MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY FOUR REGIONS

FERTILE CRESCENT TIGRIS RIVER EUPHRATES RIVER JORDAN RIVER

CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION SUB-REGIONS LAND OF MILK AND HONEY CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION

ARABIAN PENINSULA 90% IS DESERT NO PERMANENT RIVERS OASIS WADIS OASIS UNDERGROUND SPRINGS COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS CITIES DEVELOPED MECCA, MEDINA, RIYADH RUB AL-KHALI

NORTH AFRICA THE SAHARA DESERT OR WASTELAND

3 THINGS FORMED THE SAHARA ATLAS MOUNTAINS

SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE

OVERGRAZING

WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE IN NORTH AFRICA? NILE RIVER MONSOONS WHAT FEEDS THE NILE SO IT CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH A DESERT REGION?

MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS WHAT CAUSED THIS LANDSCAPE? EARTHQUAKES 3 IMPORTANT STRAITS DARDANELLES BOSPORUS HORMUZ BOSPORUS PONTIC MTS. DARDANELLES HORMUZ