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Visual Vocabulary

North Africa and Southwest Asia

Most of the region is deserts and mountains

4 Level Map Analysis

Climate Map

Label the important Middle Eastern countries on your map Map Work Part 1 (7 mins) Label the important Middle Eastern countries on your map

Map Work Part 2 (15 mins) Label and write the impact of each term in your vocabulary piles on your map. Then put the cutout squares back in the plastic bags

Atlas Mountains Africa’s longest mountain range stretching from Morocco to Algeria Rain on northern side makes it a rare fertile area in this region

Sahara Desert Largest Desert in the world Only 25% sand Holds human, animal, and plant life

Dead Sea Lowest elevation in the world So salty that nothing can live in it

Aral Sea Small inland sea that is shrinking because of Russian Irrigation

Nile River Largest river in the world Provides an oasis of fertile soil to the Sahara Desert

Arabian Peninsula Peninsula made up of many countries Sits in between Africa and Asia

Plains, Seas, and Peninsulas Agriculture mainly on fertile plains off of the: Mediterranean Sea Caspian Sea Persian Gulf Puzzle of Seas and Peninsulas Arabian Peninsula Sinai Peninsula Dead Sea Aral Sea

Famous Rivers Nile- longest river (4160 miles) Tigris River Held world’s earliest civilization Aswan High Dam  agriculture and hydroelectric power Tigris River Euphrates River Tigris & Euphrates support Farming