1. Describe what you think life is like in the Middle East.

2. LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

4. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
People have adapted to climate and physical features.
2.8 million sq. miles: 66% desert
Leaving the Nomadic lifestyle and settling around cities

5. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
Saudi Arabia: 1% are nomadic herders
Areas around rivers and streams are well populated
Modern Iraq and Syria, fertile soil between Tigris and Euphrates (“Fertile Crescent”)

6. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
“Fertile Crescent”: home of Mesopotamia
One of the earliest centers of civilization
Canals built for irrigation: home to many people

8. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
Afghanistan: little farm land
Most farming done in valleys with irrigation.
70% of population work on farms or raises livestock

9. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
Deep-sea harbors
Transportation
Ship building and repair
Turkey & Saudi Arabia

10. WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
Because of oil: most live in cities or oases

11. Transportation
Iraq: # of people who own cars is growing (1 in 4) Afghanistan: less than 16 miles of railroad track; buses or trucks; bicycles; donkeys, horses, or camels Turkey: drive or take the bus; has extensive road network; 127 airports Iran: 55 cars for every 1,000 people; mass transit systems; railroad track