The Middle East
Countries of the Middle East
Iran, Afghanistan,Pakistan,Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Turkey,
Syria,Lebanon,Iraq,Israel,Palestine,Jordan,
Kuwait,Bahrain,Saudi Arabia,United Arab
Emirates,Oman,Yemen, Egypt
Location
● Exact Location: 29° N, 41° E (Saudi Arabia)
○ Turkey: 35N 5E
○ Iraq: 33N 44E
○ Pakistan: 33N 73E
○ Oman: 23N 58E
○ Saudi Arabia: 24N 46E
○ Yemen: 14N 44E
○ Iran: 35N 51E
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Landforms
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Anatolian Plateau
An Nafud Desert
Ar Rub’ Al Khali Desert
Arabian Desert
Asir and Hejaz Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Dash e-Lut
Elburz Mountains
Hadramawt
Hindu Kush
Karakum Desert
Pamie
Syrian Desert
Taurus Mountains
Tien Shan
Zagros Mountains
Movement
● 13 million first-generation migrants from
Arab nations
● Migration
Features
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Lost City of Petra
Hagia Sofia
The Old City of Jerusalem
Climate
● Dry and hot
● Global warming
● human interactions and ecosystem
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settle around the limited fresh water supply
Civilizations concentrate around fertile soil.
Water
● water supply
-very limited in the Middle east
● drinking water
-have to use desalination to get it
● rivers in the area
-Tigris,Euphrates and the Nile river
● Used for Ports
The Middle East is a region that roughly encompasses a majority of Western Asia and
Egypt.
Region: an area that has definable characteristics but it doesn’t have fixed boundaries.
- It is primarily a desert with some small areas of fertile land close to the major rivers.
Map of population density
Demographics
Population
Interaction with Environment
● Farming
● Pollute water
● Oil
Land use and resources
Culture
● Ethnic/Social Groups: Arabs, Turks, Persians, Balochs,Pashtuns, Lurs,
Mandaeans, Tats, Jews, Kurds, Somalis, Assyrians, Egyptian Copts,
Armenians, Azeris, Maltese,Circassians, Greeks, Turcomans, Shabaks,
Yazidis, Georgians, Roma, Gagauz, Mhallami and Samaritans.
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Religion: Islam Judaism, Christianity, Bahá'í Faith, Yazdânism,
Zoroastrianism, Mandeanism, Druze, Yarsan,Yazidism and Shabakism.
● Languages: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Berber, and Kurdish.
● Interactions with others: through trade
Economy
● Diverse
● Oil
● Cash crops
Oil
Resources
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Oil
Natural gas and phosphate
Water
Pollution
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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/middleeast/melnd.htm
http://worldregionsproject.wikispaces.com/Global+Interactions+of+Middle+East
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Middle_East
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/meriv.htm
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_politics_in_the_Middle_East