1. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
World
Geography
Northern Africa & Southwest Asia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Physical Geography Plate Tectonics Clashing Plates Separating Plates
Arabian Plate into Eurasian Plate
Separating Plates
Arabian Plate pulling apart from African Plate
Red Sea

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Climates of Northern Africa
& Southwest Asia

19. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Ten Geographic Characteristics
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Regions & States

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

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

22. Population Concentrations

23. Northern Africa Population Characteristics Birth rates 29/1000
Death rates 8/1000
Annual growth 2.2/1000
Infant Mortality 59/1000
Pop <15 39%
Pop > %

24. Southwest Asia Population Characteristics Birth rates 28/1000
Death rates 7/1000
Annual growth 2.2/1000
Infant Mortality 54/1000
Pop < %
Pop > %

25. Dying Under 40 years
Percent dying under 40 years

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

27. Religions

28. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Religion
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?)

29. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Religion
Islamic Divisions
Sunni Islam
Shiite Islam (Iran)

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

31. Agriculture

32. Atlas Mts. -
N. Africa

33. Israeli Kibutz

34. Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
Economy
oil dominated industry

35. Income levels

36. SW Asia Urban Landscape

37. Baghdad -
Iraq

38. Nile River Valley - Urban Landscape

39. Ataturk Dam on Euphrates River

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

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

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

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

44. Egypt
& the Nile Basin
Egypt & Sudan

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

46. The Arabian Peninsula

47. The Middle East

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

49. The North
The North

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

51. Beirut, Lebanon

52. Israel and the Palestinian Issue

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Ten Geographic Characteristics
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Historical Geography
Regions & States
Conflicts

61. Northern Africa & Southwest Asia
World
Geography
Northern Africa & Southwest Asia