanistan)

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest F Rivers & Sea Asia – The Nile River – The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Ataturk Dam) – Mediterranean Sea F Gulfs – Persian Gulf, – Gulf of Aden & Oman

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Lakes – Dead Sea (Israel- salt) – Sea of Galilee (Israel freshwater)

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Climates – Desert Climates with less than 10” of rain u under high pressure latitude belt and NE trade winds – Middle zones on Northern Africa coast & eastern coasts of Mediterranean

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Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia – Population – Languages – Religion – Agriculture – Economics/ – Urban

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest F Population Asia – 300 million – concentrations along the Nile, Euphrates & Tigris & Coasts – low overall population due to desert climate

Northern Africa F Population Characteristics – Birth rates 29/1000 – Death rates 8/1000 – Annual growth 2. 2/1000 – Infant Mortality 59/1000 – Pop <15 39% – Pop > 65 4 %

Southwest Asia F Population Characteristics – Birth rates 28/1000 – Death rates 7/1000 – Annual growth 2. 2/1000 – Infant Mortality 54/1000 – Pop <15 37 % – Pop > 65 5 %

Percent dying under 40 years

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Languages – Unified by Arabic Language - An Afro. Asiatic Language – Hebrew spoken in Israel – Tribal languages spoken in remote areas of North Africa

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest F Religion Asia – Islam - one of the world’s great religions – Religious landscapes of mosques, minarets, distinctive non-revealing clothing – Muslim - a follower of Islam (What is muezzin? )

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Religion – Islamic Divisions u Sunni Islam u Shiite Islam (Iran)

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Agriculture (major occupation) – Commercial farming in Israel (Technology) u Mediterranean climate yielding citrus, avocados & ranching – Nomadic Herding dominates the region u Bedouins – Arab nomads – Today – giving up traditional nomadic lifestyle to move to the city – Desertification

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest F Economy Asia – oil dominated industry

Northern Africa Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Characteristics F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Historical Geography F Regions & States F Conflicts

Historical Geography F Pre European Prelude F Colonial Transformation F First World Dependence on oil

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Characteristics F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Historical Geography F Regions & States F Conflicts

Regions of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Egypt & the Nile River Basin F Maghreb F Arabian Peninsula F Middle East F The North

Egypt & the Nile Basin Egypt & Sudan

The Maghreb Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Western Sahara

Countries within Regions F Arabian Peninsula – Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain F The Middle East – Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Gaza,

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Historical Geography F Regions & States F Conflicts

Israel and the Palestinian Issue

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Characteristics F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Historical Geography F Regions & States F Conflicts