Objective Examine the impact of location and geography on the people and culture of the Middle East

People and Climate/ Resources

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People of the Middle East LanguageReligion Ethnic Groups Use Pages

Climate and Resources

Climate Desert (majority)– Semi-Arid – Mediterranean – Map Map Less than 10% of land enough water to farm People in well watered areas = Population scattered o River valleys Fertile Crescent, Nile River Valley o Coast o Oasis: fertile area in desert Water is scarce o Desalination o Irrigation systems

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Resources Copper, salt, phosphate Oil o Abundant o Most important o Unevenly distributed = economic differences Trade o Ancient until today o Sea routes: Suez Canal connects Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

People of the Middle East

Ethnic Groups Arabs o Majority – Arabian Peninsula – and conquered, expanded and adopted Turks Iranians (Persian) Kurds o ethnic minority – most Muslim o Iraq, Turkey, Iran Later European Jews to Israel

Language Persian Kurdish Hebrew Later English Turkish Arabic Armenian Greek

Religions I slam o Most Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Kurds o sects Christianity o Minorities in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria o sects Judaism o Majority of Israel

Closure How has location and geography impacted Middle Eastern people and their culture?