The Middle East Done by: Ameer Atiyah 6A

How does the land in the Middle East land look like? The middle east land is not flat, there are many hills and mountains.

Weather The weather of Middle East countries can be adequately summarized as hot and dry in summer and humid and rainy in winter. For example, Ankara a city in Turkey experiences extreme temperatures such as 32°F in winter months and 73°F in summer months.

Population Iran 75,078,000 Iraq 31,467,000 Saudi Arabia 27,136,977 Yemen 24,256,000  Syria 22,505,000 Jordan 6,472,000 United Arab Emirates 4,707,000 Lebanon 4,255,000  Palestinian Authority 3,935,249  Kuwait 3,051,000 Oman 2,905,000 Qatar 1,696,563 Bahrain 807,000

Language The three top spoken languages in the Middle east are Arabic, Persian and Turkish. Arabic is the top of the list in the Middle East, being official in all the Arab Countries. Arabic language is adjacent areas in neighboring Middle Eastern non-Arab countries.

Do people own cars, travel by train/bus? People in the Middle East travel mostly by cars and buses.

What do most people work there? They do a lot of work with digging oil and engineering.

Type of food they eat Most of the dishes consist of chicken or beef, and some vegetables. Such as kebab rice.

Religion The Middle East is very diverse when it comes to religions, many of which originated there. Islam in its many forms is by far the largest religion in the Middle East, but other faiths, such as Judaism, Hindu, Buddhist and Christianity, are also well represented. There are also important minority religions like Bahá'í, Yazdânism, Zoroastrianism, Mandeanism, Druze, Yarsan, Yazidism and Shabakism.

Do people live in apartments or houses? People in the middle east mostly live in houses because most of the middle east countries are rich countries, so people have high salaries which gives them a good life and a good house.

Where do people live in the Middle East? People live in cities were there are many factories and towers because there are many offices there.

Where most of the people born in the area or moved there? Most of the countries in the Middle Eastern residents are emergent. For Example: In Yemen 66% of the people immigrated to there and 44% of the people were born there. In Kuwait 78% immigrated to there and 22% were born there.