C.J. Cox Instructor

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States F Conflicts

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

Ten Geographic Qualities F 3. Islam Predominates F 4. Arab World –(semitic) F 5. Population is clustered around water

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

Ten Geographic Qualities F 9. Center of superpower chess game F 10. Petroleum - a key economic resource

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

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Historical Geography F Regions & States

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

Physical Geography  Plate Tectonics –Clashing Plates  Arabian Plate into Eurasian Plate –Separating Plates  Arabian Plate pulling apart from African Plate  Red Sea

Physical Geography F Plateaus - Anatolian Highland F Penninsulas - Saudi Arabian, Suez

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Deserts –The Sahara Desert - –The Saudi Arabian Desert –The Libyan Desert –Negev Desert

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Mountains –Atlas Mountains –Thorus Mts (Turkey) –Elburz & Zagros Mts. (Iran) –Golan Heights (Israel)

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Rivers & Sea –The Nile River –The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers –The Jordan River –The Red Sea F Gulfs - –Persian Gulf, –Gulf of Suez, –Gulf of Aqaba

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Lakes –Dead Sea –Sea of Galilee

Physical Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Climates –Desert Climates with less than 10” of rain u under high pressure latitude belt and NE trade winds –med. zones on Northern Africa coast & eastern coasts of Mediterrean

Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Ten Geographic Qualities F Physical Geography F Cultural Geography F Regions & States

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

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Population –300 million –concentrations along the Nile, Euphrates & Tigris & Coasts –low overall population due to desert climate –very high growth rates in Gaza

Northern Africa F Population Characteristics –Birth rates 29/1000 –Death rates 8/1000 –Natural Increase 2.2/1000 –Infant Mortality 59/1000 –Doubling Time 32 yrs –Pop <15 39% –Pop > 65 4 %

Southwest Asia F Population Characteristics –Birth rates 28/1000 –Death rates 7/1000 –Natural Increase 2.2/1000 –Infant Mortality 54/1000 –Doubling Time 32 yrs –Pop <15 37 % –Pop > 65 5 %

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

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Religion –Islam - one of the world’s great religions –Religious landscapes of mosques, minarets, distinctive non- revealing clothing –Moslem - a follower of Islam

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Religion –Islamic Divisions u Sunni Islam u Shite Islam (Iran)

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Agriculture –commercial farming in Israel u Meditterean climate yielding citrus, avacados & ranching –Nomadic Herding dominates the region u Bedouins –Desertification

Cultural Geography of Northern Africa & Southwest Asia F Economy –oil dominated industry

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

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

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

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

Egypt & the Nile Basin Egypt & Sudan

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

Countries within Regions F Arabian Penninsula –Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain F The Middle East –Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Gaza,

The North

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

Israel and the Palestinian Issue

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

C.J. Cox Instructor