North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia Unit 6
The Physical Geography Chapter 17
African Mountain range Atlas Mountains… Extends across…
The Arabian Peninsula The Red Sea…
Anatolia Western protrusion of Asia…
The Dardanelles… Connecting the Black and Mediterranean Seas
The Nile
The Aswan Dam The problem… The Lake…
Mesopotamia Tigris River and Euphrates River… Currently flows through modern day…
25% of Africa is Desert… The Sahara is the world’s largest desert…
Ergs and Regs Ergs… Regs…
Rub’ Al-Khali
Cultural Geography Chapter 18
Bedouin A nomadic Arab of the desert…
Suez Canal
Branch of Islam Sunni Shia (Shiite) ~Largest branch ~Iran, Iraq, Egypt, etc Shia (Shiite) ~Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, etc
The Three Religions Christianity Judaism Islam ~The Bible ~The Torah ~The Kora
The Kurds
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Saudi Arabia The law of the country…
Fighting in the Middle East Mujahideen… ~Afghan Freedom Fighters vs The USSR The Arab-Israeli Conflict… ~1948- ?
The Region Today Chapter 19
Arable land… Primary commodities… 80% of crude oil & 65% of OPEC’ s total Petrochemicals…
Strategic and Economically Strait of Hormuz… Suez Canal…
The Aral Sea
Aquifers… Desalination Plants…