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- 1. Susan M. Pojer HoraceGreeley HS Chappaqua,
- 2. The Middle EastToday: Political Map 1 2 3--> 4--> 5 67 8--> 11--> 9 <--10 12 13 14 15-->16 17 18 19 20 21
- 3. Middle East? ORNear East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?
- 4. Bodies of Water Tigris River Nile River Euphrates RiverJordan River PersianGulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea Gulf of Aden Strait of Hormuz Suez Canal Dardanelles Strait Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea
- 5. The Mighty Nile River: “LongestRiver in the World”
- 6. Egypt: The “Giftof the Nile” Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!
- 7. Aswan High Dam,Egypt Hydroelectric PowerPlant
- 8. Suez Canal Completed bythe British in
- 9. The Tigris & Euphrates RiverSystem Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
- 10. Dust Storms Alongthe Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains
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- 12. Dead Sea: LowestPoint on Earth Highest Salt Content (33%) 2,300’ below sea level
- 13. Wadis – InstantSprings
- 14. Mountains & Plateaus AtlasMts. Elburz M ts. Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. HejazMts.
- 15. Mountain Ranges inMid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey
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- 18. Breeding Areas ofDesert Locusts
- 19. Swarms of DesertLocusts! Locusts Swarmthe Pyramids Complex at Giza! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s!
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- 21. Desert Oases: Waterat a Premium!
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- 26. Completed Map Tigris River Nile River Euphrates RiverJordan River Persian Gulf Arabian Sea MediterraneanSea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea Gulf of Aden Strait of Hormuz Suez Canal Dardanelles Strait Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Rub al-Khali Atlas Mts. Elburz M ts. Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. HejazMts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert
- 27. The Middle Eastvs. the U. S. Latitude Lines
- 28. Middle East: ClimateRegions
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- 30. Cairo, Egypt: Most PopulatedCity in the Middle East 17,000,000+ People!
- 31. The Middle East: NaturalVegetation
- 32. The Natural Resourcesof the Middle East
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- 34. Persian Gulf OilExports (2003)
- 35. Saudi Oil Fields& Refineries
- 36. Kuwait: An IslandFloating on a Sea of Oil Kuwait City
- 37. Leading U. S.Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs fromthe Middle East.