1. 25.1 Guided Notes
The Land and The People

2. 1. Besides Southwest Asia, what other part of the world is often considered to be part of the Middle East?

3. 1. North Africa

4. 2. What three continents comprise the Middle East?

5. 2. Asia

6. 2. Africa

7. 2. Europe

8. 3. Give three examples of cultural diffusion regarding the Middle East

9. 3. Iron making, the alphabet and religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

11. 4. List the features and resources of the Northern Tier:

13. Anatolian Plateau

15. Iranian Plateau

17. 5. List the features and resources of the Arabian Peninsula

18. Arabian Peninsula

19. 6. List the features and resources of the Fertile Crescent

20. Fertile Crescent

21. Tigris and Euphrates

22. Tigris River

23. Euphrates River

24. 7. List the features and resources of the Nile Valley

25. Nile Valley

26. 8. List the features and resources of the Maghreb

27. The Maghreb

29. 9. Reason people have crowded into well watered areas

30. 9. To irrigate and farm the land

31. 10. Four resources found in the Middle East

32. 10. Salt

33. 10. Phosphate

34. 10. Copper

37. 10. Oil

39. 11. Effect of uneven distribution of oil throughout the Middle East:

40. 11. Economic inequality

41. 11. Economic inequality

42. 12. Term “Arabic” describes:

43. 12. Anyone whose native language is Arabic

44. 13. Three most prevalent religions of the Middle East

45. 13. Islam

46. 13. Christianity

47. 13. Judaism