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Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua,
The Middle East Today:
Political Map
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Middle East? OR Near East?
OR Southwest Asia? OR….?
Bodies of Water
Tigris
River
Nile
River
Euphrates
RiverJordan
River
Persian Gulf
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
The Mighty Nile
River:
“Longest River in the
World”
Egypt: The “Gift of the
Nile”
Annual Nile Flooding
Nile Delta
95% of the Egyptian
people live on 5% of
the land!
Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Hydroelectric
PowerPlant
Suez Canal
Completed by the British in
The Tigris &
Euphrates
River System
Mesopotamia:
”Land Between the Two
Rivers”
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
Dust Storms Along the
Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains
The
Jordan
River
System:
Israel &
Jordan--A
Fight Over
Water
Rights?
Dead Sea: Lowest Point on
Earth
Highest
Salt
Content
(33%)
2,300’ below sea level
Wadis – Instant Springs
Mountains & Plateaus
Atlas Mts.

Elburz
M
ts.
Taurus
Mts. Zagros
Mts.
Iranian
Plateau
Anatolian
Plateau
Caucasus
Mts.
HejazMts.
Mountain Ranges in Mid-East
Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran
Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey
Deserts
Sahara Desert
Arabian
Desert
Negev
Desert
Sinai
Desert
Libyan Desert
Rub
al-Khali
Desert Bedouins
Breeding Areas of Desert
Locusts
Swarms of Desert Locusts!
Locusts Swarmthe
Pyramids Complex
at Giza!
Israel Hit By Worst
Locust Plague Since the
1950s!
Rub al-Khali:
“The Empty
Quarter”
Desert Oases: Water at a
Premium!
Fresh Groundwater Sources
Desalinizatio
n
Plants
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent
Completed Map
Tigris
River
Nile
River
Euphrates
RiverJordan
River
Persian Gulf
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
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
The Middle East vs. the U. S.
Latitude Lines
Middle East: Climate Regions
Middle East: Population
Density
Cairo, Egypt:
Most Populated City in the Middle East
17,000,000+
People!
The Middle East:
Natural Vegetation
The Natural Resources of the
Middle East
World Oil Reserves
Persian Gulf Oil Exports
(2003)
Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries
Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea
of Oil
Kuwait
City
Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers
The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs fromthe Middle
East.

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