2. The Middle East Today: Political Map 1 2 3--> 4--> 5 6 7 8--> 11--> 9 <--10 12 13 14 15--> 16 17 18 19 20 21

4. Middle East? OR Near East? OR Southwest Asia? OR….?

5. 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

6. The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”

7. Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

8. Aswan High Dam, Egypt Hydroelectric Power Plant

9. Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869

10. The Tigris & Euphrates River System Mesopotamia: ”Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

11. Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains

12. The Jordan River System: Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights?

13. Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth Highest Salt Content (33%) 2,300’ below sea level

14. Wadis – Instant Springs

15. Mountains & Plateaus  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts.

16. Mountain Ranges in Mid-East Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey

17. Deserts Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Libyan Desert Rub al-Khali

18. Desert Bedouins

19. Breeding Areas of Desert Locusts

20. Swarms of Desert Locusts! Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza! Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s!

21. Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”

22. Desert Oases: Water at a Premium!

23. Fresh Groundwater Sources

24. Desalinization Plants

25. Fertile Crescent

26. The Fertile Crescent

27. 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 Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert

28. The Middle East vs. the U. S. Latitude Lines

29. Middle East: Climate Regions

30. Middle East: Population Density

31. Cairo, Egypt: Most Populated City in the Middle East 17,000,000+ People!

32. The Middle East: Natural Vegetation

33. The Natural Resources of the Middle East

34. World Oil Reserves

35. Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)

36. Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries

37. Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil Kuwait City

38. Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers The U. S. imports 30% of its oil needs from the Middle East.